Rog McNodgeHouse Freedom Caucus asks McCarthy to try to remove Pelosi as speakerverified_publisherPOLITICO - By Olivia BeaversThe request is a sign of increasing levels of GOP anger toward Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The conservative House Freedom Caucus is urging Kevin McCarthy to try to boot Nancy Pelosi from her position as speaker, a sign of further escalating tensions after the California Democrat vetoed two of the House …
A steady diet of lies and misinformation Rog McNodgeHow Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot (Published 2021)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Michael M. GrynbaumOn social media, on cable networks and even in the halls of Congress, supporters of Donald J. Trump tried to rewrite history in real time, pushing the fiction that left-wing agitators were to blame for the violence on Jan. 6. At 1:51 p.m. on Jan. 6, a right-wing radio host named Michael D. Brown …
Rog McNodgeAnalysis | Trump falsely claims he ‘requested’ 10,000 troops rejected by Pelosiverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Glenn Kessler“I requested … I definitely gave the number of 10,000 National Guardsmen, and [said] I think you should have 10,000 of the National Guard ready. They took that number. From what I understand, they gave it to the people at the Capitol, which is controlled by Pelosi. And I heard they rejected it …
Rog McNodgeIn His Return to Politics, Donald Trump Uses Lies and Bullying to Threaten His PartyTIME - Philip ElliottThis article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Donald Trump lost his bid for re-election almost four months ago, but judging from the former President’s remarks over the weekend, neither he nor a …
Rog McNodgeFact check: Trump delivers lie-filled CPAC speechverified_publisherCNNCNN — Former President Donald Trump returned to the public stage on Sunday with a familiar kind of Trump speech – a speech filled with debunked lies. Most notably, Trump’s first post-presidency address, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, included his usual lies about the 2020 …
Rog McNodgeCongressional investigators probe videos of Trump associates' actions ahead of Capitol riotABC News - Katherine Faulders and Benjamin SiegelImpeachment managers on Thursday invited Trump to testify. Congressional investigators preparing for former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial …