2020 Election - Page 24

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) accused fellow members of congress of holding “reconnaissance” tours for the January 6 Capitol riots.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday told Republican colleagues that he is undecided on whether to vote to convict President Donald Trump in the Senate’s impeachment trial in the wake of last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol. 

Rep.  Matt Gaetz reminded Democrats of the inaction they took as Black Lives Matter and Antifa burned down cities and police stations during the protests over the summer, triggering an outcry from House Democrats in the chamber.

President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday he was nominating Samantha Power, a former Obama administration official and key unmasker of Trump campaign staffers, to a top position in his incoming administration.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will not agree to convene Congress’s upper chamber early to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, a McConnell spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) went after her GOP colleagues during an Instagram live on Tuesday evening and expressed outrage over Capitol rioters bringing the Confederate flag inside the Capitol, telling GOP members that “white supremacists will never win” and suggesting they resign if they disagree.

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) warned Democrats on Wednesday they would be accountable for the actions of the “lunatic fringe of their movement” if they impeached President Donald Trump for the Capitol riot after he urged peaceful protest.

Biden’s inaugural committee announced that it will be returning a $500 donation from former Democrat Sen. Barbara Boxer over China ties.

Eric Trump blamed businesses that cut ties with the Trump Organization after the attacks on Capitol Hill last week on “cancel culture.”

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), chair of the House Rules Committee, told his colleagues on Wednesday that President Trump must be held accountable for the protests that occurred at the U.S. Capitol last week because “he organized” and “incited” them.

Following reports that Airbnb may cancel the reservations of users linked with “hate groups,” Airbnb has announced that it will now cancel all Washington D.C. reservations during the week of the upcoming presidential inauguration.

Lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), fought the certification of electoral votes from Florida in 2017.

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said that President Donald Trump should be held accountable for the recent events at Capitol Hill, stating that “no one is above the law.”

A CBS News/YouGov poll published Wednesday showed that 85 percent of Republicans opposed impeaching President Donald Trump.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) blasted what he called the double standard of his Democrat colleagues on the House floor on Wednesday, reminding Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) that he stood as the “first objector” to the results during the same process in 2017.

The vast majority of Trump supporters and Republicans in battleground states are less likely to vote for a member of Congress who votes in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, a January 12 memo from the pollster John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates found.

Walt Disney Co. and the Motion Picture Association are falling in line with other organizations and suspending contributions to lawmakers who objected to certifying the electoral votes in at least one state on January 6.

Megan Rapinoe, captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team, said that the people who attacked the Capitol were a ‘white supremacy mob.’

Impeaching President Trump stands in “direct opposition to what President-elect Joe Biden has been calling for all year” and will “only lead to more hate,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said on Tuesday.

The parallels between King Uzziah and President Trump are striking. Uzziah did not turn against his faith, but pursued it with excessive zeal.

Airbnb announced on Monday that it would be reviewing reservations in the Washington DC area ahead of the presidential inauguration and will ban any guests it believes are associated with “hate groups” or violent activity. The company is also cross-referencing arrest records from the Capitol Hill incident with its customer base to ban attendees from using the platform in the future.

Google-owned YouTube announced on Tuesday that it is suspending President Donald Trump’s channel “in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence,” adding that the ability to comment on the President’s YouTube channel will be disabled “indefinitely.”

Vice President Mike Pence sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday and stated he would not invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.

Six House Republicans introduce a resolution Tuesday to censure President Donald Trump for trying to prevent the certification of the 2020 elections and allegedly incite rioters last week.

To give some perspective on the controversies we’ve witnessed in this election, remember that four years ago this week Obama, Biden,and Comey were talking about spying on and targeting Donald Trump and his team for prosecution.

Democrats clamoring for Donald Trump’s immediate removal from office may be afraid of what documents he might declassify in his final week. I say, what is taking him so long?

FBI officials said on Tuesday that they are pursuing almost 200 people who are alleged to have been part of the attack on the Capitol.

The DOJ and the FBI are scouring the country for what it says are more than 170 suspects in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday offered advice on how Republicans and the conservative media, specifically, can “begin the healing and unifying process,” demanding that they state that Joe Biden “was duly elected president in a free and fair election.”

Sen. Steve Daines’ (R-MT) office torched at Sen. Jon Tester (R-MT) in a statement Tuesday, charging that the Montana Democrat is “no stranger” to dangerous rhetoric.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) this week unveiled the RELIEF Act of 2021, which would, in part, give some Marylanders $750 stimulus checks as part of the coronavirus relief measure.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday held a press conference where he insisted that President “Donald Trump should not hold office one day longer,” blaming his rhetoric for the riots that occurred at the U.S. Capitol.

“The 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration,” Trump said. “As the expression goes, be careful what you wish for.”

“They’re coming because they think that it’s gravy train at the end. It’s going to be a gravy train,” Trump said, adding, “That’s what they’re looking for. They’re looking for the gravy.”

In addition to banning President Donald Trump, social media companies are purging grassroots activists and organizers from their platforms as well, in what has become the widest-reaching big tech crackdown to date.

A majority of battleground voters want Congress to move on from impeaching President Donald Trump, considering their effort both politically motivated and a waste of time and money, according to a January 12 memo from the pollster John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates.