Despite the party and its voters turning against her, Cheney vowed to continue her efforts to stop former President Donald Trump from being reelected even if she loses her primary, which is looking inevitable at this point. According to the New York Times: The most closely watched primary of 2022 has not become much of a
Recent polls asking voters about their priorities have steadfastly avoided directly asking about, or even mentioning, the January 6th hearings. Instead, some pollsters use terms similar to the left’s rhetoric surrounding the events at the Capitol in order to avoid embarrassing headlines about the apparent lack of interest. As David Freddoso of the Washington Examiner notes, there
Attorneys for the former president reportedly issued a cease-and-desist letter to Republican Arizona Senate candidate Mark Brnovich to demand he stop using Trump’s “name, image, and/or likeness”. Brnovich has continued to use Trump’s photograph to fundraise despite Trump’s endorsement of his opponent, Blake Masters, according to The Washington Post. “Your use of President Trump’s name, image,
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) is backing candidate Mike Collins in the primary runoff for Georgia’s 10th Congressional District. It is yet another move in direct opposition to former President Donald Trump by the governor, who overwhelmingly secured the party’s nomination at the end of May. Trump has endorsed Vernon Jones, a former state representative
Speaking at a Faith and Freedom event in Tennessee, former President Donald Trump criticized the way January 6th defendants are being treated and pledged to review their cases and issue pardons where he sees fit. While he has not officially announced that he is seeking reelection, he occasionally strongly hints toward the possibility that he
Representative Tom Rice (R-SC) was one of ten Republicans to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump after January 6th. His defeat marks the first ouster of a pro-impeachment Republican as well as Trump’s first success vanquishing an incumbent. Rice surprised many of his colleagues when he joined nine other Republicans in voting to impeach
Elected Republicans are becoming more willing to speak out against Trump as a candidate, seemingly moved by the case being presented against him by the House select committee and his ongoing response to the 2020 election results. Don Bacon (R-NE) became the latest to publicly state that Trump would not be his ideal candidate. He
The committee’s first daytime hearing was derailed after Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien’s wife went into labor Monday morning. After a nearly hour-long delay to to the start of the hearing, his counsel appeared and made a statement on the record instead, according to The Hill. Stepien was compelled to appear under a subpoena,
The House committee says it plans to show off new information the public will find “exciting”, but recent polling from NBC says American are increasingly over the drama. The NBC News poll compared the feelings of American from just after the incident in January 2021 to the beginning of May 2022. Previously, just over half of those
In a significant blow to the January 6th House committee, the Justice Department declined to follow up on its recommendation to charge former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and deputy chief of staff Dan Scovino. The committee found both in contempt of Congress after they refused to oblige by the panels subpoenas relating to
