More than two dozen conservatives in Irvine, California, have joined ranks to form a new local faction of the Republican Party. About 30 charter members met virtually on Feb. 22 to set up the new activist group—called the Irvine Republican Assembly (IRA)—after becoming disenchanted with some stances taken by their former group, the Greater Irvine…
Conservatives Urge Liberals to Support Uyghur Genocide Motion Amid China’s Denials
OTTAWA—The Conservatives are calling on Liberal MPs to support the party’s motion to have Parliament declare a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uyghurs in its Xinjiang province. Conservative MPs Michael Chong and Garnett Genuis were joined by Uyghur community members at a teleconference today in calling for the government’s support of the motion, saying unanimity would…
Liberal Cabinet to Abstain From Conservative Uyghur Genocide Motion
OTTAWA—The federal Liberal cabinet will abstain from the Conservative party’s motion to have Parliament declare a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang province. A senior federal official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly, said other MPs would be allowed to vote freely. Foreign Affairs…
Lessons for Conservatives From the Trump Impeachment
Commentary As I write, the Senate has just acquitted former President Donald Trump. The incident offers some lessons for conservatives. These lessons are presented in no particular order. All are important. The final vote, like the entire impeachment process, demonstrated the degraded state of Congress. For example, 55 senators voted that they had jurisdiction over…
Opinion: Lessons for Conservatives From the Trump Impeachment
Commentary As I write, the Senate has just acquitted former President Donald Trump. The incident offers some lessons for conservatives. These lessons are presented in no particular order. All are important. The final vote, like the entire impeachment process, demonstrated the degraded state of Congress. For example, 55 senators voted that they had jurisdiction over…
Conservatives’ Chances of Success in Reaching for the Centre
Political scientists and strategists agree that Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is reaching for both centrist and Ontario voters, but disagree on whether the approach will succeed. Barry Cooper, a political science professor at the University of Calgary, says the Conservatives are trying to gain “the mushy middle, which is already pretty much monopolized by the…
Conservatives Beat Liberals in 2020 Fundraising Race as Both Parties Ramp up Efforts
OTTAWA—The federal Conservative party raised substantially more money than the governing Liberals last year, as new Elections Canada figures show the Official Opposition has been filling its coffers ahead of a potential election this year. The Conservatives ended 2020 with a major surge in donations in the final quarter, while the Liberals also drummed up…
The Left Wants Unconditional Surrender, Not Unity
Commentary About two years ago, one of my wife’s best friends began to turn down invitations to get together. Then, out of the blue, she unfriended my wife on Facebook. That’s kind of a rude way to brush off someone, so my wife finally asked her: What gives? Have I offended you? Her terse text…
Is Trump a 4-Letter Word?
Commentary Discrimination against Trump voters is the most troubling post-election trend. The American elite—Establishment Democrats and “Never Trump” Republicans, in concert with their allies among the leftist mainstream media, woke social media companies, and virtue-signaling corporations—is attempting to socially engineer America’s political environment. Their goal is to make the wider public intolerant of Donald Trump’s…
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The Nation Speaks (Feb. 27): Senator Mike Lee, KT McFarland, Kash Patel, and More at CPAC
In this special episode of The Nation Speaks, we come to you from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. We sit down with Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah); KT McFarland, former Deputy National Security Advisor; Kash Patel, former Chief of Staff for Department of Defense; Dave Brat, dean of Liberty University School of Business and former U.S….