Tag: republicans

Home republicans
Post

GOP veteran-lawmakers drop scathing 'stolen valor' letter to Walz as Trump camp rips 'Freakish Timothy'

The Trump campaign distributed a letter Thursday from dozens of veterans serving in Congress hitting back at Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz over claims of “stolen valor.” Journalists were handed the letter condemning Walz, as the Minnesota governor has battled back against questions about the timing of his retirement from military service. In an...

Post

Trump zeroes in on national security at first outdoor rally since assassination attempt: 'World is on fire'

Former President Trump said he “stopped wars with phone calls” while commander in chief during his first outdoor rally since surviving an assassination attempt. Trump held a campaign event in Asheboro, North Carolina, on Wednesday, where he focused his remarks on national security and how “the entire world was safer when I sat behind that...

Post

Lawmakers slam Columbia U's 'blatant inaction' against 'pro-terrorist' students after damning report

A House committee released data this week depicting what its Republican chairwoman called a failure by Columbia University to properly discipline students involved in antisemitic unrest earlier this year, as panel members called out the “blatant inaction.” Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, who heads up the House Education and Workforce Committee, and panel member...

Post

Sen Rick Scott staves off GOP challengers in key Senate primary

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., the Sunshine State’s senior senator, successfully staved off a primary challenge Tuesday night and will be the GOP’s nominee for re-election in November. Scott, a former health care executive, also previously launched an intraparty bid to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the Republican leader in the upper chamber. Scott barely...

Post

Benjamin Harrison won the White House by receiving the electoral majority, but losing the popular vote

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States. Harrison, born on Aug. 20, 1833, was from North Bend, Ohio, about 15 miles outside Cincinnati. Harrison studied at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated in 1852. Upon graduation, he went to Indianapolis, where he practiced law and campaigned for the Republican Party. In...

Post

Byron Donalds urges House GOP leaders to hold vote on Biden impeachment after bombshell report

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., is urging House GOP leaders to hold a chamber-wide vote on impeaching President Biden days after a highly anticipated report accused the commander in chief of committing impeachable offenses. “I’ve felt that way for a long time. I’m on the Oversight Committee, I’ve seen all of the evidence up close...

Post

John Barrasso easily wins Wyoming GOP Senate primary

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso on Tuesday defeated a Republican primary challenger, setting up a battle for a third term in November. Barrasso, currently the chair of the Senate Republican Conference, the third-ranking position among Senate Republicans, and a ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, defeated Reid Rasner, a financial adviser. TOP...

Post

Brian Mast wins GOP primary for Florida’s 21st Congressional District

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla. won the hotly contested race for the Republican nomination for Florida’s 21st Congressional District on Tuesday. Mast now moves on to face Democrat Thomas Witkop, who ran unopposed in the Democrat primary, in November’s election. Mast, who has been representing the district since 2017, faced a spirited challenge from Businessman Rick...

Post

UAW’s Shawn Fain says he wouldn’t have spoken at RNC after DNC snubs Teamsters boss

CHICAGO– United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said he would not have spoken at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last month like fellow union leader Sean O’Brien after Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign apparently snubbed the Teamsters president this week. Fain spoke with a small group of reporters on the sidelines of the Democratic...

Post

Matt Gaetz survives revenge primary amid Kevin McCarthy feud

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz survived a primary challenge Tuesday backed by his nemesis, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy spent $3 million on Aaron Dimmock’s campaign against Gaetz. Dimmock is a former Navy aviator and director of the Missouri Leadership Academy. Last year, Gaetz led a group of eight Republicans to oust McCarthy from the...