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☆ Hakeem Jeffries dismisses Mitch McConnell calling him an 'election denier' over his criticism of Trump: 'That didn't seem to make a lot of sense to me'
  + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. Jeffries dismissed Sen. McConnell calling him an "election denier" over his criticism of Trump. Last week, McConnell remarked that Jeffries "baselessly said the 2016 election was 'illegitimate.'" "He'll do what he does, and I want to stay focused on fighting for the people," Jeffries told CNN. "For example, the newly-elected incoming leader of the House Democrats is a past election denier who baselessly said the 2016 election was 'illegitimate' and suggested that we had a 'fake' president. I supported the certification of Donald Trump's election," he continued to say.
☆ GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw says election deniers privately admit the conspiracy to challenge Biden's legitimacy 'was always a lie'
  + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. Dan Crenshaw in an episode of his podcast recalled arguments in the GOP over election denial claims. Behind closed doors, he said, GOP officials acknowledge fraudulent election claims are "a lie." In private conversations between members of the Republican party and political personalities, Crenshaw said, he has had arguments over members perpetuating the lies. Trust me, they'll be fine,'" Crenshaw said election deniers have said to him to justify their public support of an unfounded claim to the presidency. "So we have a lot of people in the political world that are just willing to say things they know aren't true," Crenshaw said in his podcast.
☆ On Día de los Muertos, communities honor and remember the Uvalde school shooting children and teachers
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Edwin-Head-Shot-Copy.Jpg | Edwin Flores | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Maite was one of the 19 children who were killed, along with two teachers, in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May. This year, the faces of the 19 children who died in Uvalde were at the top of altars throughout the country. In the corner, next to two desks and a chalkboard, is a pecan tree, which represents Robb Elementary School. In Houston, the nonprofit arts and culture group Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts (MECA) honored the 21 Uvalde victims, including murals with the children's names. The Marcha de los Niños, or March of the Children, will take place in several cities in a special tribute to the Uvalde victims.
☆ Democrats launch mission to save their campaign chief
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Scott Wong | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +9 min
For the second time in as many election cycles, Democrats are launching an 11th-hour rescue mission to save the very House campaigns chief responsible for protecting vulnerable incumbents and preserving their fragile House majority. The DCCC also informed front-line members before announcing the ad buy in Maloney's district, a Democratic aide said. He’s built a campaign and we’ve built an operation at the DCCC that can support that reality,” Taylor said. In an interview with NBC News earlier this year, Maloney laid out that very playbook for protecting vulnerable incumbent Democrats. “While Lawler was voting against common sense gun safety reforms like not allowing teenagers to buy semi-automatic weapons, Rep. Maloney was helping pass bipartisan gun safety reforms,” Ehrenberg said in a statement.
☆ The House may finally vote — next week — on legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
House Democrats just teed up a potential vote next week on a congressional stock trading ban. "Across the entire federal government, there have been significant stories regarding financial conflicts of interest in relation to stock trading and ownership," Lofgren wrote. A ban on senior government officials, including members of Congress and their immediate families, from trading cryptocurrencies. The House is voting for just 3 days next week, leaving little time for members to consider the new legislation. Several prominent proponents of a stock trading ban recently told Insider that they'd been largely left out of Democratic leadership's legislative plans.
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