Last week, longtime Brownback advisor and GOP candidate Amanda Adkins finally shared her plan if elected, endorsing a disastrous budget proposed by Republicans in Congress earlier this year. The full plan is 122 pages long, so each day this week will be a closer look at one of the toxic policies that Adkins “absolutely” supports—and what it means for the […]

In 2006, Tom Kean Jr. famously hid in an elevator to get away from reporters: After a few reporters got into an elevator with him, Mr. Kean added, “I am proud of both my record and my vision for the future of the country,” and then got off 40 seconds later — on the same floor. The elevator […]

Republican congressional candidate Madison Gesiotto Gilbert is standing by her extreme anti-choice views. When asked if she believed in exceptions for rape and incest to an abortion ban, Gesiotto Gilbert not only refused to answer, but insisted she would support state laws like Ohio’s life-threatening abortion ban. Ohio’s six-week abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or […]

This week Axios Twin Cities Axios uncovered a pledge made by GOP nominee for MN-02, Tyler Kistner, to support all legislation that will further restrict abortion access nationwide. Tyler Kistner is trying to hide his extreme position on abortion from Minnesotans, going so far as to delete his “100% pro-life” position from his  campaign website. This pledge to push […]

Kiggans’ true colors show in a radio interview this morning as she dismisses concerns about abortion being outlawed In a radio interview this morning, Jen Kiggans (VA-02) dismissed concerns over abortion being outlawed, claiming it was a “shiny object” issue that was being used to “distract” voters. Kiggans’ offhand comment suggesting safe, legal abortion isn’t top of […]

A year ago the NRCC and Tom Emmer were boasting about their fundraising numbers. Today, we see that Republicans have raised less money from online donors in the first part of 2022 than they did in the second part of 2021 – a sign that enthusiasm for Republicans is drying up and more evidence that Tom Emmer’s weak leadership continues to cost Republicans. […]

NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer is known for reckless spin and dodging the facts, but his desperation in recent weeks is a record even for him – and his fellow Republicans are starting to notice. In the past two weeks, Emmer has downplayed his committee’s special election losses, written off the issue of abortion, tried to […]

McCarthy, Emmer back January 6th attendees Derrick Van Orden, Sandy Smith, and J. R. Majewski A new New York Times report highlights three unapologetic GOP congressional candidates running across the country who were on the Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021: Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), J. R. Majewski (OH-09), and Sandy Smith (NC-01). The report describes the desperate […]

Salazar pockets thousands of dollars from big pharma while voting against lowering drug costs New reporting from the American Independent yesterday detailed that after receiving thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the pharmaceutical industry, María Elvira Salazar is happily doing big pharma’s bidding in Congress. As a reminder, Salazar voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that […]

Garbarino pockets thousands of dollars from big pharma while voting against lowering drug costs New reporting from the American Independent yesterday detailed that after receiving thousands of dollars in campaign donations from the pharmaceutical industry, Andrew Garbarino is happily doing big pharma’s bidding in Congress. As a reminder, Garbarino voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that will […]