Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Wednesday the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that the Department of Justice (DOJ) created earlier this week should be approved by Congress. “People are concerned about paying their mortgage or rent, affording groceries and paying for gas, not about putting together a $1.8 billion fund for the President and his…
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said Wednesday that Republicans lawmakers do not have to agree with President Trump on every issue to support him, in the wake of a string of primary losses for Republicans the president considered disloyal. Asked about Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) primary loss to the Trump-backed Ed Gallrein on Tuesday, Boebert told…
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Wednesday that he sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting more details on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) new “anti-weaponization fund,” which holds nearly $1.8 billion. “So I sent a letter to Mr. Blanche today posing some very basic questions. He‘s got a June 1st deadline to get…
President Trump has spent the past several months working to reshape the Republican Party, backing primary challenges against lawmakers who have bucked him and seeking to fill Congress with allies who will advance his agenda with minimal resistance. But even as Trump has flexed the power of his endorsement in GOP primaries, the effort comes…
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) has a naturally blunt demeanor, but he says a softer touch is the key to wooing rambunctious members in the super-slim House Republican majority. “Human beings are very emotional animals. If you don’t manage the emotions, then you got cleanup to do,” Emmer said. That was the task ahead…
No matter their relationship with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), House Republicans on Wednesday largely concurred on one thing: The Kentucky Republican’s primary loss on Tuesday was practically inevitable. “President Trump’s the captain of the team, and when you fight the captain, you’re going to end up getting thrown off the team. I think that’s what
President Trump taunted a Fox News reporter on Wednesday over her relationship with a Republican congressman and his record of breaking with the president on key votes. In a gaggle with reporters, Trump responded to an unrelated question by taking a personal jab at Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, who announced her…