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'Resistance is now futile': Disgraced ex-Rep Matt Gaetz urges GOP to give up speaker fight
1 week, 3 days ago

'Resistance is now futile': Disgraced ex-Rep Matt Gaetz urges GOP to give up speaker fight

Raw Story  

Disgraced ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz urged Republicans to support House Speaker Mike Johnson, posting to X on Monday that resistance was "now futile". Gaetz's pronouncement came shortly after President-elect Donald Trump officially endorsed Johnson's bid to keep his job. Trump posted his support to Truth Social Monday, writing, "Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He is expected …

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Column: What the Republicans forcing a government shutdown have in common with 1960s radicals
1 year, 3 months ago

Column: What the Republicans forcing a government shutdown have in common with 1960s radicals

LA Times  

This week, yet another government shutdown appears inevitable because a sizable chunk of the House Freedom Caucus believes, in the words of Tim Matheson in “Animal House,” that “this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” What situation? When you’ve convinced yourself that the “system,” “establishment” or “regime” is irretrievably corrupt or some …

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Publicity Stunt, Says Team Biden as Dozen Republican Senators Launch Futile Bid to Overturn Election Result
4 years ago

Publicity Stunt, Says Team Biden as Dozen Republican Senators Launch Futile Bid to Overturn Election Result

News 18  

A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count the Electoral College votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in a statement that she will vote to affirm the election and urged colleagues in …

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Trump, House lawmakers plot futile effort to block Biden win
4 years ago

Trump, House lawmakers plot futile effort to block Biden win

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted several House Republican lawmakers at the White House on Monday to discuss an ultimately futile effort to block Congress from affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. With Democrats holding the House majority and several Republican senators now acknowledging Biden’s victory, any effort to block congressional approval of the election appears sure …

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Trump's Futile Fight To Overturn Election Loss Breeds Turmoil, Risk
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump's Futile Fight To Overturn Election Loss Breeds Turmoil, Risk

NPR  

Trump's Futile Fight To Overturn Election Loss Breeds Turmoil, Risk Enlarge this image toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images In the two weeks since it became clear that President Trump lost the election to Joe Biden — a period bookended by befuddling press conferences from his longtime lawyer, Rudy Giuliani — the president has made it clear that …

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