Pelosi approved the request as soon as it was conveyed to her at 1:43p, NY Times reports. McConnell was told shortly after, but aides were then “perplexed to learn” neither SAA had approved extra troops. https://t.co/kawGtAQJyn
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial: Ron Johnson's whitewash of the U.S. Capitol riot shows why Wisconsin's senior senator has to go.
So Mike Pence was invited to speak at #CPAC, but declined after he heard Trump would also be speaking. Maybe he didn't want to hear himself referred to as the coward who refused to decertify the vote, which is a theme at #CPAC--perpetuating the Big Lie.
The filibuster is a tool of white supremacy. In the 19th century, it was used to protect the pro-slavery Senate minority. The current filibuster was popularized during Jim Crow by Southern senators seeking to block civil rights legislation. It must be abolished.
How many Republican House members are skipping out of voting in person on the 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief bill to be at CPAC instead? Gaetz, Gosar, Cawthorn, Budd according to @mkraju
