Category: Republicans

Southern California Republicans’ Method to Win Latino Votes Looks to Expand Statewide

A grassroots nonprofit formed during the pandemic to encourage voter participation in minority communities—especially Hispanics—in Orange County, California, is now gaining some recognition from Republicans across the state. Established in 2021, leaders of the Santa Ana-based organization chose the name ¡BASTA!, which means “enough” in Spanish, because, they said, it has been used historically for…


LIVE 7 PM ET: Gov. DeSantis Delivers Speech at GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Wisconsin

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers a speech at 7:00 p.m. ET on May 6 at the Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner of Marathon County, Wisconsin. The dinner is the party’s largest fundraising event and features remarks by Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.). …


LIVE NOW: Gov. DeSantis Delivers Speech at GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Wisconsin

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers a speech at 7:00 p.m. ET on May 6 at the Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner of Marathon County, Wisconsin. The dinner is the party’s largest fundraising event and features remarks by Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.). …


Trump ‘Pleased’ With Ramaswamy’s Jump in GOP Primary Polls

After gaining some ground in the polls, Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is receiving encouragement from an unlikely source—his competition. In a CBS YouGov poll (pdf) published May 1, Ramaswamy—regarded by many as an underdog—pulled in 5 percent of the vote, tying for third place with former Vice President Mike Pence. And although there was a…


Rep. Bob Good Says April Jobs Numbers Won’t Fix Inflation, Government Spending

While the U.S. economy is continuing to add new jobs, Congressman Bob Good (R-Va.) sees warning signs for the economy going forward. On Friday, the U.S. Labor Department reported that the United States added 253,000 jobs in April, beating a 180,000-job forecast for the month. This comes at the same time the U.S. Federal Reserve…


Bill Barr Says He’s ‘Adamantly Against’ Another Trump Presidency

Former Attorney General Bill Barr is “adamantly against” the notion of his former boss, President Donald Trump, returning to the Oval Office. While promoting his new book “One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General” at a May 5 event hosted by The City Club of Cleveland, Barr said it would be a…


Senators Question Why Biden’s ‘Rush to Green Energy’ Is Leaving Nuclear Power Behind

President Joe Biden is steering U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) investments and inducements into “green energies” to meet his goals of a 100-percent “clean electricity grid” by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Much of the DOE’s $52 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request implements or enhances carbon-free energy development funded through programs…


Rep. Gaetz, Sen. Mullin Introduce National ‘Stand Your Ground’ Self-Defense Bill

The legal standard known as “stand your ground”—which allows people to use deadly force to defend against a violent attacker—could become the law of the land under a new bill introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). On Thursday, Gaetz and Mullin announced legislation (pdf) called the Stand Your Ground Act…


Sen. Rand Paul Warns RESTRICT Act Would Allow Feds to Nullify First Amendment

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been a major critic of the RESTRICT Act, which has been sold to Congress and the public as a ban on TikTok. He warned that it would authorize the federal government to censor any online communications it deems subversive and would nullify the First Amendment. The popular social media app,…


US Heading Toward Power Grid ‘Reliability Crisis,’ Energy Commissioner Warns

There were approximately 10,000 energy projects in April designed to produce more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of collective power waiting for permits from federal and state agencies to connect to electric grids across the United States. The problem is, that is nearly twice the collective electricity output of the 1,250 GW now being produced by…