Category: GOP

Pennsylvania Governor Responds to GOP-Backed Election Integrity Bill

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s office signaled the Democrat governor won’t sign a GOP-backed bill that is being proposed by Republican state lawmakers, describing it as an attempt to take away voters’ rights. Wolf vowed to veto the proposed measure and other “legislative efforts to roll back the freedoms Pennsylvanians right now have,” according to a…


GOP Senators Slow Biden’s OPM Nominee Confirmation Over Critical Race Theory

Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affair Committee are delaying the confirmation of Kiran Ahuja, President Joe Biden’s nominee for director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), citing her support for critical race theory (CRT) training and her stance on abortion. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), has been the most vocal about opposing Ahuja’s nomination because…


White House ‘Looking Into’ Allegations of Woman Who Claimed to Be Reporter at Kamala Harris Event

The White House confirmed Wednesday that it is investigating a woman who allegedly claimed to be a Univision reporter at a press conference with Vice President Kamala Harris in Mexico. Harris was taking questions from reporters when a moderator called on “Maria Fernanda of Univision” to ask a question. “I voted for you,” Fernanda said,…


Vermont Gov. Signs Election Bill Mandating Widespread Mail-In Ballots

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill on Monday that would change the way the state conducts elections, including a requirement that the state send out mail-in ballots to all registered voters. “I’m signing this bill because I believe making sure voting is easy and accessible, and increasing voter participation, is important. Having said that,…


Arizona Attorney General: ICE Should Not Turn Hotel Into Illegal Immigrant Processing Center

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich called on federal immigration officials to not go ahead with a plan to turn a hotel into a processing center for illegal immigrants and unaccompanied minors. In a letter to the White House, Brnovich told the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that he had “grave concerns”…


Arizona Attorney General: ICE Shouldn’t Turn Hotel Into Illegal Immigrant Processing Center

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich called on federal immigration officials to cease plans to turn a hotel into a processing center for illegal immigrants and unaccompanied minors. In a letter to the White House, Brnovich told the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that he had “grave concerns” about ICE’s contract with…


Top House GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik Pregnant With First Child

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the third-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said on Saturday that she is pregnant with her first child. “We are absolutely overjoyed to announce that our small family of two will soon be three,” Stefanik wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of herself with her husband. “We’re so excited to…


Top House GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik Pregnant With 1st Child

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the third-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said on June 5 that she’s pregnant with her first child. “We are absolutely overjoyed to announce that our small family of two will soon be three,” Stefanik wrote on Instagram, in a caption for a photo of herself with her husband. “We’re…


Michigan GOP Files Campaign Complaint Over Whitmer’s Flight to Florida

By Beth LeBlanc and Craig Mauger From The Detroit News LANSING, Mich.—The Michigan Republican Party is now challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s use of campaign money to help pay for a private jet she used in March to visit her father in Florida. The Friday complaint to the state Bureau of Elections, signed by Jason…


Former Democrat Explains Why He Joined the Republican Party

When Maurice Washington was growing up, practically everybody he knew was a Democrat. “Everybody in your family, your neighbors—they were all Democrats,” Washington, executive chair of the Charleston County Republican Party, said on Epoch TV’s “Crossroads” program. Washington recalled his father, a sanitation worker, dying when he was in 9 years old. His mother told…