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Report: Marco Rubio Pins Hopes on South Carolina

Despite relatively low national poll numbers, Marco Rubio’s campaign has calculated that the donor-class favorite can snag the party’s nomination through a strong performance in Nikki Haley and Lindsey Graham’s state of South Carolina, according to a new report.

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House Freedom Caucus Makes Excuses For Ryan’s $1.8 Trillion Tax-And-Spend Plan

Politico reports that members of the supposedly anti-establishment House Freedom Caucus are offering excuses to shield House Speaker Paul Ryan from getting the blame for his closed-door, budget-busting, welfare-extending, refugee-boosting, illegal-immigrant-funding, job-outsourcing, regulation-preserving, $1.8 trillion spending-and-tax plan, which has thrilled Democrats and angered GOP voters.

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Brat: GOP ‘Scared of Its Shadow’ on Immigration

Congressman Dave Brat (R-VA) stated that the GOP is “scared of its shadow” on immigration on Monday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Brat said, “I think our party is scared of its shadow when it comes to the 2016 election. And so,

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House Homeland Security Committee Aides Say No Fence For Border, Because It’s Too Expensive

A border bill introduced by House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) has less than 50 miles of border fencing because McCaul thinks it would cost American taxpayers too much to secure the whole border, McCaul aides tell Breitbart News. In addition, committee materials that were distributed to House Republicans in an effort to win their support for the bill contain provably false information—specifically a claim that there are already 652 miles of double-layer fencing, of the 700 miles required by law, built on the U.S. border with Mexico.

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Conservative Activists Fuel Anti-Boehner Rebellion With Letter Calling for His Removal as Speaker

Two dozen conservative activists, including prominent new media personalities Michelle Malkin and Dana Loesch, joined Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation and John Hawkins and Tiffany Ruegner of Right Wing News, in signing a letter calling on “Republicans in the House of Representatives to elect someone other than John Boehner as Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

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