5 Profiles in Courage and Cowardice in a Trump-Dominated GOP
Here is how Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley responded to the president's election delusions.
Here is how Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley responded to the president's election delusions.
Pence had been presiding over the tally of Electoral College votes before rioters broke into the Capitol Building, forcing him to flee.
The vice president can no longer avoid acknowledging Joe Biden's victory.
The electoral votes will soon be counted. Not everyone will do their duty.
No, the vice president does not have the power to reject validly appointed electors.
To alleviate "deep distrust of our democratic processes," the Texas senator is leading a doomed challenge to Joe Biden's electoral votes.
Louis Gohmert asserts a previously overlooked power to decide which electoral votes will be counted.
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Politeness is nice. Answering questions would be even nicer.
Pence claims Obamacare was a "disaster" that Americans "remember." It's still very much on the books.
Too bad Biden's position isn't as good as Pence makes it sound.
Pence's answers on energy and climate were full of misdirection and misinformation.
The position is likely the strongest any major-party candidate for president or vice president has taken on the issue in such a prominent venue.
Two debates. Two dodges of an important question about the top court's future.
Under what circumstances would these two potential vice presidents feel comfortable taking over? The country deserves to know.
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Unfortunately, Biden has carefully avoided committing to changing much of anything about Trump's trade policies.
The SAFE Banking Act is not a pork-barrel spending bill. Is that why it’s struggling?
He also implicated Vice President Mike Pence and Rep. Devin Nunes.
The vice president says assassinated Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was involved in the September 11 plot. That's as true as when Republicans said Saddam Hussein was.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement includes a handful of protectionist measures that would likely slow the U.S. economy and harm American automakers.
Though a "U.S.A." chant didn't really seem to catch on.
Juan Guaidó declared himself to be the interim president. President Trump and other world leaders have acknowledged him as the country's new head of state.
That's quite a lot of money to prove your loyalty to a song. And why are we paying to send politicians to football games anyway?
A new military service focused on space would be a burden on both taxpayers and the private space industry.
Teams will now be fined if their employees don't show sufficient on-field respect during the National Anthem, because we live in a very serious country.
The Donald is more like The Gipper on trade policy than you think. And not in a good way.
Because nothings says "rule of law" like a sheriff held in contempt for refusing to follow a judge's orders.
Politics regularly reveals itself as all show
What happens when rhetoric is good but totally divorced from reality, whether the topic is the budget or war?
New presidential election integrity advisory commission might actually help despite the delusions on which it is based.
The problem that has long plagued reformers in the two controlling parties is the failure to put a stop to spending.
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk Mad Men, Elon Musk, Venezuela, and the value of boozy dinners with male bosses.
VP calls on Russia to abide by Minsk ceasefire deal it negotiated with Ukraine.
Revelers object to the vice president-elect's position on gay and trans issues.
The GOP drops the pretense of being a free-market party.
When a supermodel makes fun of FLOTUS-Elect (?) at a useless awards show, Twitter loses its shit.
The Trump campaign's detachment from reality is a recipe for unbound and unaccountable government.
We don't need more politicians talking over each other but we do need more voices on the stage debating America's future.
We don't need more politicians like Kaine and Pence talking over each other. We need more voices and people on the stage debating the country's future.
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Overall, the major parties' VP candidates are way less scary than the presidential candidates.
Also talks re-evaluating NATO, NAFTA.
Trump misstates his own position on the war, excuses his running mate for an error of judgment he says his opponent wasn't entitled to make.