Category: 2020 Election

Biden to Prioritize Minorities for Equal Access to Resources Needed to Reopen, Rebuild

President-elect Joe Biden said on Jan. 8 that his administration plans to prioritize minorities for equal access to resources needed to reopen and rebuild amid the ongoing CCP virus pandemic. In previewing his priorities for spending to address the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, the former vice president said the priority for the small…


Democrat-Turned-Republican Jeff Van Drew Calls on Biden To Unite the Nation, End Impeachment Talks

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), the former Democrat who switched parties over the House Democrats’ first attempt to impeach President Donald Trump, has called on President-elect Joe Biden to unite the nation. “I’m calling on the president-elect, Joe Biden, to say, ‘Enough. Let’s try to come together,’” Van Drew said during an appearance on Fox…


Pelosi Says House to Move Forward With Impeachment Attempt If Pence Doesn’t Respond

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday evening said that the House will move forward with a resolution Monday that calls on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment in order to impeach the president, just two weeks before his term ends. In a letter to colleagues, Pelosi said House Democrats will try…


Top House Democrat: Resolution Will Be Introduced to Charge Trump With ‘Inciting Sedition’

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the No. 3 House Democrat, announced Sunday that a “privileged resolution will be introduced that will charge” President Donald Trump with “inciting sedition.” Jeffries said that introducing a privileged resolution will allow the House to move “expeditiously” to consider the impeachment article before Jan. 20. House Democrats, after introducing the article, will then…


Biden Says He Will ‘Defeat the NRA’ While in Office

President-elect Joe Biden on Friday promised to “defeat the NRA,” or the National Rifle Association, after being sworn into office. Biden’s official Twitter account responded to former Rep. Gabby Gifford (D-Ariz.), who was one of 14 people shot by Jared Lee Loughner in Tucson in 2011. Giffords had recounted how her life and community “changed forever.”…


Federal Prosecutor Opens Excessive Force Investigation Into the Death of Ashli Babbitt: Report

Michael Sherwin, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said that his office has started a federal, excessive force investigation over the shooting and killing of former U.S. Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol on Jan. 6. Sherwin confirmed the investigation with CBS News. His civil rights section will lead the prosecution, which…


Feds Arrest Man in Horned Helmet Who Entered the Capitol During Jan. 6 Protest

Federal police arrested the shirtless man in horns and fur whose photo inside the Capitol spread widely on the Internet, creating several new memes. The conspicuous man has been identified as 32-year-old Jake Angeli, from Arizona. He was arrested on Saturday, according to a Department of Justice statement, who described him as a spear wielder…


Feds Arrest Man in Horned Helmet Who Entered Capitol During Jan. 6 Protest

Federal police have arrested the shirtless man in a horned fur headdress whose photo inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 spread widely on the internet. The man was identified as 32-year-old Jacob Anthony Chansley, also know as Jake Angeli, from Arizona. He was arrested on Jan. 9, according to a Justice Department statement, which…


Man in Viral Photo Carrying Pelosi’s Lectern Is Arrested

Florida man Adam Johnson, 36, has been arrested and incarcerated after entering the Capitol with Trump supporters on Jan. 6 and carrying the Speaker of the House’s lectern. Johnson appears in a widely circulated photo carrying the Speaker’s podium, donning a “Trump” hat waving at the camera and smiling. The photo was taken by Getty…


Cruz, Hawley Respond After Biden Compares Them to Nazi Propagandist

Two prominent Republican senators challenged President-elect Joe Biden after he compared them to an infamous Nazi propagandist. Biden on Friday said Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are “part of the big lie.” He then recounted being told that Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s minister of propaganda, falsely said that more people were killed in…