Charles Grassley, the 87-year old Republican 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
Donald Trump Jr. ripped prospective Republican presidential candidates who he accused of a ‘total lack of action’ as his father faces daunting political and legal challenges in his fight for reelection. The blast from the president’s outspoken son, who has himself been mentioned as a potential candidate for elective office, came on a day when … Read more
President Donald Trump’s own party made it more difficult for candidates to get a recount in Wisconsin and Michigan in the aftermath of his 2016 Electoral College win. The Trump campaign announced Wednesday that it would pursue a recount in Wisconsin, where Democrat Joe Biden was around 21,000 votes ahead. CNN called Wisconsin for Biden … 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
She ruffled a few feathers when during a podcast appearance she admitted she used to be ‘a little Republican’ while growing up. And Jennifer Lawrence has hastened to clarify her political affiliations now that she’s older, in a tweet on Tuesday. ‘I would like to clarify my political affiliation, which is the subject of many … Read more
Jennifer Lawrence tends to keep her personal life out of the spotlight, but she isn’t afraid to speak up when it matters. The three-time Golden Globe winner has recently used her platform to endorse Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the upcoming presidential election. She revealed Wednesday on the podcast Absolutely Not that she used … Read more
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi slammed veteran CNN host Wolf Blitzer as a ‘Republican apologist’ in a fiery meltdown on Tuesday evening. During the heated live segment on ‘The Situation Room’, Blitzer pushed the Californian congresswoman to say why she is holding up President Donald Trump’s $1.8trillion COVID-19 relief bill, leaving Pelosi fuming that … Read more
President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term on Thursday and painted a stark choice for voters this November: a second term for himself or voting for Joe Biden, a man who would ‘demolish’ the nation. ‘Despite all of our greatness as a nation, everything we have achieved is now endangered,’ the … Read more