by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump today denied all responsibility for last week’s riot on Capitol Hill, saying his fiery speech to his supporters before they marched on the Capitol was ‘totally appropriate.’ In his first public remarks since Wednesday’s MAGA...
by Jim Heath | Jan 11, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigned today, becoming the third Cabinet-level official to quit on the heels of the riot at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos...
by Jim Heath | Jan 11, 2021 | Congress, Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a majority of support in the House to impeach Donald Trump, part of a two-front effort to punish and remove him for inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week. Key members of the House Judiciary Committee introduced a...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
A Reuters’ photographer covering Wednesday’s riot on the U.S. Capitol has claimed he heard at least three Trump supporters speak about hanging Vice President Mike Pence from a tree as a ‘traitor’. As the attack unfolded, Donald Trump took to...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media, Trump
Twitter’s extraordinary action against President Trump on Friday night was driven both by the violent rampage of his supporters in Washington and what the company said was a looming “secondary attack” on the U.S. Capitol and state government facilities next weekend —...
