Republican Senator Pat Toomey revealed on Saturday he believes President Donald Trump has ‘committed impeachable offenses’. In an interview with Fox, he claimed that Trump was no longer fit to serve after the president this week called on his supporters to ‘fight’ the election results, causing them to riot on the U.S. Capitol in violent … Read more
Donald Trump says people are ‘angry’ after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated President-elect Joe Biden, and the sitting president’s most ardent loyalists vented their fury at the high-ranking Republican. ‘The Electoral College has spoken,’ McConnell said on Tuesday morning, before adding he wanted to ‘congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden’ and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Early on … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment refused to call into question the the certification process in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden’s victory and the state’s 20 electors are to meet on Dec. … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment refused to call into question the the certification process in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden’s victory and the state’s 20 electors are to meet on Dec. … Read more
Two Republican Senators have blasted President-Elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks, suggesting they might try to block the nomination process after January’s inauguration. In tweets Sunday, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas hit out at Biden’s potential picks for Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Director … Read more
Sen. Charles Grassley, the 87-year old president pro tempore of the Senate, announced Tuesday he has coronavirus. The oldest Republican senator made the announcement by Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, hours after saying he was self-isolating after contact with someone who was infected. ‘I’ve tested positive for coronavirus. I’ll b following my doctors’ orders/CDC guidelines & … Read more
Philadelphia’s lone Republican city commissioner has described as ‘deranged’ the accusations of voter fraud being made by the White House, as he revealed his staff had been receiving death threats as Donald Trump attacks their integrity. Al Schmidt, one of three city commissioners charged with overseeing elections, told 60 Minutes that he was shocked at the … Read more
Thank you very much. Good evening. I’d like to update the American people with our efforts to protect the election. If you count the legal vote, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that came in late, we’re looking … Read more
Thank you very much. Good evening. I’d like to update the American people with our efforts to protect the election. If you count the legal vote, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that came in late, we’re looking … Read more
The Texas Supreme Court has denied a Republican-led petition to reject nearly 127,000 ballots cast at drive-thru voting stations in the Houston area. The state’s all-Republican high court rejected the request from GOP activists and candidates on Sunday without explaining its decision. The effort to have the Harris County ballots thrown out is still set … Read more