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Soon after the police officer who killed George Floyd was convicted of murder, President Biden called Floyd’s relatives with a promise: Once he could sign legislation named for Floyd to change policing nationwide, he would fly them to Washington for the occasion.
Floyd’s family arrives at the White House on Tuesday, the anniversary of his death. But there will be no bill-signing ceremony. Bipartisan negotiations on Capitol Hill have yet to produce a breakthrough, a reminder of the steep hurdles that Biden faces confronting the country’s entrenched racial problems and its political polarization.
“If we cannot make progress on this issue in this environment, I question when we ever will be” able to, said Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, a close Biden ally and the highest ranking Black member of Congress as the No. 3 House Democratic leader.
Even with Republican infighting, Democrats face significant headwinds in 2022
Democrats faced with holding the party’s majority in the House in 2022 watched with glee this week as Republican infighting reached its latest crescendo with the leadership ouster of Rep. Liz Cheney. But it’s their own party that faces the most noteworthy headwinds in their bid to keep control of the legislative body.
A sweep of factors an already narrow majority, the history of the party controlling the White House ceding ground in the subsequent midterms, the uncertainty of Republican-dominated redistricting and Republicans nationwide pursuing restrictive voting bills have Democrats anxious about their chances in 2022.
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Just hours after businessman Glenn Youngkin was elected as the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia, on Tuesday,
Meet the Press host and reliable Democratic Party hack Chuck Todd took to his MSNBC show and was already attacking the GOP candidate with talking points that perfectly matched DNC tactics. He spent the entire segment trying to tar Youngkin as a dangerous radical.
“Just look at what happened with Republicans in Virginia, where an exceedingly bizarre and Trump-infused convention ended up having to choose a gubernatorial nominee in Glenn Youngkin, who found himself campaigning on the issue of election integrity,” Todd sneered as began a panel discussion at the top of the 1:00 p.m. ET hour. He warned that “Youngkin got Trump’s complete and total endorsement today.”
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After ousting Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from the House Republican leadership team, the party hopes it can turn the page from relitigating all things Donald Trump to prosecuting its case against President Joe Biden’s record.
In recent days, parts of the United States have experienced gasoline shortages. Inflation is on the rise, with the biggest rise in consumer prices since 2008. Nearly 180,000 people were caught attempting to enter the U.S. border illegally, bringing apprehensions to a 21-year high. Hamas is firing rockets at Israel.
Republicans see this as a target-rich environment reminiscent of Jimmy Carter, who lost his bid for reelection in a 44-state landslide that also saw the first GOP-controlled Senate elected since the 1950s.
As Republicans grapple with the future of their party in the post-Trump landscape, one issue appears to be animating GOP officials and voters across the Right: opposing so-called “wokeness.”