Nancy Pelosi Claims Joe Manchin Left the Door Open on Supporting H.R. 1 Voting Reform Bill
On 6/13/21 at 10:49 AM EDT State of the Union, Pelosi said she s remained in contact with Manchin, whose critical vote would be needed for the H.R. 1 voting rights legislation to pass through the Senate. Pelosi s optimism has not been shared by several of her colleagues who have blasted Manchin as a do-nothing lawmaker who opposes the rights of minority voters.
Manchin penned an op-ed in the
Charleston Gazette-Mail last week, which explained bluntly why I m voting against the For the People Act.
Nancy Pelosi says she s been in touch with Joe Manchin about HR1 and believes there s still a possibility he ll support it pic.twitter.com/Kv5H2i7oQ7 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2021
Lindsey Graham Slams Mondaire Jones for Suggesting Supreme Court Pushed U.S. Toward Capitol Riot
On 4/15/21 at 5:14 PM EDT
South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticized New York Democratic Representative Mondaire Jones on Thursday after Jones released a video suggesting that the Supreme Court pushed the U.S. toward the January 6 Capitol riot.
In the video, which was posted to Twitter by Jones, he can be heard saying, Our Democracy is in crisis. The insurrection on January 6 made that clear. This crisis didn t arrive overnight, or by accident. The Supreme Court helped bring us here. In fact, the Court has been actively dismantling our Democracy for years, Jones added in the video. It invited a torrent of dark money to flood our electoral process, and set the stage for billionaires and special interests to control our politics.
Capitol Police suspend officer after anti-Semitic book discovered at Capitol Hill security checkpoint
On Sunday, Zach Fisch, the chief of staff for New York Democratic Representative Mondaire Jones, discovered a copy of the notorious anti-Semitic propaganda screed, “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” on the desk of a Capitol Police officer.
On Monday evening, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman released a statement confirming the suspension of an unnamed police officer Monday evening, pending an investigation, “after anti-Semitic reading material was discovered near his work area on Sunday.”
Pittman confirmed in congressional testimony last month that 35 Capitol police officers were being investigated for their actions during the January 6 fascistic insurrection.