Category: GOP

Georgia Governor Orders Special Election After GOP Member-Elect’s Arrest

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order at the weekend to fill the seat in the Georgia House of member-elect Danny Rampey two weeks after his arrest for theft. Kemp signed an executive order on Dec. 31, calling on the secretary of state to hold a special election on Jan. 31 to fill the…


Capitol Report: Battle for House Speaker Not Seen in Over a Century; Harmeet Dhillon on Bid for RNC Chair

Multiple rounds of voting for House speaker took place on Capitol Hill Tuesday, for the first time in a century. Leader Kevin McCarthy lost the first few times, and momentum grows behind an unexpected nominee. Wholesale change could be coming for the Republican Party; it’s not just the GOP speakership being fought for—the position of…


2019 Paper Accurately Predicted Outcome of 2020 Election | Truth Over News

The recent disclosures from the “Twitter Files” releases have been making the news of late. They are breathtaking in their disclosures. The FBI was working directly with Twitter to influence an election. But it likely doesn’t stop there—imagine what the FBI was doing with a much larger platform like Google. For the moment, we’d like…


Capitol Report: Judge Rules Kari Lake Won’t Be Sanctioned; What’s in Sen. Rand Paul’s Festivus Report?

The fight around Arizona’s gubernatorial election continues. Governor-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County have asked a court to sanction Kari Lake. Thousands of U.S. flights were canceled, the vast majority from Southwest Airlines. The Department of Transportation is saying they’ll examine what they’re calling an unacceptable rate of cancellations. Billions of dollars are spent on maintaining empty buildings and millions…


Capitol Report: Judge Rules Kari Lake Won’t Be Sanctioned; What’s in Sen. Rand Paul’s Festivals Report?

The fight around Arizona’s gubernatorial election continues. Governor-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County have asked a court to sanction Kari Lake. Thousands of U.S. flights were canceled, the vast majority from Southwest Airlines. The Department of Transportation is saying they’ll examine what they’re calling an unacceptable rate of cancellations. Billions of dollars are spent on maintaining empty buildings and millions…


Arizona GOP Candidate Files Election Appeal With Arizona Supreme Court

Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem filed a notice of appeal after a judge rejected his election-related lawsuit challenging the results of the midterm elections. Finchem, a Republican, trails Democrat Adrian Fontes in the Nov. 8 general election by about 120,000 votes, or around 5 percentage points. Earlier this month, he filed a lawsuit alleging…


House Republican Panel Releases Counter Report on Jan. 6

A group of five House Republicans on a shadow committee released a report on Wednesday with key findings about security failings they say were ignored by the official Democrat-led House Jan. 6 committee. The report focuses on “why the Capitol was left so unprepared” on Jan. 6, 2021, when protests turned violent, and the U.S….


Maricopa Judge Takes Motion to Dismiss Kari Lake Lawsuit ‘Under Advisement’

A Maricopa County judge on Monday said he’s taking a motion to dismiss an election lawsuit filed by Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake “under advisement” after a hearing at the Maricopa County Superior Court. Earlier this month, Lake filed a lawsuit against Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs in her capacity as the current secretary of state,…


Judge Rules Kari Lake May Inspect Some Maricopa County Ballots

A judge overseeing an Arizona electoral lawsuit ruled on Friday that GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake may appoint an inspector to analyze a small selection of Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2022 midterm election. The inspection may begin on Dec. 20, unless Lake’s lawsuit is dismissed beforehand, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson said in…


Maricopa County Files Motion to Dismiss Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit

Attorneys for Maricopa County, Arizona, on Thursday asked a judge to toss GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s lawsuit that alleged the Nov. 8 election was botched and she should be declared the victor or a new vote should be carried out. In a motion filed (pdf) Thursday, lawyers for Arizona’s most populous county said Lake’s…