GOP Giving DOJ to a ‘Froot Loops Looney Tunes Dude’
Republicans will ultimately give former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) a cabinet pick for President-elect Donald Trump, CNN political commentator Van Jones said Wednesday on “The Lead.” He called him “the Looney Tune guy from Fruit Loops.” “I think this is a big test. I mean, why do we have a Senate? Apparently the president thinks […]
GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin: Letting Oklahoma public school educators teach the Bible is a 'slippery slope'
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said teaching the Bible to Oklahoma's public school educators is “a slippery slope” when the teachers themselves “may not be believers.” “It's an easy slope,” he said. Mullin, who serves on a Senate committee that oversees education, said he wants his children to know the Bible. I think when placed […]
GOP Rep. Van Orden says he would vote to release Gaetz report
Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin) releases the House Ethics Committee's report on allegations of misconduct against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump's nominee for attorney general. He said he would vote to do so. “I think it's really important for everyone to have as much knowledge as possible so they can make informed […]
GOP Senators Demand FEMA Records After Reports Staff Skipped Pro-Trump Homes
Republican senators, led by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), have submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) records about survivor assistance teams that flew over houses with pro-Trump signs and flags. Breitbart News exclusively reported. A former FEMA supervisor last week told a team visiting homes in Lake Placid, Fla., in the wake of […]
GOP lawmakers reveal a heightened legislative focus against ‘irreversible’ gender surgery on minors
Republicans are gearing up for a trifecta in Congress next year, with a focus on legislation that would ban transgender medical treatment of minors. In a Senate committee Wednesday afternoon, the lawmakers discussed banning biological male participation in women's sports, restricting gender-related surgeries on minors, and providing taxpayer funding for these types of surgeries on […]
RFK Jr’s abortion ‘issue’: Senate GOP plans to scrutinize Trump HHS pick’s position
Senate Republicans are preparing to pursue former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pro-choice stance after he was selected by President-elect Trump to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, a former Democrat, has concerned many Senate Republicans over his espoused views on abortion. The former president's campaign reportedly said it believed “it should […]
GOP senator: Using military for deportations would be 'huge mistake'
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) criticized the possibility that President-elect Trump has indicated in recent days that he is open to using the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations. “I don't support putting troops into cities in an emergency. I think that's a big mistake,” Paul said Tuesday on Newsmax's “Rob Schmidt Tonight.” The […]
Lindsey Graham urges GOP not to form ‘lynch mob’ ahead of Gaetz confirmation
Sen. Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) on Wednesday urged his Republican colleagues not to form a “lynch mob” to block President-elect Trump's controversial selection of Matt Gaetz as U.S. attorney general. I appealed. The Republican-controlled Senate should not give Gaetz a “rubber stamp,” Graham said in a statement after meeting with his nominee and Vice President-elect J.D. […]
Biden draws support — and GOP worry — in shift on US missiles in Ukraine war
Lawmakers from both parties generally support President Biden's decision to approve a major change in U.S. policy that would allow Ukraine to use long-range U.S. missiles to attack sites inside Russia. The escalating move comes less than two weeks after President-elect Trump defeated Vice President Harris in the presidential election. The president-elect's most vocal supporters […]
Trump Attends SpaceX Starship’s Latest Launch Alongside GOP Allies
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – November 19: Elon Musk joins US President-elect Donald Trump (R-Texas), as well as Donald Trump Jr. (second from left) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). ) (center) talks with Kevin Cramer (Republican) and other guests – ND) The launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket held in Brownsville, Texas […]