Roundup: Israel-Gaza Conflict Continues; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Speaks on Majorie Taylor Green Confrontation
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On May 6, Center for Media and Democracy investigative reporter Alex Kotch presented his reporting on how Charles Koch and Koch Industries aided the careers of the Republicans who spread lies about voter fraud and voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021. Watch the full press conference, which was organized by UnKoch My Campus.
The transcript of Alex s statement is below the video clip.
Charles Koch recently attempted a rebrand as a uniter and someone who has sincere regrets about his decades of extremely partisan political funding. Much of the legacy media was relatively credulous, but we at the Center for Media and Democracy saw right through it.
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LI Reps. Lee Zeldin and Andrew Garbarino voted in support of controversial Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene. (Courtesy Lee Zeldin.)
LONG ISLAND, NY On Friday, Rep. Lee Zeldin addressed his decision to vote in support of Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, who was stripped by the U.S. House of key committee positions after statements on social media supporting conspiracy theories, denying that aspect of 9/11 ever happened, and claiming school shootings were staged.
Members of Congress from Long Island were divided on Thursday night s vote to remove Taylor Greene from her committee positions. Zeldin, who represents New York s 1st District, and Rep. Andrew Garbarino from New York s 2nd District, voted in favor of Greene.