Which Republican Members of Congress Support Democracy? Not many. The Republican Accountability Project, a group of expatriate Anti Trump Republicans (people like Elizabeth Neumann, Olivia Troye, and Bill Kristol) that have become regular contributors on CNN and MSNBC, has released a report (called the GOP Report Card on Democracy) giving 136 Congressional Republicans failing grades … Read more
Last week, fellow writer Larry Bodine wrote: “Biggs and Gosar inducted into QAnon Caucus.” This label, formulated by House Democratic Caucus leader Hakeem Jefferies and used by others like Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the DCCC in their fundraising ads, refers to, as Jefferies describes: “The House Republican Conference appears to have been taken over by … Read more
Following the just verdict against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden spoke together to the American People. Vice President Harris commented: “Because of smartphones, so many Americans have now seen the racial injustice that black Americans have known for generations, the … Read more
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs led a group of 14 Republicans opposing a resolution condemning last month’s military coup in Burma (also known as Myanmar). Rep. Paul Gosar could not bring himself to vote “no” and instead voted “present”. The final vote was 398-14, and Gosar was the sole abstention. Gosar (R-CD4) has not yet made public … Read more
There should be some part of the Arizona Democratic brain trust that wishes someone like Republican State Party Chairperson Kelli Ward or Congressional District Five Representative Andy Biggs gets the 2022 Republican Senate Nomination against Senator Mark Kelly. Either one of them would be a statewide posterboard for all that has gone wrong with the … Read more