Tag: U.S. House Republicans

House Republicans’ claim about ‘known or suspected terrorists’ at the border

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As midterm elections were approaching in 2018, President Donald Trump and members of his administration falsely claimed that thousands of “known or suspected” terrorists were being caught at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The real number ranges from around three to a dozen per year, according to news reports, official statistics and a whistleblower complaint from a former top official at the Department of Homeland Security.

McCarthy and Katko, the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, traveled to El Paso this week and apparently got updated statistics from U.S. border officials, covering the period from October to the present. We were skeptical at first, but the claim seems grounded in fact. Let’s take a look. Continue reading.

Republicans faced a simple choice: For or against democracy.

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HOUSE REPUBLICANS have faced what amounts to a choice between standing for or against democracy: whether to sign on to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s delusional lawsuit to overturn the presidential election. A large majority of them failed the test. More House Republicans, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), on Friday signed an amicus brief supporting Mr. Paxton, just hours before the Supreme Court unceremoniously rejected the suit. This is a disheartening signal about what these members of Congress might do on Jan. 6, when at least some Republicans probably will object to the counting of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral votes.

Mr. McCarthy and the other extremists and toadies who have signed their names to President Trump’s antidemocratic plot may think their complicity is costless, because the Supreme Court was bound to reject the Paxton lawsuit, as it did on Friday, and there are enough Democrats on Capitol Hill to foil any GOP mischief during the electoral vote counting. They are wrong. Their recklessness raises the once-unthinkable possibility that a Congress controlled by one party might one day flip a presidential election to its candidate in defiance of the voters’ will, citing claims of mass fraud just as bogus as the ones Republicans have hyped up this year.

Some Republicans described the Paxton lawsuit honestly, including two senior Texas lawmakers. “I frankly struggle to understand the legal theory of it,” said Sen. John Cornyn. “I’m not convinced.” “I’m not supporting it,” said Rep. Kay Granger. “It’s a distraction.” Continue reading.

Pro-Paulsen Television Ad Info

There’s an ad appearing on television these days that’s touting how wonderful the GOP tax cut (for the rich) is for everyone, how we should thank Rep. Erik Paulsen for voting FOR the bill and how big, bad, nasty Nancy Pelosi wants to take the tons of money the tax cut bill puts in Middle Class Minnesotans’ pockets.

What’s the reality?

Who Paid for this Ad?

First, the ad is produced and paid for by CFL. Want to know who that organization is?  It’s a super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership.

Here’s a link to an article in Roll Call talking about the media buy. Continue reading “Pro-Paulsen Television Ad Info”