Opinion · 118th Congress
On your mark. Get set. Yawn.
Unlike Hogan and Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence is a staunch conservative who served for years as an apologist for Trump until the attack on the Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021.
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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
Why the conventional wisdom about 2022 has been so wrong
Instead, Biden’s approval rating (43 percent) has jumped 6 points since late July, according to averages at RealClearPolitics.
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
Trump, the MAGA Jan. 6 battlefield and open questions on what’s next
He allegedly told Hutchinson “things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6.” Meadows has refused to testify before the select panel.
Opinion · 117th Congress
When will Congress call domestic terrorism by its name?
terrorism” and “white supremacy” for the dangers they are, despite the warnings from FBI Director Christopher Wray’s March 2021 testimony before the same committee about the connection between the Jan. 6
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Biden and the dangers of inbred optimism
Bush’s ill-fated “Mission Accomplished” sentiments about Iraq, Biden said on July 6, “The virus is on the run, and America is coming back.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
For many Capitol Hill staffers, the trauma of Jan. 6 has never left
Yet I chose to write this piece to provide my perspective of how things have been in Congress one year after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The dangers of a short memory in recognizing — and fighting — hate
Jan. 6, 2021, less than a year ago, saw the same hate, on steroids, with ordinary citizens, members of white supremacist groups and some in the military and law enforcement trying to overturn the
Opinion · 117th Congress
Time for Biden to get out of the Build Back Better bubble
An Oct. 6-8 CBS News/YouGov survey of U.S. adults found Biden at 47 percent to 53 percent on infrastructure; 37 percent to 63 percent on Afghanistan; and 47 percent to 53 percent on climate change
Opinion · 117th Congress
SNAP recipients deserve access to healthy foods
More than 6 in 10 SNAP recipients say cost is a barrier to accessing healthy foods.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Statues come down, while barriers to truth are erected
There is no more absurd example than in Tennessee, where parents from “Moms for Liberty” don’t want children to learn about what 6-year-old Ruby Bridges endured when she integrated her New Orleans
Opinion · 117th Congress
6 months after Capitol assault, DC still needs statehood
Lastly, the Jan. 6 attack reiterated the importance of statehood for Washington, D.C.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Dear Mike Pompeo: Thanks for your email
Otherwise, they might attack the Capitol or oppose medals for those D.C. and Capitol Police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The virus and the fabulist in chief in the White House
The 30-year-old Freeman is a 6-foot-5-inch professional athlete — and the virus was powerful enough to make him fear for his life. Just the flu?
Opinion · 116th Congress
A mercurial Trump foils Charlotte’s best-laid RNC plans, probably
more than $150 million it was estimated the 2012 Democratic convention that nominated President Barack Obama for a second term brought in, while the city council approved the move, albeit by a close 6-