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“Shockingly, Speaker Ryan has caved to the begging from Scott Garrett and his House Freedom Caucus allies and is slotted to hold a fundraiser for Garrett and his flagging campaign,” said Meredith Kelly of the DCCC. “Given the news that Garrett appeared at an Oath Keepers event last week, is Speaker Ryan still comfortable appearing […]

Whoops! Washington Republicans are inadvertently highlighting Albany Insider John Faso’s record as a true champion of tax increases. Here’s the reality: During his decades-long tenure in Albany, Faso cast more than 130 votes to either increase taxes or extend tax increases. Even Faso’s primary opponent, Andrew Heaney, made issue of this during the primary election […]

In response to Speaker Paul Ryan’s failure to revoke his support of Donald Trump for president – and therefore falling far short of the low bar set below – DCCC’s Executive Director Kelly Ward released the following statement: “The fundamental truth is that as long as Speaker Paul Ryan supports Donald Trump for president, the […]

“Donald Trump has called Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, questioned a Hispanic judge’s ability to do his job because of his Mexican heritage, threatened to deport millions of people in the cruelest way possible, degraded and humiliated a Hispanic Miss Universe because of her weight, and House Republicans have stood by their racist candidate at […]

Barbara Comstock’s lasted ad is a stunning display of hypocrisy – it blames a candidate for supporting a bipartisan bill that then-Delegate Comstock herself voted against, sparking widespread criticism for her inexplicable refusal to support a major bipartisan transportation compromise to create jobs and spur economic development in Northern Virginia. The bill Comstock is misusing […]

  Two former Upstate New York Republican Congressmen are among the group of 30 former GOP lawmakers to announce their opposition to Donald Trump’s divisive and dangerous campaign. In a joint letter, former Republican Congressmen Sherwood Boehlert and Amo Houghton Jr. argued that Trump lacks the “intelligence” and temperament to serve as president, and call […]

  As the Eastern seaboard prepares for its largest evacuation since Hurricane Sandy, remember that Jason Lewis believes that victims of natural disasters are “a bunch of whiners.”   On the Rush Limbaugh show in 2009, Jason Lewis declared:   “If you watch any particular news program, if you talk to any political pundit, the […]

Despite warnings from moderate Republicans, Erik Paulsen stays silent   This morning, more than 30 former GOP lawmakers – including former Minnesota Rep. Vin Weber – published a “blistering” open letter to their fellow Republicans, decrying Donald Trump’s lack of “intelligence” and declaring his temperament unfit to be Commander in Chief.   This comes after […]

Clinton ahead by 14 points A new poll from Tulchin Research shows Colonel Doug Applegate leading Republican Congressman Darrell Issa by four points – 46 percent to 42 percent – in the race for California’s 49th Congressional District The new poll comes after limited paid communications highlighting Issa’s close connections to Donald Trump and his […]

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