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Opinion · 117th Congress

My uphill battle not to worry about our democracy

As Confederate-flag-waving zealots, threatening to hang Mike Pence, invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, I kept repeating the mantra that they were only a tiny, crazed fraction of the 74 million Trump

Opinion · 117th Congress

When an insurrection is seen as just another day in America

It’s a question I ask after hearing too many Republicans dismiss the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a violent pro-Trump mob trying to halt the counting of American citizens’ votes as a “normal tourist

Opinion · 117th Congress

Still in trouble … and getting worse

Since that column, the Capitol was attacked and defiled by Trump-fueled rioters on Jan. 6, with members from both parties (including the sitting vice president) threatened.

Opinion · 117th Congress

Good governance should be good politics

The erosion of political comity was on display for the entire world on Jan. 6, when a mob invaded the Capitol in a bid to overturn the results of a free and fair election.

Opinion · 117th Congress

Cooperation: The opportunity is there for the taking

Act, passed 90-8 on March 18.CARES Act, passed 96-0 on March 25.Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, passed by voice vote on April 21.Consolidated Appropriations Act, passed 92-6

Opinion · 117th Congress

They hated him before they respected him

According to the Dec. 20, 2008, NBC News poll conducted by Hart Research Associates (D) and Public Opinion Strategies (R), when self-identified Democrats were asked about their feelings toward Bush, only 6

Opinion · 117th Congress

GOP election strategy more Jim Crow than John Lewis

Though the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court seems likely to approve the policies because that’s what they do, Michael Carvin, a lawyer for the Arizona GOP, revealed more than he may have

Opinion · 117th Congress

Self-determination for Puerto Rico: A win for democracy, not Democrats

lacks political representation and, as many Americans witnessed for the first time, its mayor lacked the executive authority to call up the National Guard when a violent mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Opinion · 117th Congress

Republicans have nothing to fear — but everything

Why would a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — to avoid a repeat by the same forces who believed an election fraud lie — be a bad idea?

Opinion · 117th Congress

Freedom: A force to be reckoned with

Carlos Gimenez was born in Cuba, coming to the United States with his family when he was 6 years old. The families of both Reps.