GOP Georgia lieutenant governor criticizes Herschel Walker following scandal "I’m not voting for Sen. Warnock, and like a lot of other Georgians, Herschel Walker has not yet earned my vote." Axios · Oct 9, 2022
Parties starving weak candidates in final midterm crunch It's the season for political triage. Axios · Oct 9, 2022
Gretchen Whitmer on course for easy reelection victory, poll finds GOP anger over Covid guidelines appears to be insufficient to oust incumbent The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
‘Posturing and messaging’: What a McConnell Senate majority could look like in 2023 WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell has purposefully steered clear of previewing what policies a Republican-led Senate would prioritize if his party recaptures the chamber in a month. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 9, 2022
Ron Johnson sees advantages over Barnes in new Wisconsin poll A new poll essentially illuminates two paths forward for Mandela Barnes The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
GOP Rep. Don Bacon defends Herschel Walker: "We all make mistakes" "I'm surely not a flawless person by no means. I have made my own mistakes in life. And Herschel has too." Axios · Oct 9, 2022
Michigan GOP statewide candidates stick to far-right message Candidates who have to play to their party’s base during primaries or nominating conventions often shift toward the center when the time comes to seek support from a wider range of voters for the general election The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
New Hampshire GOP Senate nominee says women’s reproductive choices ‘belong to lawmakers at the state level’ ‘It belongs to these gentlemen right here, who are state legislators representing you’ The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
Lindsey Graham told former police officer that Capitol rioters should be shot in head, new book says “We gave you guys guns, and you should have used them,” the GOP Senator reportedly told Michael Fanone The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022
QAnon central to GOP election denial QAnon troll and "consummate bulls**tter" Juan O Savin somehow assembled a coalition of GOP election-deniers Salon · Oct 8, 2022
Graham to testify regarding Trump coup Graham is not categorically immune from testifying about non-legislative activity under the Speech or Debate clause Salon · Oct 8, 2022
The Breach review: ex-January 6 staffer on how Republicans lurched into madness Denver Riggleman offers an inside track on the Capitol attack, the House committee and Donald Trump’s great GOP hijack The Guardian - US · Oct 8, 2022
Judge won't block Jan. 6 panel subpoena to Arizona GOP chair A federal judge in Phoenix is refusing to put on hold her order requiring the phone records of Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward to be handed over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, pending an appeal The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022
Democratic operatives running ‘pink slime’ network of fake local news sites, investigation claims Left and right both using faux local news to support candidates The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022
Tribune News Service · Oct 7, 2022 Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan emerges as key GOP critic of Herschel Walker in Georgia ATLANTA — Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has hardly minced words about his fears of the Donald Trump-driven direction of the Republican Party.
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022 GOP nominee sparks confusion by blaming Biden for children drinking water instead of juice Inflation and gas prices tied to bigger global issues, experts say
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022 GOP Senate hopeful Kari Lake uses Russian troop stock footage in campaign ad promising to ‘secure our border’ Republicans have used Russian stock footage in other promotional videos in the past
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022 Biden slams ‘socialist Republicans’ for hypocrisy after they asked for money they voted against ‘I didn't know there were that many socialist Republican’
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022 New book says GOP senators fumed at Trump impeachment lawyers’ incompetence: ‘We are f**ked’ A new book shows GOP senators were extremely dismayed by Mr Trump’s legal team
Salon · Oct 7, 2022 Texas GOP embraces debunked "2000 Mules" Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections
The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2022 Kimmel on Biden’s marijuana pardon: ‘Glad Willie Nelson is alive to see this’ Late-night hosts discuss Biden’s pardon for federal marijuana possession offenses and Herschel Walker’s hypocrisy
The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2022 Ben Sasse, Republican who voted to convict Trump, to depart Congress Nebraska senator, to take top post at University of Florida, is latest GOP legislator to leave Capitol Hill after voting to impeach in 2021
The Texas Tribune · Oct 7, 2022 How the debunked conspiracy film “2000 Mules” became Texas Republican orthodoxy Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections and could be a pretext for more restrictive voting laws in the future.
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022 GOP steps up crime message in midterm's final stretch In cities and suburbs across the U.S., Republicans up and down the ballot have overwhelmingly focused on sending a message that violent crime is out of control
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 7, 2022 Watch: Pritzker and Bailey debate Gov. JB Pritzker and state Sen. Darren Bailey, the GOP nominee for governor, faced each other Thursday night in their first televised gubernatorial debate.