Today, We Are All MAGA Republicans
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Editors’ Note: Enjoy the first two paragraphs of satire introducing the events in the House of Representatives last week with the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The essay below is penned by Conlan Salgado, The Prickly Pear’s newest contributor. Mr. Salgado is a college junior, astute political observer and highly […]
All Republicans But One Vote to Hold Garland in Contempt
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to release an audio tape of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. The resolution passed along party lines 216-207, according to The Associated Press […]
Trey Gowdy: Should Republicans fight fire with fire?
‘Sunday Night in America’ panelists Guy Benson and Kevin Walling discuss the reaction to former President Trump’s conviction … source
Republicans unveil measure eliminating taxes on tips after Trump proposal
Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced a bill to repeal the tip tax after former President Donald Trump said it would be his “first act” if re-elected. legislationThe bill, titled the “Tip Tax Free Act of 2024,” aims to eliminate federal income and employment taxes on service workers’ tips. […]
Republicans slam Biden immigration order as election ploy
Republicans have accused President Biden of trying to influence the 2024 election with a measure that would make it easier for undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens to obtain green card status, with some making the dubious claim that it will boost Democratic turnout by November. Former President Trump, who had said he would […]
LEE RIZZUTO: Republicans Must Expose Dems’ Extreme Views On Abortion To Sway Voters
Winston Churchill once said, “History will be kind to me, because I intend to write it.” It is time for Republicans to wake up and realize that silence on the issue of abortion is not worth its weight in gold. Republicans need to tell their story, spread the truth, and as Churchill said, “write history.” […]
Trump and Republicans sound alarm on ‘rapists’ and ‘murderers’ as Biden announces amnesty program
Former President Donald Trump slammed President Biden’s just-announced “parole” plan, saying, “Innocent Americans are being assaulted, raped and murdered by Biden’s illegal immigrants,” which would grant mass amnesty to more than 200,000 foreigners who entered the United States illegally. “Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother of five, was held captive, illegally raped and murdered by the […]
North Carolina House Republicans propose pay bump for teachers in spending fight with Senate
North Carolina House Republicans proposed a state budget amid a spending dispute with their Senate colleagues, advocating larger salary increases for teachers and state employees and increased financial aid to childcare providers. Because negotiations with Senate GOP counterparts have failed to reach a consensus, they are now advancing a bill to adjust the second year […]
How Team Trump is ‘bravely’ going where Republicans have never gone before — into the black community — with swing-state cigar nights
Two prominent Congressional allies of Donald Trump will be making a bold foray into “area no conservative or Republican has gone in the last 30 years” — the black community, after a new poll showed the former president’s support among African-American voters tripled. The sports anchor turned political commentator will join the pair next week, […]
Republicans shouldn’t run their entire campaigns against the Biden economy
It’s not only the economy, stupid. Especially when the economy may already be improving. Republicans this year seem to be over-enamored of Democratic strategist James Carville’s wisdom from the 1992 presidential race, when he famously insisted that then-candidate Bill Clinton’s campaign forget left-wing wish lists and instead focus on the relatively weak economy under then-President […]