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It’s been less than two weeks since Representatives Peter Meijer, Tom Rice and Liz Cheney broke with nearly all of their Republican colleagues in the House and voted to impeach President Donald Trump, but in their home states, the backlash is already growing.
In Michigan, a challenger to Mr Meijer received a boost when Steve Bannon promoted him on his podcast.
In South Carolina, a local Republican is getting so many calls urging him to run against Mr Rice that he can’t keep his phone charged.
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And in Wyoming, a state senator called Ms Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, “out of touch” with her home state as he announced his primary campaign against her.
Rouses co-owner Donald Rouse spoke with WBOK 1230 about the recent controversy surrounding his attendance at a 'Stop The Steal' rally for former President Donald Trump.
House Oversight Committee Asks FBI to Investigate Parler
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The chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee has asked the FBI to investigate Parler, the largely unmoderated conservative social media hellhole implicated as one of the sites involved in organizing the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.
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In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) asked the agency to examine whether Parler was “a potential facilitator of planning and incitement related to the violence,” as well as gather evidence that may have been posted by users and assess whether or not the site could be a channel for foreign funds to disrupt domestic politics. Parler was a bastion of diehard Trump support until Amazon Web Services yanked its contract following the failed insurrection, citing a deluge of violent threats issued through the social network that it had done little to rein in.