Opinion · 118th Congress
House Freedom Caucus goes full ‘swamp’
Matt Gaetz of Florida, boasted during a Jan. 6 Fox News appearance that he had run out of things to demand McCarthy give up in return for cooperation to secure the speakership.
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Opinion · 118th Congress
Meet 2023’s politics, even more dramatic than 2022’s
Many of McCarthy’s detractors are Trump loyalists, which should not be glossed over on this second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and they want to push harder to enact his “Make America
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s about more than one dinner and a man named Trump
But to ask anyone to ignore Trump’s well-documented history, his both-sides wink at the deadly Charlottesville, Va., “Unite the Right” rally and his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the
Opinion · 117th Congress
Let’s talk turkey: Trump fever could be breaking in time for a Thanksgiving feast
That’s what some Trump-supporting rioters were yelling as they ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in search of congressional Democratic leaders and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Which party has a game plan for the future? We’re about to find out
The definition of a nanosecond is the time it took for the House minority leader to segue from condemning Trump’s complicity in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol to a humiliating pilgrimage
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Traumatized Nancy Pelosi says ‘it’s time for healing.’ But Donald Trump will never allow it
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is overseeing multiple probes related to the 2020 election, Jan. 6 Capitol riot and alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Who gets credit, and blame, after Election Day?
Mother and daughter Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss were still clearly shaken when they testified about their ordeal before the House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
Opinion · 117th Congress
A depressing return to a well-worn election playbook — because it works
violence in the past few years, you need look no further than the videos and other evidence of windows and doors smashed, American institutions defiled and law enforcement beaten and attacked on Jan. 6,
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘What happened to your country?’: The poisoned well of the Trump era
(To his credit, he took in stride the then-No. 6 Aggies upset loss to his passenger’s alma matter, Appalachian State, earlier that day in a 17-14 defensive thriller.)
Opinion · 117th Congress
Two systems of justice? Bet on it
But I don’t think many of the Jan. 6, 2021, crowd would ever link arms with those marching for accountability from authorities for one Black woman and others who fit her profile.
Congress · 117th Congress
The only two questions that matter about Trump and the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago
In that way, he might as well be back on the rally stage at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021, before some of his followers carried out the Capitol riot.
Congress · 117th Congress
Spoiler alert: Liz Cheney could take Jan. 6 warnings about Trump to GOP primary
Liz Cheney’s steely and forceful demeanor during the House Jan. 6 select committee’s public hearings has proved she is her father’s daughter.
Congress · 117th Congress
To ‘get Trump,’ Jan. 6 committee would need to start connecting some dots — directly to him
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot and weeks leading up to it has attempted to play a different game: connect the dots.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Trump sent his supporters to the Capitol. They are still fighting ‘like hell’ and following his example
The most high-profile example of what Trump has sown is the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, moments before which Trump told a charged-up crowd of his MAGA backers to head over to the legislative hub and
Opinion · 117th Congress
What happens to America when optimism dies?
talking about his GOP House colleagues, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, and their waffling about complying with subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6,
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Fortress of division: Rolling back Roe vs. Wade will be more culmination than calamity
Then came the Jan. 6, 2021, ransacking of the Capitol — complete with threats to Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers — by a pro-Trump mob revved up by their political
Opinion · 117th Congress
When did admitting mistakes become weakness for Republicans?
McCarthy’s own voice reveals this witness to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol not only blaming Trump but also worrying that members of his own caucus would be complicit in undermining
Congress · 117th Congress
Crippling blood-drenched communists: Extreme name-calling in 2022
Schiff, D-Calif., Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and the “January 6 Witch Hunt Committee,” and then warned that Never Trumpers are colluding “with Communist Democrats to rig the 2022 and 2024
Opinion · 117th Congress
It couldn’t happen here, unless it already is
Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois into the wilderness for serving on the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection or, as the RNC labeled the acts of that day, “legitimate
Opinion · 117th Congress
Democrats’ early panic over gerrymandering could prove costly in November
Certainly, Republican intransigence and the GOP’s indefensible and willful amnesia about Jan. 6, 2021, play a major role.