The apportionment population results released by the Census Bureau are strikingly different from the population evaluation estimates released just months ago on December 22, 2020, the GOP members wrote. Remarkably, the differences benefit traditionally blue states – which gained population compared to the estimates – over red states which tended to lose population compared to the estimates.
They added: For example, New York was estimated to have a population of 19,336,776, but was attributed an apportionment population much greater than that of 20,215,751, a difference of nearly 900,000 individuals. Likewise, states such as New Jersey and Illinois experienced large population increases of hundreds of thousands of individuals compared to the December estimates, while states such as Arizona, Florida, and Texas experienced large decreases from the December estimates.
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Signs On To Election Coup Lawsuit
McCarthy is the highest-ranking House Republican to signal approval of Trump s anti-democratic election stunt.
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Like a majority of the House GOP Conference, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), seen here at left, knows who s boss.
WASHINGTON Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) became one of the latest House Republicans Friday to sign on to a lawsuit to invalidate the election results, marking a new low point of depravity for the GOP leader and the Republican conference.
More than half of House Republicans, 126 of 196, have now signed on to the baseless lawsuit to overthrow President-elect Joe Biden and keep President Donald Trump in office. And more could still join, in a final act of fealty to Trump and his false claims of election fraud.
is monday, october 7th. i m yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with president trump and he has a new defense for his july 25th phone call to the president of ukraine that is at the center of house democrats impeachment inquiry. two sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that trump told house republicans friday that he was urged to make the call by energy secretary rick perry. sources say trump suggested it was a call he didn t even want to make. in response to that news, which was first reported by axios, the department of energy press secretary tells nbc news, quote, this, secretary perry absolutely supported and encourage ed president to speak to the new president of ukraine. he continues to believe there is significant need for improved regional energy security which additional options for natural gas supply will provide, and this is exactly why he is heading to lithuania to meet
years. good monday morning, everybody. it is october 7. i m yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. president trump has a new defense for his july 25th phone call. to the president of ukraine that is at the center of house democrats impeachment inquiry. two sources familiar with the matter telling nbc news that trump told house republicans friday that he was urged to make the call by energy secretary rick perry. sources say trump suggested it was a call he didn t even want to make. in response to that news, which was first reported by axios, the department of energy press secretary tells nbc news quote this, secretary perry absolutely supported and encouraged the president to speak to the new president of ukraine to discuss matters related to their energy security and economic development. he continues to believe that there is significant need for improved regional energy security with additional options for natural gas supply will
over all of these new developments in the impeachment inquiry. we re going to start with nbc s kelly o donnell at the white house. kelly, what does the president gain by pinning this call on his energy secretary? reporter: well, it would appear that one of the things the president would be trying to do, jo, is to look for an alternative reason that was not about seeking any kind of help about a political rival. so the president was on a phone call with house republicans friday, the white house said that call existed, that didn t mention anything to us about this rick perry element, but our team has reported this. it was first brought to our attention by axios and nbc news has confirmed that during that call the president sort of gave a new reason for the call, saying that energy secretary rick perry had encouraged him to make the call in order to talk about liquid natural gas. of course, ukraine is a big energy country, especially as it relates to russia, and that would be a legitima