Tag: Republicans

Nikki Haley Talks Trump, Ukraine, Polls at Campaign Stop in New Hampshire

At a town hall-type campaign stop in Rye, New Hampshire, on the evening of May 24, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley fielded a question from a town resident who wanted to know how she was going to handle the inevitable, dealing directly with the former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner and a politician who does…


Rep. McClain Rips Financial Regulators for SVB Collapse

The swift demise of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has raised serious concerns about the bank’s management and, more importantly, the failure of oversight. These issues were highlighted during Wednesday’s hearing of the Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, where Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) expressed her apprehensions. “The speed that it failed raised immediate…


DeSantis Says He Wants to Settle Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during an interview announcing his 2024 presidential bid on May 24, said that he hopes for a settlement of the Russia-Ukraine war. “I want to see a settlement of this,” DeSantis said. “I do not want to see a wider war.” While he admitted that it’s “unknowable” what the situation could…


DeSantis Says He’d Remove FBI Director Chris Wray If Elected President

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during his 2024 presidential announcement that he would remove FBI Director Chris Wray if he were elected president. During his presidential announcement on Twitter Spaces, DeSantis was asked how he’d address growing concerns over misconduct and misuse of resources at the FBI, which is a primary subject of the House…


DeSantis Responds to Disney Criticism: Nobody ‘Has Made Disney More Money Than Me’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during his 2024 presidential launch that nobody “has made Disney more money than me,” and defended his continued feud with the media giant. “Nobody probably has made Disney more money than me because they were opened [in Florida] during COVID and they were closed in California,” DeSantis said during a…


‘A Total Farce’: DeSantis Responds to NAACP Florida Travel Advisory

During his presidential announcement forum, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) travel advisory warning minorities not to come to Florida was “a total farce.” The NAACP claimed that Florida was undertaking “aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in…


Hungary’s Prime Minister Says He Wants Trump to Return to Win 2024 Election

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban again publicly declared his support for former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in the 2024 Presidential Election. Described as a staunch nationalist and a defender of Western Christian values, the Prime Minister is one of the most prominent conservative leaders in the European Union and a harsh…


‘Hold the Line’: Rep. Roy to McCarthy On GOP Debt Ceiling Demands

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) circulated a memo on May 24 encouraging Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to “hold the line” on Republicans’ debt ceiling demands. “I hope … Speaker McCarthy continues to pressure President [Joe] Biden to do what is right for the American people,” Roy wrote in a memo to his colleagues…


DOE Pulls Plug on Chinese-Owned Company’s Grant Application Months After Alarm Raised

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was never quite clear on why it allowed a Texas subsidiary of a Chinese-owned battery manufacturer to qualify as a grant applicant, even after the company’s links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were revealed during the department’s own vetting process. The DOE was equally opaque in curtly announcing…


PREMIERING at 11AM ET: Will the GOP Confront Federal Prosecutors Run Amok?

From the start of his term, President Joe Biden has weaponized the Justice Department to destroy his political enemies. As a result, American families and whole communities have been ruined—and the Constitution laid to waste. Standing proudly amid the wreckage is U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, and in the wings is Jack Smith, special counsel appointed…