Category: Republicans

Statehood Momentum: DC, Puerto Rico Will Be States ‘By the End of This Decade’
While President Biden and its other allies won't give up on granting Washington DC statehood, at least one political observer believes that the political momentum is there to bring in both DC and Puerto Rico as the newest US states by the end of the decade.

Boehner: ‘Knuckleheads’ in the Republican Party Just Bring Chaos, They Have No Idea About Governing
Former House Speaker John Boehner's making the rounds of television to promote his new book, but along the way, he's not always being terribly kind to the fellow Republicans he left behind.

Former Florida Congressman Says Best Thing Matt Gaetz Can Do Is ‘Shut Up, Hire a Lawyer, and Resign’
Former congressman David Jolly (R-Fla.) said Wednesday the best thing Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) can do now is “shut up” and resign.

Fmr Republican Strategist: GOP Has Drawn a Line in the Sand and Said They Are for ‘White Power in America’
The Republican Party has cast aside its core principles to move towards an embrace of power aimed at one thing: advancing white people at the expense of American people of color. That's according to former GOP strategist and Lincoln Project adviser Kurt Bardella.

On Voting Rights, Republicans Are Arguing that This Country ‘Must Remain White in the Vein of Old Europe’
While ongoing Republican attempts across the country to try to limit voting rights are not only undemocratic, they are racist to try to recast the United States as predominantly white-ruled nation -- they must also be resisted across the board, according to a variety of political observers.

The Minimum Wage Wars: Everyone, It Seems, Has A Battle Plan
Although they weren't successful in ultimately including it as part of President Biden's COVID relief package, neither Biden nor congressional Democrats have given up on raising the federal minimum wage. The question is: Raise it just how much?

W.Va. Governor: Texas, Mississippi Going Maskless a ‘Macho Thing’
Although the governors of Mississippi and Texas who this week lifted mask mandates in their states in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic may have been Republicans, the moves were not supported by all of their Republican counterparts.

Administration, Allies Continue Fight For Embattled Nominee Tanden
The Biden administration and its allies continue to fight against worsening odds to keep alive Neera Tanden's nearly moribund nomination to head up the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

‘The Governor Is Making This Massive, Very Dangerous And Deadly Outage All About Politics’
Gov. Greg Abbott, and other Republican state leaders of Texas, are more interested in pointing political fingers rather than deal with the key issues in the midst of the ongoing deep freeze and power outage in the Lone Star State.

Rush Limbaugh ‘Laid Groundwork For Donald Trump’
Rush Limbaugh, the nationally syndicated right-wing radio broadcaster who died Wednesday of advanced lung cancer, was eulogized also for paving the way for the political environment which allowed for Donald Trump's ascension to the White House, according to a variety of political commentators.

