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On Monday’s edition of CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Chris Cuomo left Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) stunned after shutting down President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about CrowdStrike being a Ukrainian company and Ukraine somehow having a Democratic Party server. “You don’t believe that there’s a question as to whether or not Russia or Ukraine interfered in our election, right?” said Cuomo. “Russia interfered in the election, they tried to,” said Weber. “Secretary Jeh Johnson said there was no votes changed.” “Never said anything about votes,” said Cuomo. “They hacked the DNC...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Iowa Republican state Rep. Skyler Wheeler complained about the transgender flag flying over the state Capitol building in Des Moines last week for Transgender Day of Remembrance, calling it an act of “political aggression” from “the Rainbow Jihad.” “It’s another way that the Rainbow Jihad continues to give those of us who don’t agree with them a finger in the eye and push their beliefs on us,” Wheeler said, according to an interview with conservative outlet The Iowa Standard published on Saturday. The lawmaker, who...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Republican State Representative Stewart Jones (S.C.) filed a bill on Wednesday that would ban a variety of medical treatments for transgender children, potentially even antidepressants for gender dysphoria. House bill 4716, known as the “Youth Gender Reassignment Prevention Act,” prohibits doctors from performing any “gender reassignment medical treatment” on a person under 18. The bill would also ban hormones and puberty blockers, a reversible treatment that stops the physical changes associated with puberty. It also prohibits any treatment “to align the patient’s appearance or physical...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Laughter erupted during the first public impeachment inquiry hearing on Wednesday when Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) invited President Trump to testify in response to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) lamenting that the whistleblower – whom he referred to as ”the guy who started it all” – would not be testifying. “Now there is one witness, one witness that they won’t bring in front of us,” Jordan said. “They won’t bring in front of the American people, and that’s the guy that started it all: the...

Two Republicans, including a candidate for local office and a County Republican Party official have been charged with election fraud in Marion, Ohio. The GOP candidate for Marion City Auditor, Robert Landon, and Marion County Republican Party official John Matthews have both been charged with distributing phony sample ballots, according to ABC6 News. “A party official or candidate handing out a sample ballot could face up to six months in jail and a $1000 fine if convicted.” Noting that “Ohio law bans political parties or candidates from handing out sample ballots,” ABC6 News reports they “look...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, a loyal supporter of President Trump, led more than 30 Republican lawmakers to “crash” a closed-door impeachment inquiry hearing being conducted by the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Reform committees. WATCH: here's the video of when 2 dozen GOP members, led by @mattgaetz entered the secure hearing room (SCIF) to interrupt witness testimony in the #ImpeachmentInquiry as they demand access, despite not being committee members. They're complaining it's a "Soviet-style process". pic.twitter.com/8KddYz3r9D — Scott Thuman (@ScottThuman) October 23,...

A Republican Colorado representative is facing backlash after claiming that black people and white people were lynched in nearly equal numbers for being Republican in the post-Reconstruction era, The Greeley Tribune reports. Rep. Lori Saine (Firestone) made the claim on the Colorado House floor Friday and later shared a video of her controversial remarks on her Facebook page Monday, saying it was in defense of House District 49 Rep. Perry Buck, R-Windsor, who tried to introduce a resolution honoring Dr. King. In a 4-minute speech on the house floor, Saine...