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Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a $928 billion infrastructure proposal that includes $506 billion for roads, bridges and major projects and $98 billion for public transit systems.
Senate Republicans see a special grand jury investigation into President Trump
Republicans think the investigation will only further deepen partisan divisions over the former president and believe that even if he s indicted, it won’t diminish him as a political force in 2022 and beyond.
GOP lawmakers say a lot depends on what Vance is able to prove in court if he brings a criminal case against Trump, his business associates or the Trump Organization itself.
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But they say it’s too early to assess whether a criminal indictment against Trump or even a conviction will inflict any serious damage on Trump’s popularity among Republican-leaning white working-class voters who are the core of his base.
ADVERTISEMENT “Six months later, the canard that the election was stolen is being repeated daily on major news outlets and from the corridors of power in state and federal government, not to mention in the near-daily fulminations of the former President,” Jackson wrote.
More than 400 people have been charged in connection with the riot that saw supporters of the former president overwhelm the Capitol as Congress was certifying the Electoral College victory of President Biden
Several defendants have blamed their actions that day on believing Trump’s claims about the election.
Most recently, Albert Watkins, an attorney for self-described “QANon Shaman” Jacob Chansley,” told Talking Points Memo that some of the defendants were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda the likes of which the world has not seen since f -ing Hitler.”