Category: Republicans

Paxton Won’t Testify at His Impeachment Trial, Defense Team Calls It a ‘Kangaroo Court’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, will not testify at his own Senate impeachment trial, his defense team said Tuesday. Tony Buzbee, Paxton’s attorney, said in a statement obtained by The Epoch Times that the impeachment is a baseless attack on his client by political foes intent on damaging one of America’s most prominent…


Main Street Republicans Laser-Focused on Kitchen Table Issues for 2024

Commentary MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA—Last September, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) told then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that if Republicans were going to be successful in gaining the majority in the House in November, they needed to announce their pledge to voters in the heart of America. Reschenthaler, a member of the Main Street Caucus, a group…


Political Parties Must Address Election Complaints by Losing Candidates: Georgie Secretary of State

Georgia’s Secretary of State says political parties must address their losing candidates’ claims of election fraud. “That is not healthy for America, and so we need to really confront people that are just trying to tear apart our social fabric and not accept the results of the election,” Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, said….


Political Parties Must Address Election Complaints by Losing Candidates: Georgia Secretary of State

Georgia’s Secretary of State says political parties must address their losing candidates’ claims of election fraud. “That is not healthy for America, and so we need to really confront people that are just trying to tear apart our social fabric and not accept the results of the election,” Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, said….


IN-DEPTH: The 11 Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip in 2024

There will be 34 U.S. Senate seats on ballots across the nation in November 2024, including 20 held by Democrats, three by independents, and 11 by Republicans. Of the 20 seats now held by incumbent Democrats, at least eight are in states defined as “competitive” in initial assessments by elections ratings services such as Sabato’s…


Maryland Republican Dan Cox Aims to Flip House Seat After Governorship Loss

Former Maryland gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox will seek to flip his state’s 6th Congressional District seat from blue to red in 2024. The Republican filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on July 3. Currently, Maryland’s 6th District is represented by third-term Rep. David Trone (D-Md.). In May, Trone announced that he would be vacating…


IN-DEPTH: Attendees at Moms for Liberty Event Rank 5 Republican Presidential Candidates

Republican and Democratic presidential candidates were all invited to speak at the Moms for Liberty national summit in Philadelphia, organizers say, and five Republicans said yes. The summit took place June 29 through July 2 at the Museum of the American Revolution, and the candidates who spoke were, in order of appearance, Florida Gov. Ron…


Pence Says Trump Would Have Kept US Troops in Afghanistan, Rejects Blame for Chaotic Withdrawal

Former President Donald Trump would have kept at least a couple thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan despite his 2020 peace agreement with the Taliban, according to former Vice President Mike Pence. In February 2020, the Trump Administration reached a deal (pdf) with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan within 14 months, so…


Most Americans Agree With Supreme Court Rulings on Race-Based Admissions, Debt Cancellation: Poll

A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll found most Americans agreed with the Supreme Court’s recent rulings in three high-profile cases. The majority of Americans, 52 percent, approved of the decision against race-based admissions in higher education, while 32 percent disapproved. The court’s ban on affirmative action-based admissions was the result of its hearing two cases—originally filed in 2014—that…


Supreme Court Justices Clash in Christian Designer Case

As the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado cannot compel a website designer to create messages that go against her Christian beliefs, both Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Gorsuch clashed in separate opinions. “Today, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of…