Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the GOP caucus has white supremacist sympathizers at its core tcolson@businessinsider.com (Thomas Colson)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the new GOP caucus has white supremacist sympathizers at its core.
The Democratic lawmaker told MSNBC that there was a profound difference between the new caucus and the caucus in the previous Congress. This term there are legitimate White supremacist sympathizers that sit at the heart and at the core of the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives, she said.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said there are white supremacist sympathizers at the heart of the new GOP caucus in the House of Representatives and accused House minority leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of failing to tackle political extremism among his colleagues.
McCarthy updated colleagues as Democrats move ahead on impeachment
Said Trump bears some responsibility
He reportedly screamed at Trump Wednesday pleading with him to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol
Said his own office was ransacked and zip ties were found on desks
Calls for unity
Article accuses Donald Trump of incitement to insurrection and says he broke post-Civil War 14th Amendment which bans rebels from holding public office
Democrats asked Republicans to join unanimous demand to Mike Pence to remove Trump using the 25th Amendment but they objected
Now House will vote on demand on Tuesday forcing individual Republicans into declaring on the record whether they want him removed or not
Nancy Pelosi fought to contain her emotions as she told 60 Minutes how her staff cowered under desks in the dark for two hours, as a frenzied mob of Tru
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday
She told of her horror at the scenes on Wednesday unfurling around her
Pelosi became emotional recounting how her staff hid in the dark for two hours
A mob of Trump supporters, chanting her name, smashed the door to her office
Computers were stolen, a mirror smashed and glass strewn around her room
Pelosi was in a secure location at the time and did not realize the devastation
She told 60 Minutes Trump was a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president
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President Donald Trump is likely to serve out his last nine days in office without being removed and will carry on with an appearance of business as usual
On Monday, Trump held a private ceremony awarding ally Jim Jordan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
He plans to travel on Tuesday to the U.S.-Mexico border wall to celebrate 400 miles of wall competed
On Thursday, Trump plans to award another Medal of Freedom to New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick
Senator Lindsey Graham held a four hour meeting with Trump on Friday where he advised the president to engage in events all week focused on policy