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Katko said Trump had “a lot of good principles” (!) In response to Congressman John Katko caving to pressure from Colleen Deacon regarding Trump’s unforgivable attacks on women and promotion of sexual assault, DCCC Spokesman Bryan Lesswing issued the following statement: “For well over a year Congressman John Katko has paraded around as if he […]

  Today Donald Trump announced appointments to his National Security Advisory Council, including vulnerable San Diego Congressman Darrell Issa, who once said he received the “highest possible” ratings in the U.S. Army.   Issa, like Trump, has no problem glazing over the facts or rewriting history to make himself look good. The truth is that […]

In anticipation of Speaker Paul Ryan’s eventual and insufficient response to Donald Trump’s repulsive remarks released this evening, the DCCC’s Executive Director Kelly Ward released the following statement: “Even if Speaker Ryan breaks from his usual course and actually disavows Donald Trump following these unacceptably disgusting remarks, it’s too damn late. There have been more […]

“Is she [Comstock] going to vote for him?” “I’m watching.” [Washington Post, 9/24/16] “Congresswoman Barbara Comstock has refused to disavow Donald Trump, and if she wasn’t already thoroughly ashamed of that fact, her day has come. Donald Trump’s just revealed comments are astonishingly disgusting, but Comstock has been ‘watching’ for too long and it’s too […]

MEMO TO: Interested Parties FROM: Matt Fuehrmeyer, Director of Research & Strategic Communications RE: House Republicans’ Troubling Relationships With Hate Groups & Fringe Elements Donald Trump’s failure to quickly and thoroughly denounce former KKK leader David Duke earlier this year drew widespread media coverage. So too did reports that House Republican Whip Steve Scalise spoke […]

“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 […]

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 […]