REGARDING my Jan. 11, 2021 editorial titled “Pence could have rejected the contested electoral votes,” tarklejr audaciously quipped, “Mr. Pangelinan, once again your ignorance in all matters govern-mental (both Federal
Port: It doesn t matter if impeachment is divisive, it s necessary
I m fine with drawing a bright line between right-thinking Americans, who are patriots representing a panoply of political stripes, and the braying, thoughtless, violent, brownshirting troglodytes who still see a good leader in Trump. 10:57 am, Jan. 12, 2021 ×
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters at the Save America Rally on the Ellipse on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, near the White House in Washington, D.C. Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS
MINOT, N.D. Disgraced
Not, really, as a practical matter. He s soon to leave office anyway. But Congress was attacked by Trump s followers, incited by his vicious rhetoric disputing the election results and enabled by his inaction both during and after the riot.
By Sen. Cynthia Lummis, exclusive to Cowboy State Daily
When the U.S. Capitol Police were rushing us out of the Senate chambers at the height of the chaos, a reporter asked me who I thought was leading this mayhem. I said that if it was indeed Trump supporters, I would be heartbroken.
I am heartbroken.
An attack on our Capitol is an attack on our Constitution and democracy itself. I strongly condemn the violence that occurred, which did more to damage the democratic process than to defend it.
What made this senseless act even more offensive is that it disrupted the constitutional process that myself and other members of the Senate were trying to peacefully use to ensure each and every American’s vote counts.
Donald Trump has taken himself out of the picture for the 2024 GOP nomination; that seta the stage for a rematch between the two politicians who competed for the vice-presidential nod in 2016