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Now some GOP leaders -- instead of joining efforts to hold Trump accountable for his misconduct -- are beginning to weaponize Trump's "Big Lie" by proposing changes to election legislation. GOP officials are not even hiding the reason for their current focus on "voter integrity," with Alice O'Lenick, a Republican on the Gwinnett County, Georgia, board of elections, recently stating baldly about the laws: "They don't have to change all of them, but they've got to change the major parts of them so that we at least have a shot at winning." … [Read more...] about Arizona Republicans still backing Trump are on the wrong path

So we’re almost certainly going to have a trial, albeit perhaps a brief one, and we may never know how many Senate Republicans might have voted to convict Trump in a completely secret ballot. As it stands, there are simply too many easy excuses for them to resist or oppose his conviction, and they may be privately hoping that the 45th president will just go away or that his disrepute will keep him from making a comeback even if an impeachment trial doesn’t. … [Read more...] about Senate Republicans Don’t Even Want to Have an Impeachment Trial

The seven Democratic senators who requested the investigation are asking for the Ethics Committee to determine whether Cruz and Hawley engaged in “improper conduct reflecting on the Senate” and if they violated the Code of Ethics by failing to hold loyalty “the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to persons, party, or Government department.” … [Read more...] about REPORT: Senate Ethics Committee Asked To Investigate Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley

The congresswoman is already facing at least one primary challenge in Wyoming. Last week Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard announced that he would challenge Cheney for Wyoming’s sole House seat. He said that his campaign was triggered by Cheney’s "long-time opposition to President Trump and her most recent vote for Impeachment." … [Read more...] about Gaetz traveling to Wyoming to take aim at Cheney amid uproar over her Trump impeachment vote

Historically, the party not controlling the White House tends to make congressional gains in midterm elections. But that happens less often in the Senate than in the House, with the outcome depending a lot on the landscape. In 2022, 20 Republican seats are up as opposed to 14 Democratic seats, and, as noted above, there are competitive races brewing in both blue and red territory. As the Cook Political Report observes, there are … [Read more...] about Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022