That changed over the intervening years.
At first, Faulconer kept a respectful distance from President Trump.
Increasingly, he sidled up to Trump, and last month, as his move toward running for governor picked up steam, Faulconer revealed he had voted for Trump something he emphatically said he would not do four years ago.
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By all appearances, this was a strategic progression that on the surface appeared counterintuitive in deep blue California, arguably the most anti-Trump state in the nation.
But it wasn’t as crazy as it sounds at least before the president incited a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol and his subsequent impeachment by the House of Representatives.
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President-elect Joe Biden has laid out a proposal to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating economic fallout.
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In a speech to the nation Thursday night, Biden called for quick congressional action on the sweeping package, which will include steps to speed production and distribution of vaccines, an additional $1,400 in direct payments to individuals, an increased minimum wage, expanded unemployment benefits, aid to state and local governments and an expansion of aid to families with children.
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President Trump after last week’s ransacking of the U.S. Capitol, unless Vice President
Mike Pence and the Cabinet agree to remove him under the 25th Amendment.
Pelosi’s plan, disclosed in a letter to colleagues, came as a second Republican senator Sen.
Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania joined Sen.
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in calling on Trump to resign over his incitement of the mob that attacked the seat of Congress on Wednesday. It’s part of an intensifying push by lawmakers to force Trump from power before his term ends at noon on Jan. 20.
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