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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he’d “bet” his house that Republicans will take over the House of Representatives in 2022. The California congressman’s prediction came Saturday during an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with American Conservative Union Chair Matt Schlapp. “I would bet my house … my personal house. Don’t tell my wife, but I would bet it,” McCarthy told Schlapp. WATCH: #CPAC : House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy says “I would bet my personal house” that the GOP wins back House majority in 2022. pic.twitter.com/HgCAbeLc8l — Forbes (@Forbes) February 28, 2021 “Listen, do you want to retire Nancy Pelosi?” McCarthy asked the crowd, which clapped enthusiastically. “Do you want to end the socialism in this country? Win the House. This is the smallest majority the Democrats have had in 100 years. We could do it.” Though Republicans lost the presidency and control of the U.S. Senate during … [Read more...] about ‘I Would Bet My House’: Kevin McCarthy Predicts GOP House Takeover In 2022

Political analyst Matthew Dowd said Friday on MSNBC “Deadline” that he was struggling “between laughing with tears at this and crying with tears” that former President Donald Trump and his supporters at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) were now the mainstream of the Republican Party. Referencing a joke by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during his CPAC speech, Dowd said, “I think he would have been better off quoting George Wallace because he would have gotten more applause than William Wallace. I mean, I g, this is like showing up at the P.T. Barnum Circus where you think, I can’t take my eyes off of what I’m seeing, but I feel bad about what I’m seeing simultaneously, that is what I feel like when we observe what is going on here. ” He continued, “This should have been held at Roswell, New Mexico or Area 51. Without a touch of irony, they have the conference title is ‘Uncanceled,’ when they thought to cancel scientists, cancel medical experts, cancel the election … [Read more...] about Dowd: I Struggle Between Laughing and Crying that Trump, CPAC Are Mainstream of GOP

Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We're looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN) "There are men of character in the U.S. Congress, both House and Senate. There are women of character, too. But the evidence for 'character' needs to be something other than the iteration of the word itself," writes Marjorie Garber in her book "Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession." That is a useful frame for trying to make sense of the dramas that proliferated on Capitol Hill this week as Congress took up multiple nominations to President Joe Biden's Cabinet and held its first hearing on the January 6 insurrection. As Garber notes, the translation of individual traits into a "national character" most often occurs at "times of stress, as a marker not so much of social progress as of social and cultural anxiety." We saw this. Conviction and commitment (and the lack of same), and in darker terms, … [Read more...] about Biden’s tricky tango with Congress

close Video World War II Purple Heart medal returns to recipient's family Dedicated workers at a Goodwill store in Tucson, Arizona were determined to do the right thing after they discovered the medal while sorting through a box of houseware donations. A family has been reunited with their father’s Purple Heart more than three decades after he died, thanks to a bit of sleuthing . Teresa Ferrin discovered the Purple Heart — along with several other military awards — at a thrift shop in Phoenix, Arizona , where she volunteers once a week. Ferrin explained to Fox News that her job involves pricing the donated items before displaying them on the shop's floor. But about two weeks ago, someone dropped off the military awards, making sure to point out the Purple Heart among the collection. CALIFORNIA MAN’S WALLET LOST IN ANTARCTICA RETURNED AFTER 53 YEARS She inspected the medal and found a name on the back. That’s when she decided … [Read more...] about Arizona woman returns 1950s Purple Heart to man’s family after finding it at thrift store

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