SteveScalise

'Embarrassing,' 'stupid': Republicans blast national party as if it bears no relation to them

Senate Republicans have finally located their problem, and it’s the Republican National Committee. After the RNC last week endorsed the Jan. 6 insurrection as “legitimate political …

Tue Feb 8, 2022

Republican brags he was 'instrumental' in getting funding from infrastructure bill he opposed

Money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is making its way to the states, with two predictable outcomes: important projects like flood mitigation and improving water quality are getting …

Fri Feb 4, 2022

Do Republicans still support American democracy? Here's who reporters should be asking

The more the Jan. 6 insurrection recedes in the face of other national and global crises, the easier it is for reporters to forget—or perhaps ignore—the fact that 147 congressional Republicans voted …

Thu Aug 19, 2021

'Governor who?' Democrats continue to marginalize a radicalized GOP

Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy really doesn’t want to talk about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. When Florida journalist Grant Stern dared to ask McCarthy this week why he opposed the …

Mon Aug 9, 2021

Recently vaccinated Scalise wants voters to know Democrats are to blame for the red-state surge

In case you missed it, the political race is suddenly on to point fingers over the latest coronavirus surge ripping through red states and highlighting the severely lagging vaccination rates among …

Fri Aug 6, 2021

QAnon congresswoman ratchets up the offense so high that Republican leaders are forced to respond

After multiple efforts, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene finally managed to wring some tepid condemnation out of the so-called leaders of her party on Tuesday after yet another comparison of COVID-19 …

Tue May 25, 2021

House GOP leaders join Hannity to genuflect to the former guy, praise his 'energy'

The leaders of the Insurrection Caucus (aka House Republicans) appeared on Sean Hannity’s Kavalcade of Kraven Klowns last night after ousting Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position. Aware that …

Sun May 16, 2021

Cheney: 'History is watching.' House Republicans: Screw that, Trump is watching

Rep. Liz Cheney, for now the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, has decided she cares more about principles and how history will judge her than she does about the Trumpist …

Thu May 6, 2021