by Jim Heath | May 28, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
The bipartisan push to launch an independent and nonpartisan investigation of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol suffered a fatal blow today, after nearly all Senate Republicans banded together in opposition. The 54-to-35 outcome, six votes shy of the 60 needed to...
by Jim Heath | May 24, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
In early March, a Boston-based vote-counting firm called Clear Ballot Group sent a bid to Arizona’s state Senate to audit the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County. The firm has conducted more than 200 such audits over 13 years in business. “Our level...
by Jim Heath | May 21, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican who has announced his intention to challenge Rep. Liz Cheney (R) for her House seat, acknowledged today that he had impregnated a 14-year-old and had a relationship with her when he was 18, comparing the teen intimacy...
by Jim Heath | May 17, 2021 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Trump
The top Republicans in Arizona’s largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election today, calling on fellow members of the GOP and business leaders to speak out against an unprecedented partisan election audit. The GOP-dominated...
by Jim Heath | May 17, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
One video allegedly shows Kansas state Rep. Mark Samsel asking students about their sex lives. Another reportedly shows the Republican lawmaker pushing someone against a wall while working as a substitute teacher and warning, “I could put the wrath of God on you right...
by Jim Heath | May 14, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
A video from February 2019 published today shows Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — then a conservative activist — taunting staff in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) office through a mailbox slot. In the since-deleted Facebook Live video unearthed by...
