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Republicans answered defeat by promoting Jim Jordan and digging in for Trump. This looks like a legal defense team preparing to fight investigations, not a caucus ready to govern. Americans need help. They’re fighting for deck chairs on Trump’s sinking ship.
NEW TEAM ASSEMBLED! We have one mission: to protect and defend this country from the radical Left and focus on American families. That starts right now.
Republican Leader Jim Jordan
Whip Tom Emmer
Conference Chair Lisa McClain
NRCC Chair Brian Jack
Conference Secretary Mark Alford
Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore
Republican Policy Committee Chair Jay Obernolte
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11 House Democrats Who Missed the Hegseth Impeachment Vote — and Their Explanations
No public explanation:
Julia Brownley (CA)
Laura Gillen (NY)
Haley Stevens (MI)
Frederica Wilson (FL)
Gave an explanation:
Lou Correa (CA) — Recovering from medical procedure
Steven Horsford (NV) — Traffic incident + police bus delay
Jonathan Jackson (IL) — Traffic incident + police bus delay
Nancy Pelosi (CA) — Attending Veterans Day event in San Francisco
Brittany Pettersen (CO) — Said she was “denied the ability to vote” (no specific reason given)
Melanie Stansbury (NM) — Traffic incident + police-escorted bus delay
Marilyn Strickland (WA) — Stuck behind a motorcade (missed by ~1 minute)
The 11 absent Democrats from the Hegseth vote:
Julia Brownley (CA) @RepBrownley
Lou Correa (CA) @RepLouCorrea
Laura Gillen (NY) @RepLauraGillen
Steven Horsford (NV) @RepHorsford
Jonathan Jackson (IL) @rep_jackson
Nancy Pelosi (CA) @SpeakerPelosi
Brittany Pettersen (CO) @RepPettersen
Melanie Stansbury (NM) @Rep_Stansbury
Haley Stevens (MI) @RepHaleyStevens
Marilyn Strickland (WA) @RepStricklandWA
Frederica Wilson (FL) @RepWilson
Rep. Stansbury's office has stated: "Like other Members of Congress, Rep. Stansbury was blocked from entering the Capitol to vote due a traffic incident and a police escort of a bus during the vote. When she reached the chamber the vote had just gaveled out."
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) says a traffic incident delayed Democrats on voting for Hegseth impeachment motion.
The size of the Democrats historic victory is truly amazing in this era of political polarization...
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Current numbers:
Alaska: Peltola (D) up by 2,517 votes, a margin of 1.1%
Mississippi: Colom (D) up by 2,535 votes, a margin of approximately 0.3%
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As Trump emerges from the midterms looking increasingly like a loser and a lame duck, expect these already dismal approval numbers to sink even lower.
Trump's approval is at 32% in a new Reuters-Ipsos poll of U.S. adults.
Only 21% approve of how he's handling the cost of living. 25% approve on the economy. Immigration, his best issue, is at 38%.
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Scary insight into a scary soulless ghoul…
Award-winning journalist @jeanguerre literally wrote the book on Stephen Miller, Hatemonger. “He is, above all, a sadist," she told me on @connectmsnow.
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Here’s how much of the Republican vote Angie Nixon and Turek got (from NBC Exit poll):
Nixon (FL) - 7%
Turek (IA) - 7%
Think its time to stop assuming moderation automatically wins over more Republican voters. Vibes and candidate quality matter more as well
It took a few days but he remembered his base believed him in 2020
Trump Finally Gets Around to Claiming the Midterms Were Rigged
rollingstone.com/politics/po…
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Before 2016, @grok what were Jared Kushner’s qualifications for serving as a chief U.S. diplomat negotiating for peace in the Middle East? How much money has Jared made from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Israel since he assumed the role of U.S. representative in the region?
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New in @playbookdc: A person familiar with Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s thinking about running for majority leader told Playbook he’s “received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode. The door is not shut.”
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NEW: A firm linked to Trump’s sons got nearly $40 million in federal contracts to screen for Ebola and other diseases.
XpresTest has experience conducting Covid screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or biosecurity services abroad.
propublica.org/article/trump…
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President Biden: “What Trump did on January 6, 2021, should never be forgotten. It should follow him to the grave.”
That’s absolutely right. Sadly, January 6, 2021 should also have been followed, no more than fourteen days later, with an 𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 criminal investigation and prosecution of Trump.
The fact that a decision was made—and it was a decision—not to seek Trump’s accountability from the outset did unprecedented, and possibly irreparable, damage to the nation.
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Rep. Robert Garcia: ‘The days of us not fighting back are over’ politi.co/4z5Gk1i
