Valerie Richardson
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Lisa Murkowski wants Donald Trump to resign, casts doubt on her GOP future
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, said Friday that President Trump should resign, and suggested that she could part ways with the GOP if it has become "the party of Trump." Published January 8, 2021
Maxine Waters: Trump must be ‘stopped dead in his tracks, however we can do it’
Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, said Friday that President Trump "has got to be stopped dead in his tracks," either by impeachment or having him stripped of the powers of his office via the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. Published January 8, 2021
Xi Jinping, Chinese president, wins 2020 ‘climate hypocrite’ award for green talk, coal action
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday was named 2020 "Climate Hypocrite of the Year" by British skeptics for touting the Paris agreement and encouraging global emissions reductions even as China fires up new coal plants. Published January 8, 2021
Marco Rubio rebukes Joe Biden for stoking tensions with Black Lives Matter comments
Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, on Thursday chided President-elect Joseph R. Biden for heightening political tensions in the aftermath of the siege by a pro-Trump mob on the U.S. Capitol. Published January 7, 2021
Lee Zeldin rips Democrats’ ‘double standards’ on violence
The protest siege on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob met Thursday with widespread bipartisan condemnation, a show of unified outrage that Republicans said would have been nice last year when leftist hordes were looting and burning major U.S. cities. Published January 7, 2021
Joe Manchin looms as key swing vote with Democrats poised to take Senate
West Virginian Joe Manchin calls himself a "moderate conservative Democrat" is poised to become the crucial swing vote in the evenly split Senate, and the last line of defense against a progressive leftist agenda, thanks to the apparent double-Democratic victory in the Georgia Senate runoff. Published January 6, 2021
Andrew Wheeler, EPA secret science rule ripped for attempting to ding Biden
The Trump administration delivered an eleventh-hour blow to the regulatory state Tuesday by finalizing a scientific transparency rule requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to back up its mandates with publicly available data. Published January 5, 2021
Emanuel Cleaver defends ‘a-woman’ prayer as tribute women in Congress
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri Democrat, defended Tuesday his decision to end the opening House prayer with "a-woman," calling it a "lighthearted pun" and a reference to the record number of women in Congress. Published January 5, 2021
Andrew Wheeler, EPA chief, rips ‘activists masquerading as environmental reporters’ for ‘agenda’
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler took a parting shot Tuesday at media bias, accusing some journalists covering the agency of being "environmental activists masquerading as environmental reporters." Published January 5, 2021
Josh Hawley blasts ‘Antifa scumbags’ who held protest at his home with wife, baby inside
Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican, accused "Antifa scumbags" of terrorizing his wife and newborn baby with a noisy protest outside his home Monday night over his plan to object to the Electoral College certification. Published January 5, 2021
Donald Trump Jr. blasts ‘insane’ House Democratic prayer ending with ‘amen and a-woman’
Donald Trump Jr. weighed in Monday on House Democrats' "amen and a-woman" prayer, calling it "insane." Published January 4, 2021
Raphael Warnock staffers say he wants to defund the police in Project Veritas sting
No election would be complete without a Project Veritas undercover expose of campaign staffers saying things in private that they would never say in public, and that includes the Georgia Senate runoff. Published January 4, 2021
David Perdue backs Republicans objecting to election certification over ‘huge irregularities’
Sen. David Perdue, Georgia Republican, has sided with Republicans planning to object to the presidential electoral certification Wednesday, calling it the last chance for lawmakers to get to the bottom of the "huge irregularities" in the 2020 race. Published January 4, 2021
House Democrats open 117th Congress with prayer ending ‘amen and a-woman’
The 117th Congress kicked off with a fresh controversy Sunday when the Democrat delivering the opening prayer concluded by saying "amen," and then added "a-woman." Published January 3, 2021
Ted Cruz warns of ‘generational damage’ in Georgia
They outperformed expectations in the 2020 Senate, House and state legislative races, but Republicans have found themselves in the fight of their lives with Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoffs, a contest that they warn could keep Democrats in power indefinitely. Published January 3, 2021
Andrew Cuomo opens Bills game, not restaurants
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing accusations of pandemic hypocrisy for revamping his public-health order to allow fans at next week's Buffalo Bills playoff game while keeping a lid on the state's struggling restaurants. Published January 3, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz to Democrats calling for his arrest over election audit: ‘Calm down’
Sen. Ted Cruz had a message for Democrats suggesting the Texas Republican should be tried for treason for calling for an emergency election audit: Calm down. Published January 3, 2021
Sen. Kelly Loeffler: ‘We won’t get a second chance’ if Democrats win Georgia Senate races
Sen. Kelly Loeffler warned that if Democrats take control of the federal government, they will change the rules to prevent another party from ever taking power again. Published January 3, 2021
CNN’s Tapper calls out Jon Ossoff for smear about Kelly Loeffler: ‘That wasn’t true’
Jake Tapper called out Jon Ossoff for repeatedly accusing Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of campaigning with a Klansman during the Georgia Senate runoff election. Published January 3, 2021
Surgeon general optimistic despite ‘pretty scary’ virus death projections
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Sunday that projections of post-holiday novel coronavirus deaths are "pretty scary," but expressed optimism that the situation will improve. Published January 3, 2021
