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☆ Arizona GOP Rep. Eli Crane, a freshman lawmaker who opposed Kevin McCarthy as speaker, says he 'might wind up in the broom closet' over his vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Crane said he "might wind up in the broom closet" over his opposition to McCarthy's speakership. Crane told The New York Times he simply wanted to see Republicans move in a different direction. "Sir, I'm sorry, we love you out in Arizona, but I've been listening to my voters," Crane told Trump, per the lawmaker's recent interview with The New York Times. In the first 14 ballots, Crane supported conservative alternatives to McCarthy before voting "present" in the 15th and final ballot. Crane told the newspaper that he'd like to serve on the Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Natural Resources Committees, but felt that he could be shut out due to his speakership vote.

☆ George Santos campaign paid staffer nearly $100k to pretend to be Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff and get money from donors
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A fundraiser for George Santos allegedly posed as Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff, per CNBC. According to FEC filings, the fundraiser was paid almost $100k by Santos' campaign. According to CNBC, Santos' campaign paid Miele almost $50,000 for fundraising during the embattled lawmaker's failed 2020 run for Congress. Meyer, McCarthy's office, and Santos' campaign did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. The non-partisan watchdog Campaign Legal Center (CLC) also filed a complaint with the FEC on Monday, alleging that Santos and his 2022 campaign violated campaign-finance laws by engaging in a "straw donor scheme."

☆ U.S. watchdog accuses Rep. George Santos of breaking campaign finance laws
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Jason Lange | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A federal watchdog on Monday accused newly elected Republican U.S. Representative George Santos of breaking campaign finance laws by concealing funding sources and using donor money to pay rent on his personal residence. "The commission should thoroughly investigate what appear to be equally brazen lies about how his campaign raised and spent money," according to the complaint. Santos' office in Congress referred queries to the lawmaker's election campaign, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Campaign Legal Center said Santos' campaign finance disclosures also do not square with other disclosures he has made regarding his income and assets. "The overall circumstances instead indicate that unknown individuals or corporations may have illegally funneled money to Santos's campaign," according to the complaint.

☆ Trump exalts himself over Kevin McCarthy's elevation to House speaker: 'I did our Country a big favor!'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump on Saturday took to Truth Social to pat himself on the back for McCarthy's speakership win. "I greatly helped Kevin McCarthy attain the position of Speaker of the House," he wrote. After 15 rounds of balloting, McCarthy was selected by the House as its speaker in a 216-212 vote. "The Fake News Media was, believe it or not, very gracious in their reporting that I greatly helped Kevin McCarthy attain the position of Speaker of the House," he wrote. McCarthy has long allied himself with Trump, and backtracked in his criticism of the former president after the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

☆ Connecticut lawmaker killed in tragic collision hours after being sworn in
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Connecticut lawmaker died hours after being sworn in as state representative. Lawmakers mourned state Rep. Quentin "Q" Williams following the announcement of his death. The collision occurred around 12:45 a.m. local time just outside of Middletown, Connecticut, on Route 9 in a town called Cromwell. The 39-year-old lawmaker, state Rep. Quentin "Q" Williams of Middletown in the 100th District, a Democrat serving in the Connecticut General Assembly, had been sworn in on Wednesday. The Connecticut State Police and Williams' office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Everything that could go wrong as the House speaker fight leaves the chamber leaderless
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

House lawmakers are still not agreed on who will lead them. The lack of a speaker of the House has some very real consequences. White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tamped down on any "significant risks" related to the delay. As we indicated above, the House can't pass its rules until it has a speaker. But House lawmakers have complained that they are unable to effectively coordinate due to their current unofficial status.

☆ Bernie Sanders blasts Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as a 'corporate Democrat' who has 'sabotaged enormously important legislation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday blasted fellow Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as a "corporate Democrat." Sanders on CNN's "State of the Union" said Sinema has "sabotaged enormously important legislation." Sinema on Friday announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party to become an Independent. "She is a corporate Democrat who has, in fact, along with Senator Manchin sabotaged enormously important legislation." Sinema will retain her committee assignments through the Democratic Party going forward, meaning that 51-49 balance will hold despite her switching to become an Independent.

This week she was arrested in a raid as part of a group suspected of plotting to violently overthrow the German government. Prosecutors have said the 58-year-old, a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was to become justice minister in a new state headed by aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss after the coup. The AfD said in a statement on Wednesday that it condemned the efforts of the suspected plotters. The inscription 'To the German people' is written above the entrance to the Reichstag building, the seat of Germany's lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany December 9, 2022. Nationwide it is polling at 14%, making it the most successful far-right party in Germany since World War Two.

☆ Hear newly elected GOP lawmaker's response to Trump's call to end Constitution
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Congressman-elect Mike Lawler (R-NY) joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss former President Donald Trump's call for the termination of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election and reinstate him to power in a continuation of his election denialism and pushing of fringe conspiracy theories.

☆ Republicans want Brian Kemp's mojo to rub off on Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff, but hurdles remain as the governor uses his political operation to boost the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Brian Kemp has emerged as Herschel Walker's most powerful surrogate in the Georgia Senate runoff. Kemp, who won reelection as governor, didn't campaign with Walker during the general election race. This normally wouldn't be a notable act in GOP politics, but the Georgia Senate runoff election is not a normal contest. For that reason, Walker has found himself openly embracing Kemp, who came out of the general election as the biggest winner in Georgia politics. On November 7, Kemp flew around Georgia with most of the statewide GOP candidates — including Raffensperger — but Walker wasn't part of the mix.

☆ Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says there's no one 'better suited' to lead House Republicans than Kevin McCarthy: 'He's been good for conservatives'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Paul Ryan said there was no one "better suited" to lead House Republicans than Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy is trying to lock up votes to lead the House, which will have a slim GOP majority in 2023. Ryan also told Karl that he believed McCarthy would get at least 218 votes on the floor, and expressed confidence in the lawmaker's abilities to lead Republicans. "There isn't anybody better suited to running this conference than Kevin McCarthy. He's been good for conservatives, frankly, but he's also a person who really understands how to manage a conference."

☆ Raphael Warnock says Herschel Walker has ‘no vision’ for Georgia, kicking off opening salvo for Senate runoff election: ‘He’s trafficking in division’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Raphael Warnock on Thursday set the stage for his Senate runoff campaign against Herschel Walker. Warnock during his speech said Walker had "no vision for our state or for our country." Herschel Walker has shown us that he's not capable. Herschel Walker has no vision for our state or for our country. Maybe because he has no vision, he's busy trafficking in division."

☆ Republican Sen. Mike Lee faces off against independent Evan McMullin in the Utah Senate race
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee is running for a 3rd term against independent candidate Evan McMullin. In the Senate, Lee serves on the Judiciary Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging. Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin. Republicans have won every presidential race in the state since 1968, often with landslide margins, and the last Democrat to win a Senate race in the state was Frank Moss in 1970. In the 2020 presidential election, Trump defeated now-President Joe Biden in Utah by 20 points (58%-38%), a significant drop from Romney's sweeping victory (73%-25%) over Obama in 2012.

☆ Stochastic terrorism appears to be on the rise globally. Extremism experts explain how this form of violence has gone mainstream.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Acts of stochastic terrorism appear to be on the rise, according to extremism experts. The "lone-wolf" nature of the assault in conjunction with the suspect's stated motivation suggests the incident could be an example of stochastic terrorism, according to extremism experts. While stochastic terrorism is not a new phenomenon, its stark prevalence in global society at the moment is a more recent development, he added. "It's quite mainstream," Spaaij said, of stochastic terrorism. But what makes the violence stochastic, he added, is "we don't know where or when."

☆ There have only been 2 Black elected governors in US history, but the 2022 midterm elections could usher in unparalleled change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

There have only been two Black elected governors in US history, but that could change on Tuesday. With the victory, Wilder became the first Black elected governor in the United States, generations after P.B.S. He said people brag about him as the first Black governor elected in America. However, this year, Black gubernatorial candidates weren't overly reliant on the party leadership to help them land the nominations in their respective states. At the end of the day, if that's what I accomplished, that's not enough," Moore told Insider.

☆ Elon Musk jokes that AOC's Twitter troubles were 'a naked abuse of power'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk joked that when AOC's Twitter account stopped working it was "a naked abuse of power." The lawmaker said her account stopped working after a spat with Musk, who now owns Twitter. It was a naked abuse of power." Their latest spat began after Ocasio-Cortez criticized Musk's plan to charge Twitter users $8 for blue ticks. Twitter, Musk, and representatives for Ocasio-Cortez didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ AOC says her Twitter account stopped working properly after she criticized Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AOC said she was having issues with her Twitter account following a spat with Elon Musk. The pair had been discussing Musk's decision to charge Twitter users for blue ticks. The lawmaker began by slamming Musk's controversial plans to charge users for verification on the platform. Public figures, including Stephen King, have criticized plans to charge verified Twitter users for blue ticks. Representatives for Musk and Ocasio-Cortez did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside of normal working hours.

☆ Grégoire de Fournas: French parliamentary session halted by lawmaker's shout "Go back to Africa"
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

A rightwing French lawmaker has caused uproar by shouting “Go back to Africa” during a Black lawmaker’s comments at a parliamentary session broadcast to the public on Thursday. Grégoire de Fournas, parliamentary representative from the National Rally (RN) party, interrupted Carlos Martens Bilongo, a representative from the far-left party France Unbowed (LFI) during a session of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. De Fournas interrupted, shouting “go back to Africa.”Chaos immediately ensued in the chamber, leading Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly, to temporarily suspend the session. Bilongo and his party have described the shout as a racist personal attack, though de Fournas’ party has argued that the interjection was actually intended for the migrants under discussion. Mathilde Panot, leader of the far-left France Unbowed group at the National Assembly, has demanded that de Fournas face the toughest punishment for a French lawmaker — expulsion.

He said the spouses of some high-profile lawmakers may need security details in the future, in addition to using home security systems. Court documents allege the suspect had been in search of the House speaker and was on a "suicide mission" with additional targets. However, "there are not enough resources available to me to do that," she said on MSNBC following the attack on Paul Pelosi. “Bloodshed is coming," Swalwell tweeted at the time, foreshadowing the Pelosi attack. The Paul Pelosi attack was foreseeable," Schuman said.

☆ Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer faces off against Trump-backed Republican Tudor Dixon in Michigan's governor race
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gretchen Whitmer is facing off against Republican Tudor Dixon in Michigan's gubernatorial election. Trump backed Dixon before her primary win and she has raised unfounded questions about the 2020 election. Gretchen Whitmer is seeking reelection against former media personality and Trump-backed Republican Tudor Dixon. But as recently as this past summer, Dixon raised the unfounded claim that Trump won Michigan in 2020. What experts sayThe race between Whitmer and Dixon is rated as "tilt Democratic" by Inside Elections, "likely Democratic" by The Cook Political Report, and "likely Democratic" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

☆ Video: Democrats boosted GOP lawmaker's primary challenger. Hear his response
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) tells CNN's Jake Tapper why he thinks the Democratic Party's efforts to boost primary challengers to some GOP lawmakers will backfire.

☆ Ohio Democratic Senate nominee Tim Ryan told Republican JD Vance to 'move back to San Francisco' if he wanted to 'run against Nancy Pelosi': 'You're running against me'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tim Ryan blasted JD Vance for repeatedly invoking Nancy Pelosi during their Senate debate on Monday. Ryan at one point told Vance to "move back to San Francisco" and run against the House Speaker. "JD, you keep talking about Nancy Pelosi. If you want to run against Nancy Pelosi, move back to San Francisco and run against Nancy Pelosi," the Democratic lawmaker said. "Yet he votes and agrees with Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time.

☆ Rep. Liz Cheney says she won't vote for Harriet Hageman, the Trump-endorsed Republican who defeated her in the Wyoming GOP primary
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Liz Cheney said she would not support Wyoming GOP House nominee Harriet Hageman in the November general election. Hageman, who was backed by Trump and a plethora of national Republicans, defeated Cheney 66%-29%. Hageman, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and a plethora of House Republicans, defeated Cheney in the August GOP primary 66%-29%. "Harriet is a member of the Wyoming State Bar and she's sworn an oath to the Constitution as a member of the Wyoming State Bar," Cheney told the media organization's chief executive Evan Smith. Cheney also pointed out Kari Lake, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arizona, as a candidate who has continued to question the results of the 2020 election.

☆ Electric vehicles row overshadows S.Korean president's first U.S. visit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He will fly to Canada on Thursday for the last leg of his trip before returning home on Saturday. Seoul officials have asked Washington to postpone the new rules until Hyundai completes building its Georgia factory in 2025. A number of high-level South Korean officials have been mobilised in recent weeks to relay concerns to their U.S. counterparts and press for exemptions, though solutions are far from clear. Trade Minister Lee Chang-yang will travel to the United States this week to discuss the IRA, the ministry said on Tuesday. However, the South Korean government is focusing on bilateral dialogue for now, he said, when answering a lawmaker's question in parliament.

☆ GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says abortion 'is not a states' rights issue,' weeks after expressing that 'states should decide the issue of abortion'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Graham during a Monday "Fox & Friends" interview said abortion was "not a states' rights issue." Last month, he said during a CNN discussion that states "should decide the issue of abortion." "This is not a state's rights issue. This is a human right issue," Graham said on Monday. "I've been consistent — I think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion," he said at the time.

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