Congressman William Lacy Clay Jr. (D-MO), a 10-term representative whose family has held the Missouri first congressional seat since 1969, was ousted by a far-left activist in the Democratic primary on Tuesday evening.
According to <a href="https://apnews.com/36ae43993c0fe43e67bcdd9539675997">The Associated Press</a>, Cori Bush, 44, who challenged Clay in 2018, won in a rematch for the seat that Clay won following his father’s retirement in 2000. Former Congressman William Lacy Clay Sr., the first African American man to serve in Congress from the state of Missouri, served for 32 years beginning in 1969.
“Tonight, Missouri’s 1st District has decided that an incremental approach isn’t going to work any longer,” Bush, an activist who was prominent in Ferguson after the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, said on Tuesday evening, reports <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/us/politics/cori-bush-missouri-william-lacy-clay.html">The New York Times</a>. “We decided that we the people have the answers, and we will lead from the front lines.”
“I was maced and beaten by those same police officers in those same streets,” said Bush. “Six months from now, as the first Black congresswoman in the entire history of Missouri, I will be holding every single one of them accountable.”
In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, Clay conceded the race to Bush, saying the congressional seat “belongs to the people of Missouri’s 1st Congressional District and I respect their decision.”
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Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoriBush</a> This seat belongs to the people of Missouri’s 1st Congressional District and I respect their decision. It has been my honor and privilege to represent those who supported me and all others. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to serve. <a href="https://t.co/aJFVWBu9Da">pic.twitter.com/aJFVWBu9Da</a>
— Lacy Clay MO1st (@LacyClayMO1) <a href="https://twitter.com/LacyClayMO1/status/1291105780423426049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the self-described democratic socialist, congratulated Bush on her win in Missouri, as did Jamaal Bowman, a left-wing congressional candidate who recently ousted a 16-term Democratic congressman neighboring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) district.
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Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoriBush</a> on her primary victory tonight! She is a true progressive who stands with working people and will take on the corporate elite of this country when she gets to Congress. <a href="https://t.co/Q3hJGasjXe">pic.twitter.com/Q3hJGasjXe</a>
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1290866556004638720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoriBush</a>&#8216;s win is proof that people – from the Bronx to St. Louis &amp; all across America – are ready to fight for bold, systemic change that meets the moment we’re in.
Can we count on you to join us? Split a contribution between our campaigns right now: <a href="https://t.co/Iv8Nb9ptrR">https://t.co/Iv8Nb9ptrR</a>
— Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1291080772087144450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
The New York Times reports that AOC herself declined to endorse anyone running against Clay, who signed onto the multi-trillion-dollar Green New Deal along with dozens of other Democratic lawmakers.
Earlier this year, Congressman Clay received public attention for calling out former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) for openly advertising her availability as a vice presidential running mate.
“At the race tracks, you cannot show up at the winner’s window with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/holding-losers-tickets-at-winners-window-dem-congressman-roasts-abrams-for-blatant-vp-push">loser’s tickets</a>. You haven’t won anything,” Clay told Hank Thompson on the Tangazo! Podcast.
“For you to be out there marketing and putting on a PR campaign in that way, I think it’s kind of inappropriate,” said Clay later in the conversation.
Abrams has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-havent-been-pitching-myself-abrams-suggests-media-responsible-for-vp-rumors">denied</a> that she is pitching herself, and instead says she is only answering the questions she receives from the media honestly.
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Rep. William Lacy Clay

Dem Congressman Whose Family Has Held Seat Since 1969 Ousted In Primary

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Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) used his press release announcing his positive COVID-19 diagnosis as an opportunity to scold Republicans on Capitol Hill who have refused to wear masks.
&#8220;I have tested positive for COVID-19,&#8221; Grijalva tweeted Saturday. &#8220;As a result, I will be self-isolating in quarantine. I currently have no symptoms, feel fine, and hope to make a quick &amp; speedy recovery. COVID-19 is not a joke &amp; we should all take this seriously.&#8221;
Appended to his tweet was his full statement, which read:
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The Attending Physician of the Capitol informed me that I tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, I will be self-isolating in quarantine at his recommendation. I currently have no symptoms, feel fine, and hope to make a quick and speedy recovery.
While I cannot blame anyone directly for this, this week has shown that there are some Members of Congress who fail to take this crisis seriously. Numerous Republican members routinely strut around the Capitol without a mask to selfishly make a political statement at the expense of their colleagues, staff, and their families. I’m pleased that Speaker Pelosi has mandated the use of masks at the Capitol to keep members and staff safe from those looking to score quick political points. Stopping the spread of a deadly virus should not be a partisan issue.
I urge all of us to recognize the severity of this virus and follow the CDC guidance to keep our family, friends, and loved ones safe. We can all play a part in stopping the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.
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I have tested positive for COVID-19. 
As a result, I will be self-isolating in quarantine. I currently have no symptoms, feel fine, and hope to make a quick &amp; speedy recovery.
COVID-19 is not a joke &amp; we should all take this seriously. 
My full statement: <a href="https://t.co/nnBskdSyTF">pic.twitter.com/nnBskdSyTF</a>
&mdash; Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRaulGrijalva/status/1289637013394583553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Grijalva&#8217;s diagnosis makes him at least the <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/covid-19#legislators" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">12th member of Congress</a> to test positive for the virus. Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) also recently contracted the disease and has <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/coronavirus-report/509602-gohmert-blames-mask-for-positive-covid-19-test">taken flak</a> for his insistence against wearing a mask. Grijalva recently presided over a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee in which he would have interacted with Gohmert, who tested positive on Wednesday.
District Mayor Muriel Bowser <a href="https://coronavirus.dc.gov/maskorder" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ordered</a> Washington, D.C., residents on July 22 to wear masks both in public indoor spaces and even outdoors if &#8220;they are likely to come into contact with another person, such as being within six feet of another person for more than a fleeting time[.]&#8221; The order, however, stipulated that it &#8220;shall not apply to any employees of the federal government while they are on duty.&#8221;
Following Gohmert&#8217;s diagnosis, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ordered all representatives to wear masks while on the House floor or risk being thrown out. “One would have hoped that this would have been done as a matter of common decency, but we obviously needed a rule,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), according to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/509910-gop-lawmakers-comply-with-pelosis-mask-mandate-for-house-floor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Hill</a>. “I am very glad the Speaker did what she did. I&#8217;m sorry she had to do it.”
Raskin added, “It is a scandalous situation that it comes to members getting sick and potentially exposing everybody else. Everybody&#8217;s nervous.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dc-mayor-exempts-john-lewis-funeral-attendees-from-citys-quarantine-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DC Mayor Exempts John Lewis Funeral Attendees From City’s Quarantine Restrictions</a>
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Grijalva

Democratic Congressman Slams Republicans Without Masks In Statement Announcing Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), 66, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Gohmert reportedly tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas-rep-louie-gohmert-refused-wear-mask-tests/story?id=72052207">ABC News</a>. The Texas Republican tested positive in a pre-screening test before he was expected to fly to Texas with President Trump for a fundraiser.
Gohmert is the sixth House member to test positive for the coronavirus, following Reps. Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ben McAdams (D-UT) and Tom Rice (R-SC). In the Senate, only Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has contracted COVID-19.
Gohmert took part in a heated House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-democrat-tries-to-pressure-barr-to-commit-to-not-releasing-results-from-durham-investigation-before-election">hearing</a> on Tuesday with Attorney General William Barr and other members of the committee. All lawmakers in the room sat socially distant from one another and wore masks, though members removed their masks at times to speak or sip coffee. Gohmert did share his mic with other members of the committee as lawmakers cycled in and out of the hearing room to question Barr.
Barr will be tested for the coronavirus now that Gohmert has tested positive. The lawmaker “exchanged a comment or two” with the <a href="https://dw-site-staging.dailywire.com/news/barr-shreds-democrats-during-hostile-questioning-democrats-wont-condemn-mob-violence-attacks-on-federal-courts">attorney general</a> outside of the meeting room when neither man was wearing a face mask, according to The Hill reporter Olivia Beavers.
“Rep. Gohmert, who was without a mask, stood outside the men’s bathroom where Barr went before he walked into the ‘hearing’ room. Once out, Gohmert approached the AG and exchanged a comment or two. Would say from memory, they were within arms length,” Beavers tweeted.
She later posted a video showing Barr walking into the meeting with Gohmert following closely behind.
“Here is a video of AG Barr and Gohmert. While Barr arrived with a mask, it was off when he walked into the hearing room, so both men were not wearing masks at this time,” she said.
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ACTUALLY&#8230; here is a video of AG Barr and Gohmert. 
While Barr arrived with a mask, it was off when he walked into the hearing room, so both men were not wearing masks at this time. <a href="https://t.co/xm6wuq6QvW">pic.twitter.com/xm6wuq6QvW</a>
&mdash; Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1288483271907725325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the United States, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-fireworks-erupt-between-nadler-and-gohmert-during-impeachment-speeches">Gohmert</a> has resisted wearing a mask since he is regularly tested as a member of Congress. He has said that “you&#8217;ll never see me without a mask” if he tests positive for the virus.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t have the coronavirus, turns out as of yesterday I&#8217;ve never had it. But if I get it, you&#8217;ll never see me without a mask,” Gohmert told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/politics/louie-gohmert-mask-texas-republican/index.html">CNN</a> in a June 26 interview.
Gohmert’s positive test comes days after the White House announced that national security adviser Robert O’Brien <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-national-security-adviser-robert-obrien-tests-positive/story?id=72008482">tested</a> positive for COVID-19. O&#8217;Brien is, so far, the closest person to the president and vice president to contract the disease.
“National Security Adviser Robert O&#8217;Brien tested positive for COVID-19. He has mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off-site. There is no risk of exposure to the President or the Vice President. The work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted,” the White House said in a Monday statement.
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Louie Gohmert

Texas Conservative Louie Gohmert Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Democratic officials are telling members of Congress and Democratic delegates to stay away from the party convention next month.
Convention committee senior adviser Chasseny Lewis sent an email to Hill staff on Thursday directing them and congressional members to stay away from the convention scheduled to take place Aug. 17-20. The decision ensures that the event in Milwaukee will be mostly muted affair with only major speeches taking place in the convention center, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/us/politics/democratic-convention-milwaukee.html">The New York Times</a>.
“We have been working closely with state and local public health officials, as well epidemiologists, and have come to the hard decision that members of Congress should not plan to travel to Milwaukee,” Lewis said in the email. “No delegates will travel to Milwaukee, and Caucus and Council meetings will take place virtually.”
Auxiliary meetings, panels, and mixers that were scheduled to take place will be moved online or canceled completely. Party officials decided to cut back convention activities because of the coronavirus, convention committee communications director
“Ensuring the safety and well-being of everyone involved with the 2020 Democratic National Convention drives every decision we make,” convention committee communications director Katie Peters said. “This communication reiterates our guidance from several weeks ago that all members of state delegations — including elected leaders — should plan to conduct their official business remotely.”
Officials planning the Republican convention have also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-national-committee-outlines-scaled-back-convention-in-jacksonville">scaled back</a> their festivities because of the pandemic, though not nearly as much as the Democrats. Republican Party officials announced on Thursday that the audience would be limited to 2,500 people on the first three nights of the event. On the fourth night when President Trump is scheduled to give his acceptance speech, all delegates and their guests may attend.
“I want to make clear that we still intend to host a fantastic convention celebration in Jacksonville,” Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel wrote in a letter. “We can gather and put on a top-notch event that celebrates the incredible accomplishments of President Trump’s administration and his re-nomination for a second term — while also doing so in a safe and responsible manner.”
While the convention’s headline events will take place in Jacksonville, Florida, many of the convention&#8217;s axillary meetings and strategy sessions will be conducted in North Carolina, which originally planned to host the entire convention before the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper refused to allow Trump and the Republicans to hold a full convention in the state, so Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/north-carolina-governor-to-trump-full-gop-convention-isnt-going-to-happen">directed</a> McDaniel to move the convention somewhere that would allow for a “full” event.
“I love the Great State of North Carolina, so much so that I insisted on having the Republican National Convention in Charlotte at the end of August,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-strong-arms-democrat-nc-governor-on-shutdown-guarantee-well-pull-economy-boosting-gop-convention">said</a> a series of tweets on May 25. “Unfortunately, Democrat Governor [Roy Cooper] is still in Shutdown mood [and] unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed full attendance in the Arena.”
“Plans are being made by many thousands of enthusiastic Republicans, and others, to head to beautiful North Carolina in August,” Trump continued. “They must be immediately given an answer by the Governor as to whether or not the space will be allowed to be fully occupied. If not, we will be reluctantly forced to find, with all of the jobs and economic development it brings, another Republican National Convention site.”
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Speaker Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference On Capitol Hill

‘Hard Decision’: Democratic Convention Officials Tell Members Of Congress To Stay Away

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[UPDATE] This article has been updated with a quote from the Engel campaign stating in part that it is “premature” to declare a winner in the race.
Left-wing candidate Jamaal Bowman has declared victory in his primary challenge against Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), the establishment-backed chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who has served in Congress since 1989.
“I’m a Black man who was raised by a single mother in a housing project. That story doesn’t usually end in Congress. But today, that 11-year old boy who was beaten by police is about to be your next Representative,” Bowman tweeted on Wednesday morning. “I cannot wait to get to Washington and cause problems for the people maintaining the status quo.”
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I’m a Black man raised by a single mother in a housing project. That story doesn’t usually end in Congress.
But today, that 11-year old boy beaten by police is about to be your Representative.
I can&#8217;t wait to get to DC and cause problems for those maintaining the status quo. <a href="https://t.co/ijaWpkcxvc">pic.twitter.com/ijaWpkcxvc</a>
— Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1275818466667307009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
While the official results of the race are not yet known, Bowman’s statement was released after Cook Political Report editor Dave Wasserman called the race in Bowman’s favor, and argued that Engel’s vote tally deficit was too substantial to overcome through incoming absentee ballots.
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I’ve seen enough: Jamaal Bowman (D) has defeated 16-term Rep. Eliot Engel (D) in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NY16?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NY16</a> primary.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) <a href="https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1275803793192615943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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I should clarify, these are not official, final results. These are results from official sources (NYC/Westchester BOEs). Still tens of thousands of absentees to count and possible margin will narrow, even if the outcome is not in doubt.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) <a href="https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1275807832189939714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
The Engel campaign has called any attempts to declare a winner in the election as undermining of the democratic process, reports Spectrum News 1 New York.
“There are many thousands of absentee ballots that will need to be counted, and that count won’t begin for another six days. Any declarative statement on the outcome of this race right now is premature and undermines the democratic process,” said the Engel campaign, reports <a href="https://twitter.com/emilyngo/status/1275863752127270913">Spectrum News 1</a> New York. 
“Congressman Engel strongly believes that every absentee ballot should be counted, especially during this pandemic,” the statement continued. “In the meantime, the Congressman will continue his work for the people of the Bronx and Westchester.”
Hank Scheinkopf, a New York-based political consultant, told <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-24/engel-teetering-as-progressives-show-strength-in-new-york?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=bd&amp;cmpId=google">Bloomberg News</a> that while he believes that it isn’t impossible for Engel to win if absentee ballots overwhelmingly favor him, “regardless, change is here to stay.”
Over the last few weeks, Engel received <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-hot-mic-moment-democrats-rush-to-save-sixteen-term-rep-from-getting-aocd">high-profile</a> endorsements from Democratic establishment figures, including from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Many of his endorsements came after Engel received heat for a hot mic moment during which he begged an organizer to let him speak at a local event, seemingly so that his constituents – many likely aware of the Atlantic Magazine <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/eliot-engel-new-york-coronavirus/611611/">report</a> claiming that Engel didn’t spend much of his quarantine in his own district, but in Maryland – would actually see him in New York City.
On the other hand, Bowman boasted endorsements from far-left politicians, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), whose 2018 primary upset occurred in the neighboring district, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
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NY Democratic House Candidate Jamaal Bowman Holds Election Night Event

Jamaal Bowman, Far-Left Primary Challenger, Set To Oust 16-Term NY Congressman; Releases Victory Statement

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Snapchat has apologized for rolling out a special Juneteenth filter that asked users to smile for the camera, and when they did, would prompt a pair of chains to break in the background. 
“We deeply apologize for the offensive Juneteenth Lens. The Lens that went live hadn’t been approved through our review process. We are investigating so this doesn’t happen again,” said Snapchat on Twitter. 
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We deeply apologize for the offensive Juneteenth Lens. The Lens that went live hadn’t been approved through our review process. We are investigating so this doesn’t happen again.
— Snapchat (@Snapchat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Snapchat/status/1274052442678628352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
Juneteenth, which is a holiday in all but four states, commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas, over two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation freeing slaves in rebel states. 
Mark Luckie, a digital strategist who called attention to the filter early Friday morning, tweeted an example of the filter, which shows chains breaking after he smiles for the camera: “This SnapChat #Juneteenth filter is um&#8230;interesting&#8230;Smile to break the chains? Okay then.”
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This SnapChat <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Juneteenth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Juneteenth</a> filter is&#8230;um&#8230;interesting.
Smile to break the chains? Okay then. <a href="https://t.co/Wyob3kT3ew">pic.twitter.com/Wyob3kT3ew</a>
— Mark S. Luckie (@marksluckie) <a href="https://twitter.com/marksluckie/status/1273938129129529345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
Snapchat told <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/19/21296713/snapchat-juneteenth-filter-smile-chains-controversial">The Verge</a> in a statement that the concept for the commemorative filter was “developed by a diverse group of Snap team members.” The social media company, however, maintained the version that was released early on Friday didn’t follow the proper approval process. 
In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) revealed that he planned to introduce legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, several days after the senate passed his resolution honoring the date. Cornyn observed that the commemoration would be “an opportunity to reflect on our history, the mistakes we have made, but yet how far we’ve come in the fight for equality, and a reminder of just how far we still have to go,” reported <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/503497-gop-senator-to-introduce-bill-to-make-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday">The Hill.</a> 
On Friday, four Senators, including Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Tina Smith (D-MN), also said they planned to propose legislation. 
“Juneteenth is about reclaiming our history, rejoicing in the progress we’ve made, and recommitting to the work yet undone,&#8221; said Booker. &#8220;Our nation still has a long way to go to reckon with and overcome the dark legacy of slavery and the violence and injustice that has persisted after its end. Making Juneteenth a federal holiday represents a step forward in the journey of healing America is still taking.”    
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) proposed a similar resolution in the House of Representatives, reported <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/politics/sheila-jackson-lee-introduces-bill-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/285-af125070-74e5-4725-b9f2-65007b47632e">KHOU-11</a>. 
&#8220;Juneteenth celebrates African American freedom while encouraging self-development and respect for all cultures,&#8221; sad Lee. &#8220;But it must always serve as a reminder to all that liberty and freedom are the precious birthright of all Americans which must be jealously guarded and preserved for future generations.” 
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Snapchat Pulls Juneteenth Filter That Would Break Digital Chains After Asking Users To Smile

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The Fayette County coroner’s office has reached preliminary findings in the death of Carol Barr, the 39-year-old wife of Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday at their family home in Lexington, Kentucky.
The coroner’s office announced on Wednesday that Barr died of a mitral valve prolapse, reports <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/us/politics/carol-barr-dead.html?algo=top_conversion&amp;fellback=false&amp;imp_id=286692416&amp;action=click&amp;module=Most%20Popular&amp;pgtype=Homepage">The New York Times</a> of the preliminary findings. This condition, which is typically not serious, is characterized by the inability of either one or both of the mitral valves to close smoothly.
“When the heart pumps (contracts) part of one or both flaps collapse backward into the left atrium,” reads a digital hand-out from the <a href="https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-valve-problems-and-disease/heart-valve-problems-and-causes/problem-mitral-valve-prolapse">American Heart Association</a>, which notes that the condition affects up to 2% of the population, but can lead to a heart attack or stroke when “significant valve leakage” occurs.
The Times reports that the coroner is still waiting on results from histology and toxicology samples, a routine part of the autopsy process.
The couple married in 2008. Mary Rosado, Congressman Barr’s chief of staff, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/carol-barr-wife-of-gop-congressman-andy-barr-has-died">announced</a> Carol Barr’s death in a statement Tuesday evening, saying the congressman might release a statement in the future, but that his focus is on “being a father to his two beautiful daughters,&#8221; who are seven- and nine-years-old.
On Wednesday, the congressman released a statement about his wife’s passing from his Twitter account: “At this time of tremendous grief and pain, we ask for prayers for our beautiful, dear and precious Carol, the greatest, most selfless and giving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend, anyone could ever have. We also ask for love and prayers for Carol’s greatest legacy – her loving and devoted daughters, Eleanor and Mary Clay – through whom Carol’s extraordinary life, high character, and irrepressible spirit will continue.”
“In this moment of profound grief and heartbreak, we are so grateful for the gift and blessing of Carol’s life, for her strong faith in her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for the comfort of fond memories and her victory in heaven and for all those who have surrounded Carol’s family, the girls and I with beautiful expressions of love, compassion and sympathy,” concluded Barr.
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Congressman Andy Barr released the statement below regarding the sudden passing of his wife Carol on Tuesday evening: <a href="https://t.co/mYllc9D97k">pic.twitter.com/mYllc9D97k</a>
— Rep. Andy Barr (@RepAndyBarr) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBarr/status/1273289974918656000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
Politicians from across Kentucky, including Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY), Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), and State Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R-KY) have extended their condolences to Barr and his two daughters.
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Britainy and I are heartbroken for U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and his family tonight at the sad news of the unexpected passing of the congressman&#8217;s wife, Carol. We are praying for the Barr family. ^ AB
— Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1273071718349910016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Our hearts are heavy tonight. Kelley and I offer our deepest condolences to Rep. Andy Barr, his two daughters, family, and friends. Please join us in praying for them during this incredibly difficult time.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1273090412081754112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Heartbroken to learn of Carol Barr’s passing. Carol was a wonderful mother and wife, and she was beloved by all who knew her. She will be deeply missed. My heartfelt prayers are with Andy, their children, and their entire family as they mourn this unspeakable loss.
— Attorney General Daniel Cameron (@kyoag) <a href="https://twitter.com/kyoag/status/1273067184860913664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Coroner Says Preliminary Findings Reached In Death Of Carol Barr, Wife Of GOP Congressman Andy Barr

The Department of Justice is prepping legislation to roll back protections for big tech companies and make them more accountable for content posted on their sites.
The DOJ is expected to introduce a bill to Congress as soon as Wednesday targeting tech companies and social media platforms’ protections under <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230">Section 230</a> of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-230/u-s-justice-department-to-propose-rolling-back-protections-for-big-tech-idUSKBN23O29D">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
Section 230 protects a wide variety of web services, platforms, and content providers from liability for outside content that passes through their servers. The law, passed in the early days of the internet, is a key legal protection for large social media platforms and internet search engines. Any change in the law&#8217;s protections could drastically affect the way those companies operate.
To a lesser extent, the law also protects media outlets from liability for comments posted on their articles. Section 230 also provides a wide degree of latitude to all internet companies to police content posted on their sites.
President Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-taking-action-on-social-media-bias-we-cant-let-this-continue-to-happen">signed</a> an executive order last month ordering the Federal Communications Commission to review the law amid allegations from conservatives that powerful tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google are unfairly censoring conservative viewpoints under the guise of combating racism, sexism, and other forms of so-called hate speech.
A small number of web platforms “have had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences,” Trump said while signing the order. “There’s no precedent in American history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction, and that includes individual people controlling vast amounts of territory, and we can’t allow that to happen, especially when they go about doing what they’re doing, because they’re doing things incorrectly.”
On Tuesday, GOP lawmakers, conservative pundits, and others accused Google of overstepping its bounds and flagrant hypocrisy for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-threatens-to-ban-the-federalist-from-ad-platform-for-comment-section-violations">threatening</a> to cut off advertising revenue to the conservative news and opinion site The Federalist. The tech giant said the conservative website violated Google’s rules against “inappropriate behavior” in the media site’s comment section. The Federalist responded by deleting its comment section entirely.
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cruz-unloads-on-google-over-debacle-in-failed-nbc-news-hit-on-the-federalist-gets-ag-barr-involved">responded</a> to Google’s threat in a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
“Google’s decision to target The Federalist is transparently politically motivated. Numerous ‘progressive’ media outlets allow comments, including, Huffington Post, Mother Jones, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Wonkette, Slate, Jezebel, The Root, Salon, The Intercept, The Young Turks, and many others,” Cruz wrote. “I don’t know what the objectionable comments were that individual users might have posted on The Federalist, but any objective review would no doubt demonstrate at least as many profane, racist, or indefensible user comments on these other sites that would equally violate Google’s alleged standards.”
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BREAKING: U.S. Justice Department To Propose Rolling Back Protections For Big Tech

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has appointed seven Members of Congress to her House Select Coronavirus Committee, designed to &#8220;oversee&#8221; how the White House spends the money allocated for coronavirus relief in the CARES Act, passed last month &#8212; and perhaps to no one&#8217;s surprise, the committee has only Democrats.
&#8220;Pelosi had already announced that she intended to name the House’s third-ranking Democrat, Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), to lead the committee. On Wednesday, she selected six additional members, a mix of trusted lieutenants, veteran policy-writers and a vulnerable freshman to fill the high-profile positions,&#8221; <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/29/pelosi-coronavirus-committee-221192">Politico reported Thursday</a>.
Among those selected, House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), House Small Business Committee Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), and House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman &#8212; and notable anti-Trump &#8220;resistance&#8221; leader &#8212; Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA).
Politico reports that it is &#8220;not clear&#8221; whether Republicans will be invited to participate on the panel, but their inclusion looks unlikely. Pelosi has said, in the past, that the committee will be charged with overseeing how CARES Act funds are dispersed and checking up on White House watchdogs assigned to keep CARES relief funds accountable.
&#8220;We must make sure that the historic investment of taxpayer dollars made in the CARES Act is being used wisely and efficiently to help those in need, not be exploited by profiteers and price-gougers,&#8221; Pelosi said in a statement announcing her committee selections.
More likely, the committee will scrutinize the White House&#8217;s response to the pandemic and challenge CARES Act expenditures, including those loans made through a CARES Act body designed to help buoy companies still suffering six months on from when most coronavirus-related lockdowns lift. Democrats quickly labeled the program a &#8220;slush fund,&#8221; and suggested that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was reserving the money for close friends.
Mnuchin is not in charge of the fund and at least two separate bodies are handling oversight, in addition to Pelosi&#8217;s new select committee.
Politico notes that Pelosi&#8217;s select committee is just the first of several committees created to analyze and criticize the White House&#8217;s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who led the charge against President Donald Trump over a supposed quid-pro-quo agreement with Ukraine &#8212; allegations that led to the president&#8217;s impeachment &#8212; already has a bill drafted demanding a full &#8220;coronavirus commission.&#8221;
&#8220;After Pearl Harbor, September 11, and other momentous events in American history, independent, bipartisan commissions have been established to provide a complete accounting of what happened, what we did right and wrong, and what we can do to better protect the country in the future,” Schiff said in a statement last month.
The White House has not commented on either committee directly but President Donald Trump has pointed out that he believes the House, including both Pelosi and Schiff, are looking to lay the blame for coronavirus at the foot of the White House and will use the House&#8217;s investigative power to accomplish their goal.
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Nancy Pelosi Appoints Only Democrats To House Select Coronavirus Committee

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House Democratic leadership gave in to their caucus Tuesday, and now say that they will not return to work on May 4th as expected and, instead, will delay the next session of Congress indefinitely.
&#8216;House Majority Leader announces the US House will not be returning on May 4, as initially planned,&#8221; NBC News reported Tuesday morning, just after Politico reported that the House planned to come back into session as expected, despite something of a Democratic rebellion. &#8220;After speaking with the House physician on Monday, [House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)] said &#8216;we made a judgment that we will not come back next week.'&#8221;
&#8220;The House will not come back to Washington next week, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer told reporters Tuesday, reversing an announcement he made on a Democratic Caucus conference call the previous day,&#8221; NBC continued, in an additional story.
&#8220;The change of course comes as members expressed concern about returning to Washington while some areas in the region are developing into coronavirus hot spots,&#8221; the outlet said. &#8220;Hoyer said the decision to delay the return, which had been briefly scheduled for May 4, came after he talked with the Capitol physician, who said he recommended against taking the risk involved in members returning.&#8221;
On a phone call with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Monday, Democrats, led by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) voiced their opposition to returning May 4th, &#8220;railing&#8221; against the decision, <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2020/04/28/congress-plans-its-capitol-comeback-489056?cid=su_tw_hu">according to Politico</a>. Many suggested Members of Congress, many of whom are elderly, would be at risk of contracting the virus by returning to Washington, D.C, which could become a virus &#8220;hot zone.&#8221;
Others objected to leaving the families, especially when childcare is largely unavailable and day cares are closed. Although Washington, D.C. is on the verge of lifting its stay-at-home order, states where many Members reside while at work, like Virginia and Maryland, have extended their stay-at-home orders well beyond that. Virgina announced, earlier this week, that parts of the state could be locked down for as long as two years.
The Capitol physician, Politico added, also seems to believe things will take years to go back to normal in the nation&#8217;s capital: &#8220;the Capitol physician warned a group of lawmakers that they might be &#8216;years&#8217; away from normalcy.&#8221;
But, <a href="https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/04/28/breaking-hoyer-reverses-says-house-wont-return-next-week/">as Hot Air points out</a>, buried deep in NBC News&#8217; story is, perhaps, the real reason that Democrats aren&#8217;t quite ready to return to work: the fourth coronavirus relief package, which they&#8217;ve been working on during their month in recess, isn&#8217;t ready for prime time.
Another reason the House decided to delay its return is because the chamber is not ready to vote on the next coronavirus relief bill, Hoyer said.
“We will not come back next week, but we hope to come back very soon to consider the CARES 2 legislation,” Hoyer told reporters. He added &#8220;that the House will take &#8216;the time to get that in order&#8217; before returning.&#8221;
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already signaled that there will be a partisan battle over the bill, which is expected to cst $1.1 trillion, and may include bailouts of state and local governments. McConnell has said he does not want to burden taxpayers with more debt if it could further imperil the shaky American economy, and the Senate Majority Leader has been adamant that he will not allow Republicans to support a bill that bails out state like Illinois, whose massive debt long predates the coronavirus lockdowns.
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REVERSE: Dems Give In, House Will NOT Return To Session Next Week

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House Democrats say they won&#8217;t return to Washington, D.C., the first week of May, even though House leadership has set May 4th as Congress&#8217; official date of reopening, and has declared the work of the federal government &#8220;essential&#8221; for the purposes of breaking coronavirus-related lockdowns.
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/senate-will-return-to-washington-next-week-211758">Politico reports</a> that key Democrats &#8220;railed&#8221; against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), when she reminded them that the House was due to gavel back into session May 4th, calling the date &#8220;too dangerous,&#8221; especially for the many elderly members of the House Democratic caucus.
&#8220;Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said returning next week would be &#8216;dangerous,&#8217; according to multiple Democrats on the call,&#8221; Politico said Tuesday. &#8220;Other members also spoke up including Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA.), Susan Wild (D-PA) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX), with some asking how they were expected to take care of their families — many without childcare at home — and return to Washington for an extended stay.&#8221;
Republicans, on the other hand, have been pushing for the House to come back into session on the timeline set months ago, before coronavirus became a threat, suggesting that Members of Congress are, perhaps, the most &#8220;essential workers&#8221; in the United States, and stressing that, if many Americans can withstand working through the coronavirus pandemic, federal lawmakers can, too.
Pelosi, House Democratic minority leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) now all seem to agree: Congress will return to session on May 4th, regardless of objection.
Hoyer and McConnell both say that safeguards are in place for Congress&#8217; more vunlerable Members, especially those who are elderly or infirm.
&#8220;We’re going to take whatever safeguards the Capitol physician recommends that we engage in and we believe we can do that safely,” McConnell told Politico. “Look, it doesn’t make sense for the Senate to sit on the sidelines while a lot of other people are going to work everyday and trying to get us through this.&#8221;
Hoyer says that legislators will vote in shifts so that they can maintain &#8220;social distancing,&#8221; and Congress will stagger votes so that the chambers aren&#8217;t packed with people.
McConnell and several other key Republicans never left Washington, D.C., and have been working out deals with key Democrats to extend coronavirus-related relief programs. Until last week, though, Pelosi and Hoyer seemed uninterested in returning to work as soon as possible.
Now, the House and Senate are likely gearing up to battle over a fourth coronavirus relief package. Pelosi, who is the lead author of the $1 trillion &#8220;CARES Act 2,&#8221; as she&#8217;s called it in interviews, believes the package must be passed within days of Congress returning to work. McConnell, however, says he is &#8220;calling time&#8221; on expensive bailouts, in case the spending further imperils the already struggling American economy.
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Democrats Rebel, Won’t Return To Work May 4th, Say Its ‘Too Dangerous’ To Reopen Congress

House Democrats are reticent to return to work in Congress, first trying to stall the end of Congressional recess and now proposing a &#8220;proxy voting&#8221; system that would let Members who are able to return to Washington, D.C., cast ballots for those who prefer to shelter-in-place in their home districts. But House Republicans now say they&#8217;ll resist those efforts and demand Democrats return to Congress as &#8220;essential workers&#8221; if they plan on passing legislation.
<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/house-democrats-propose-proxy-voting-during-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-4">Business Insider reports that Congress</a>, despite being about as &#8220;essential&#8221; to the functions of American government as an entity can get, is not forcing its Members back to the nation&#8217;s capital, and House Democratic leadership, under the guidance of House majority leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), told their caucus last week that no Member of Congress should plan to return to work in person absent an &#8220;emergency.&#8221;
This week, House Democrats fell under criticism for opposing an extension to the Paycheck Protection Program from afar, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was skewered for doing cable news hits on the subject from in front of a $24,000 SubZero side-by-side refrigerator/freezer in her San Francisco, California, home while American small businesses scrambled for cash.
Instead of mandating a return, though, Hoyer proposed Wednesday that Congress could vote by proxy, with younger Members, who are less at risk of contracting COVID-19, casting ballots for older Members who are better off sheltering in place.
&#8220;This week, Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House majority leader, has proposed changing House rules to allow proxy voting, which would allow Members to vote on behalf of absent colleagues,&#8221; <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/house-democrats-propose-proxy-voting-during-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-4">BI says</a>. &#8220;The vote to change the rules could happen as soon as Thursday morning, he told Members in a letter.&#8221;
&#8220;There are some Members who are particularly vulnerable to either themselves because of some preexisting condition or they&#8217;re caring for relatives, moms or dads, or others, and they are concerned about coming and then having to quarantine themselves for 14 days when they get back. So that&#8217;s a real concern,&#8221; Hoyer said.
But House Republicans say that&#8217;s simply not good enough. If Congress cannot find a way to pipe in Members from across the country, then the nation&#8217;s leaders should be required to do their job in person.
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) is leading the opposition, telling members of the media Wednesday, that the thought of Congress voting by proxy is &#8220;a complete overreach&#8221; and flies in the face of how Congress operates. &#8220;I just think is absurd and I think it silences individual members of Congress who were sent here to cast votes on behalf of our constituents,&#8221; David said.
&#8220;All the essential work of Congress — that is any step necessary in order to enact legislation, the task of legislating itself — can be done only by members who are voting and present in their respective legislative chamber, either this Senate or the House of Representatives,&#8221; Rep. Mike Lee (R-UT) added. &#8220;This is a non-delegable duty.&#8221;
Hoyer responded by saying the body will experiment with technological options but made no guarantees.
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House Republicans Resist Dems’ Plan For Proxy Voting, Want Everyone Back To Work

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told Politico Friday that she is considering keeping the House of Representatives out of session longer than the April 20th return-from-recess date, and may not bring Congress back until well into May &#8212; and she&#8217;s warned President Donald Trump to keep the country under lockdown even longer.
Pelosi is drafting a fourth coronavirus relief package, to be introduced when Congress returns from recess in the spring, but it now appears that trillion dollar aid bill will be indefinitely delayed while she holds her chamber in recess.
Pelosi &#8220;signaled Thursday that the House is unlikely to return to session later this month, her clearest indication yet that Congress — like the rest of the country — could remain shuttered for weeks or even longer as the coronavirus crisis continues,&#8221;<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/09/pelosi-trump-coronavirus-178633"> according to Politico</a>.
She also had harsh words for President Trump who has, reportedly, begun the process of convening a second coronavirus task force, this one charged with plotting a course to reopen the country and restart the economy. Trump has said before that he hopes to roll out a plan to lift coronavirus-related lockdowns as early as May first, subject to the advice of several of his top healthcare experts.
“Hopefully we&#8217;re going to be opening up …. very, very, very, very soon, I hope,” Trump said Thursday during his daily coronavirus briefing. “We&#8217;re going to open up strong, very successfully and I&#8217;d like to say even more successfully than before.”
Pelosi wants the country in economic lockdown much longer, she told Politico.
“Nobody can really tell you that and I would never venture a guess. I certainly don’t think we should do it sooner than we should,” Pelosi said. “This has taken an acceleration from when we started this. Little did we know then that at this point, we’d be further confined.”
She also suggested that Trump&#8217;s advisors rein the president in if he moves too quickly to restore economic function: “I would hope that the scientific community would weigh in and say, ‘You can’t do this, it is only going to make matters worse if you go out too soon.'&#8221;
That&#8217;s an odd statement, given that Pelosi and others were still at work even as states declared full lockdowns to prevent or slow the spread of coronavirus. The $2.2 trillion CARES Act &#8212; the third coronavirus relief package &#8212; was passed just before Congress left Washington, D.C., for their spring recess.
On Thursday, Pelosi, who now says there will be little more than a skeleton crew of Federal legislators in Washington until at least May, stood in the way of an emergency relief bill that would have added $350 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program, a small business relief fund that is swifly running out of cash.
She implied, in her speeches Thursday afternoon, that she wanted the bill brought before the full House and Senate rather than passed by unanimous consent &#8212; something that can&#8217;t happen unless Pelosi gets all of her own members on the same page and in the same room. Small business owners may now have to wait for months to see additional relief funds.

Nancy Pelosi Says Congress Will NOT Reopen In April, Warns Trump Not To Restart Economy

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Two more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have tested positive for the coronavirus that originated in China and that has devastated the world economy while killing over 30,000 people.
Reps. Joe Cunningham (D-SC) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) both announced on Friday that they have tested positive for the coronavirus and that they are self-quarantining from home.
In a statement, Cunningham wrote:
<blockquote>On March 19th, 2020, I entered self-quarantine after I received word from the Attending Physician of the U.S. Congress that I had been in contact with a member of Congress who had since tested positive for COVID-19. While I otherwise feel fine, since March 17th I have been unable to smell or taste, which I learned this week is a potential symptom of COVID-19. I have been in contact with my doctor since I entered self-quarantine. Yesterday, my doctor instructed me to get tested for COVID-19 and following a virtual consultation on MUSC.care, I went to my local testing clinic. Today, I learned that I tested positive.
While my symptoms have begun to improve, I will remain at home until I know it is safe to leave self-quarantine. I will continue to tele-work from home as Congress conducts its ongoing response to this public health crisis and my office will continue its urgent work of serving the people of the Lowcountry. Just now, the House passed bipartisan legislation that includes provisions I fought for and secured to deliver much-needed relief for South Carolina families and small businesses. I am grateful that my family remains in good health and urge South Carolinians to follow the guidance and recommendations from the CDC and other health experts so that we can recover from this public health threat.</blockquote>
In a statement, Kelly wrote:
<blockquote>When I started experiencing mild flu-like symptoms earlier this week, I consulted my primary care physician. My doctor ordered a test for COVID-19, which I obtained at the drive-through testing site at Butler Memorial Hospital. My test came back positive this afternoon. Thank you to my doctor Bill DiCuccio and the staff at Butler Memorial for their excellent care. My symptoms remain mild, and I will serve the 16th district from home until I fully recover. Additionally, my staff is tele-working and still available to constituents who need assistance.</blockquote>
The news comes after Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ben McAdams (D-UT), and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) all announced in recent days that they had tested positive for the coronavirus and that they were self-quarantining.
The U.S. federal government has passed multiple spending bills to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., and to combat the economic fallout that has ensued.
Lawmakers have also called for an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-introduces-bill-to-investigate-chinas-coronavirus-cover-up-demands-china-pay-for-damage">international investigation</a> into the Chinese communist government and their handling of the initial outbreak in China, while also demanding that China pay for the damage that the world has suffered.
In a statement, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said that China must “pay back all nations impacted because China lied about the spread of the virus.”
“Since day one, the Chinese Communist Party intentionally lied to the world about the origin of this pandemic,” Hawley said. “The CCP was aware of the reality of the virus as early as December but ordered laboratories to destroy samples and forced doctors to keep silent. It is time for an international investigation into the role their cover-up played in the spread of this devastating pandemic. The CCP must be held to account for what the world is now suffering.”

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Two More Members Of Congress Test Positive For The Coronavirus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s attempted partisan sabotage of the coronavirus relief bill might mark a new low for her. That the bill finally passed doesn&#8217;t excuse her reckless gamesmanship.
Republican and Democratic Senate leaders were close to an agreement when Pelosi parked her partisan broomstick and poured poison into the congressional punchbowl.
&#8220;Talking to some Senate GOP sources,&#8221; Townhall political editor Guy Benson tweeted. &#8220;They seem stunned and angry. I&#8217;m told there was lots of bipartisan input into the legislative outline &amp; emerging specifics — including an agreement in principle on broad strokes. Then Pelosi showed up and threw a partisan grenade.&#8221; Sources said the Democratic leadership moved to exploit the crisis by attaching its socialist wish list to the bill.
Manhattan Institute senior fellow Brian Riedl, a conservative known more for his scholarship than partisanship, had strong words. &#8220;The Senate Democrats just engaged in one of the most cynical displays of partisanship I have ever seen in the U.S. Senate,&#8221; said Riedl. &#8220;They let Pelosi blow up a bipartisan agreement.&#8221;
Keep in mind that Republicans and Democrats had already hammered out an imperfect deal before Pelosi&#8217;s last-minute shenanigans. Republicans had already reluctantly agreed to certain repulsive provisions to ensure prompt relief for suffering people and the free-falling economy.
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt also expressed uncharacteristic disgust. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell &#8220;jammed his own caucus to pass @SpeakerPelosi bill because he knows we are in a catastrophe and action needed,&#8221; Hewitt tweeted. &#8220;If businesses founder, they cannot be resurrected from ashes. Vote by @SenateDems most outrageous obstructionism I&#8217;ve ever seen and @senatemajldr anger is righteous.&#8221;
Following Pelosi&#8217;s and Sen. Chuck Schumer&#8217;s lead, congressional Democrats degenerated to class warfare to justify their obstruction, calling the bill a corporate bailout and slush fund that would not protect workers. But that was just cover for loading the bill with partisan perks that wouldn&#8217;t alleviate problems caused by the virus.
Democrats added provisions to increase federal control over elections including federal mandates on how and when we vote, and who collects absentee ballots. Conservatives have long believed these progressive proposals — mandatory early voting, mail-in ballots (which would allow ballots to be marked behind closed doors), same-day registration and legalized ballot harvesting — are aimed at manipulating election outcomes and facilitating voter fraud. These measures have consistently failed, but Pelosi and company figured that with a gun to Republicans&#8217; heads, they would cave to avoid being perceived as uncompassionate. Congressman Adam Schiff insulted Americans&#8217; intelligence even more than he usually does, by depicting these provisions as necessary to strengthen &#8220;the health of our democracy.&#8221;
Other Democratic add-ons included aid for Planned Parenthood, millions for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and an increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour for all businesses receiving stimulus funds.
Perhaps worst of all was their ploy to require airlines receiving assistance to fully offset carbon emissions by 2025. &#8220;There is a whole concern in our country that if we&#8217;re giving tens of billions of dollars to the airlines, that we could at least have a shared value about what happens to the environment,&#8221; Pelosi tweeted.
To understand just how disgraceful this little trick was, consider the reaction of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s former chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, the principal architect of AOC&#8217;s notorious Green New Deal and a progressive&#8217;s progressive. &#8220;I helped write the #GreenNewDeal and I think this is ridiculous,&#8221; Chakrabarti tweeted. &#8220;The tiny little emissions standard increase doesn&#8217;t even do anything meaningful to stave off climate change and gives the @GOP leverage to get rid of real help for working people. Solve the problem at hand.&#8221;
How can Democrats still get by with their professions of compassion when they can&#8217;t tie their shoes without injecting politics into their shoelaces? How dare they hold this relief bill hostage for items that have nothing to do with the crisis or assisting those suffering from it while otherwise claiming to support it?
This stunt showcases the level of extremism choking the reason out of the Democratic Party. Likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden&#8217;s shameless support of these Green New Deal provisions puts the lie to the notion that he is a moderate alternative to some of the more extreme leftist Democratic candidates.
One can hope for more bipartisanship in tackling this pandemic and its surrounding economic devastation, but that can only happen if we decouple from relief bills the less urgent problems unrelated to the crisis. So far, congressional Democrats have resisted that, which, in a sane world, would come back to bite them in November.
David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is &#8220;Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win.&#8221; Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website at www.davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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A new Gallup study gauging the American public&#8217;s view of the handling of the coronavirus crisis by various entities and figures found one particular group earning particularly bad marks: the news media, which was the only one on the list of nine that did not have majority approval.
&#8220;Americans are generally positive in their evaluations of how each of nine leaders and institutions has handled the response to the coronavirus situation,&#8221; <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/300680/coronavirus-response-hospitals-rated-best-news-media-worst.aspx">Gallup</a> explains. &#8220;Eight of the nine receive majority positive ratings — led by U.S. hospitals, at 88% approval. Only the news media gets a more negative than positive review.&#8221;
The news media was rated far worse than the CDC, Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump, and even Congress, all of which had strong majority approval.
Asked, &#8220;Do you approve or disapprove of the way each of the following is handling the response to the coronavirus in the U.S.?&#8221; Americans gave by far the worse assessment of the news media. Here is the breakdown from best to worst:
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<li>U.S. hospitals: 88% approve, 10% disapprove</li>
<li>Your child&#8217;s school or daycare:  83 &#8211; 9</li>
<li>Your state government: 82 -17</li>
<li>Your employer: 82 &#8211; 14</li>
<li>Government health agencies such as the CDC and NIH: 80 -17</li>
<li>Vice President Mike Pence: 61-32</li>
<li>President Donald Trump: 60 &#8211; 38</li>
<li>Congress: 59 &#8211; 37</li>
<li>The news media: 44 &#8211; 55</li>
</ol>
Gallup explains that the data was collected from March 13-22 Gallup poll, &#8220;with the field period starting on the same day President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, and spanning sharp increases in the number of documented cases in the U.S., as well as the number of deaths.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s 60% approval, Gallup notes, is higher than his overall job approval, which is 49%, which climbed 5 points from a few weeks ago, when it was 44%.
A large part of the negative response to the news media comes from Republicans, only 25% of whom said they approve of how it&#8217;s covering the crisis, while 61% of Democrats approved.
According to Gallup&#8217;s survey, President Trump is winning this particular round of his years-long battle with the news media, which he hammered once again this week. In a tweet Wednesday, Trump accused the media of attempting to &#8220;keep our Country closed as long as possible&#8221; for political purposes.
“The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-we-all-know-what-medias-push-to-keep-america-closed-as-long-as-possible-is-really-about">tweeted</a> Wednesday. “The real people want to get back to work ASAP. We will be stronger than ever before!”
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The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success. The real people want to get back to work ASAP. We will be stronger than ever before!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1242905328209080331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump&#8217;s tweet came the same day as Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Response coordinator, called out exaggerated reporting on the coronavirus pandemic.
“I think the numbers that have been put out there are actually very frightening to people,” Dr. Birx <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-deborah-birx-media-has-frightened-the-american-people-with-salacious-coronavirus-numbers">said</a> during a press conference on Wednesday. “But I can tell you if you go back and look at Wuhan and Hubei and all of these provinces, when they talk about 60,000 people being infected, even if you said, alright, well there’s asymptomatics and all of that, so you get to 600,000 people out of 80 million. That is nowhere close to the numbers that you see people putting out there. I think it has frightened the American people.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-deborah-birx-shreds-media-for-salacious-claims-we-dont-have-evidence-of-that">Dr. Deborah Birx Shreds Media For Salacious Claims: ‘We Don’t Have Evidence Of That’</a>

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White House and Senate leaders reportedly struck a deal during the early morning hours on Wednesday over a $2 trillion stimulus bill to combat the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak.
&#8220;The White House and Senate leaders struck a major deal early Wednesday morning over a $2-trillion package to provide a jolt to an economy struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, capping days of marathon negotiations that produced the far-reaching measure,&#8221; CNN reported.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: The White House and Senate leaders struck a major deal early Wednesday morning over a $2-trillion package to provide a jolt to an economy struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, capping days of marathon negotiations that produced the far-reaching measure.
&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1242677857240993794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/03/24/trump-coronavirus-congress-economic-stimulus/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>The agreement capped five straight days of intensive negotiations that occasionally descended into partisan warfare as the nation’s economy reeled from the deadly pandemic, with schools and businesses closed, mass layoffs slamming the workforce, and tens of thousands falling ill.
The legislation, unprecedented in its size and scope, aims to flood the economy with capital by sending $1,200 checks to many Americans, creating a $367 billion loan program for small businesses, and setting up a $500 billion fund for industries, cities and states.
Other provisions include a massive boost to unemployment insurance, $150 billion for state and local stimulus funds and $130 billion for hospitals, among numerous other provisions.</blockquote>
CNN&#8217;s Manu Raju <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1242679063493390343">tweeted</a> that White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland said after leaving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s office at 1 a.m.: “Ladies and gentleman, we are done. We have a deal.&#8221;
“Much of the work on bill text has been completed,&#8221; Ueland continued. &#8220;And I’m hopeful that over the next few hours we’ll finish what’s left and be able to circulate it early in the morning.”
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At last, we have a deal.
After days of intense discussions, the Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on a historic relief package for this pandemic. 
We’re going to pass this legislation later today.
&mdash; Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) <a href="https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1242690673800855552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said during a press conference on Tuesday that the multi-phase stimulus spending bill would total $6 trillion and would be the largest spending bill in history.
“This package will be the single largest main street assistance program in the history of the United States,” Kudlow said. “The single largest main street assistance program in the history of the United States.”
“This legislation is urgently needed to bolster the economy, provide cash injections and liquidity and stabilize financial markets to get us through a difficult period, a difficult and challenging period in the economy facing us right now but also to position us for what I think can be an economic rebound later this year,” Kudlow continued. “Phase two delivered the sick leave for individuals, hourly workers, families and so forth. Phase three, a significant package for small businesses, loan guarantees will be included. We’re going to take out expenses and lost revenues.”
“The total package here comes to roughly $6 trillion: $2 trillion direct assistance, roughly $4 trillion in federal reserve lending power,” Kudlow added. “Again, it will be the largest main street financial package in the history of the United States.”
The stock market exploded late on Tuesday amid reports that Congress was getting to close to getting a deal done, which comes after Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-democrats-block-coronavirus-bill-that-provides-lifeline-to-economy-families">ruined</a> a chance for a deal on Sunday.
&#8220;So at a time when the country is crying out for bipartisanship and cooperation — and we saw that over the last 48 hours when regular members of Senate, not in the leadership office, not in the speaker’s office for goodness sakes, she’s the Speaker of the House, not the speaker of the Senate. We don’t have one,&#8221; McConnell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-explodes-on-pelosi-for-ruining-stimulus-bill-that-protected-economy-families">said</a> on Sunday in a swipe at Pelosi. &#8220;We were doing just fine until that intervention.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Senate, White House Strike Deal On $2 Trillion Stimulus Spending Bill

With federal and state government shutting down the economy en masse all across the country, bold and creative plans are needed to stave off economic catastrophe. Unfortunately, our lawmakers in Washington show more creativity in their <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-dumped-up-to-1-6-million-of-stock-after-reassuring-public-about-coronavirus-preparedness">insider trading schemes</a> than they do in creating a plan to navigate us through the current crisis.
Senate Republicans yesterday unveiled their stimulus package which is supposed to, among other things, provide financial assistance to Americans hurt by the government&#8217;s response to the China Virus. The plan is garbage. There is no other way to put it.
The bill will try to save the day by giving $1,200 to any tax payer who earned less than $75,000 two years ago. Somehow I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s going to cut it. Employing the laziest kind of means testing imaginable, Republicans decided that payments should be based on an individual&#8217;s 2018 tax returns. Payment amounts for single people would begin to phase out at the $75,000 threshold and then disappear at $99,000. For couples filing jointly, $2,400 would be paid for any households that earned less than $150,000 in 2018. The amount would decrease gradually from that point and disappear entirely at $198,000. Each child would be worth an additional $500 payment. On the other end of the spectrum, individuals who had little tax liability in 2018 but at least $2,500 in qualifying income will receive $600. Individuals who had no qualifying income two years ago will receive nothing.
This is not just a bad plan. It&#8217;s a disgrace. The problems here are many and obvious. Let&#8217;s go over a few of them:
1. Not everyone is earning today what they earned in 2018. What about a person who made $105,000 in 2018 but earns $70,000 today and has been out of work for two weeks because his state shut down? This plan would offer him no relief. Meanwhile, a person who made $60,000 two years ago, currently makes $100,000, and hasn&#8217;t lost any income because he&#8217;s working from home, would receive a full payment. Likewise, a person who had no income two years ago but earns $35,000 today should be eligible for compensation but this plan would pay him nothing.
2. What about single parents? A single mother with three kids does not file her taxes jointly. Under this bill, she would count as a single person and miss out on any payment if she earns more than $99,000. But a person supporting three kids and themselves on a low six figure income is by no means wealthy. Indeed, a childless individual earning $60,000 is much more well off than a single parent of three kids earning $100,000.
3. Of course some of this depends on where you live. A married couple with a few kids earning $200,000 in New York could already be living paycheck to paycheck. Now what if their business has been destroyed by the lock downs, or they lost their job, or had to take a pay cut? This plan has nothing for them. The bill controls for income but does not account for cost of living. Neither does it account for a person&#8217;s current job and income status. You might as well draw names out of a hat or send checks out to random addresses in hopes that they find a person in need.
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There is a better way of doing this, but it requires, as I said, a very small amount of creativity: Send checks to everyone. At least everyone who is not a multi-millionaire. People are going to need way more that $1,200, so look for wasteful government programs and agencies to cut. Washington squanders many billions of dollars every year. It shouldn&#8217;t be hard to find additional funds. Foreign aid would be another place to look. Perhaps we can&#8217;t afford to be sending welfare checks to foreign governments in a time like this.
Once you&#8217;ve sent everyone a check, kick off a campaign to encourage those who don&#8217;t need it to #PassTheBuck. Americans love to donate. There&#8217;s a reason even the dumbest and most questionable Go Fund Me campaigns can raise millions of dollars overnight. The government simply cannot, especially under such a time crunch, reliably identify who actually needs the money. They only know the income you earned the last time you filed taxes. They don&#8217;t know your current situation. They don&#8217;t know how much money you&#8217;ve lost or will lose. But all of these details are absolutely essential. A plan that ignores them is useless and will achieve almost nothing.
Fortunately, individual Americans know who in their families and among their friends and in their communities is most in need. I could personally name a dozen families off the top of my head who need a check much more than I do. If I got one, I&#8217;d send it their way. Yes, some people will be selfish and keep the check even if they don&#8217;t need it. That&#8217;s their right. This is, after all, our own money we&#8217;re getting back. It isn&#8217;t a handout or a welfare program.
But experience and history shows that many millions of Americans would be thrilled for the chance to do a good deed and pass the buck along. Empower individuals to make their own decisions and help each other. A plan like this would represent an ideal partnership between citizens and their government. It may not be perfect, but it&#8217;s a hell of a lot better than what the Republicans are offering.

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Someone prepare House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for some bad news: her impeachment efforts boosted the popularity of congressional Republicans so that now more Americans approve of congressional Republicans’ job performance than congressional Democrats’ performance.
That news comes from the <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/287633/approval-congressional-republicans-tops-democrats.aspx?utm_source=alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=morelink&amp;utm_campaign=syndication">latest Gallup poll</a> released on Tuesday, the first time Gallup has asked that question since the Dec. 18 impeachment of President Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives. 40% of respondents approved of congressional Republicans while 35% approved of congressional Democrats.
Gallup noted:
<blockquote>The rating for Republicans in Congress has risen six percentage points <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/268097/approval-members-parties-congress.aspx">since late October</a>, before the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the same period, congressional Democrats&#8217; approval rating has edged down three points and disapproval has climbed five points, from 57% to 62%. In general, congressional Democrats have historically had slightly higher job approval ratings than congressional Republicans.</blockquote>
Gallup pointed out that Republicans&#8217; approval of congressional Republicans rose 13 points to 76% since October while Democrats&#8217; 65% approval remained at the same general plateau.
Gallup also found that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s took a leap upward since October, when it languished at 27%; it now rests at 33%. Gallup stated, “Although, on a relative basis, McConnell&#8217;s favorability is not particularly high, it is his highest rating since Gallup&#8217;s first reading in 2010.”
Meanwhile, Pelosi&#8217;s unfavorable rating has risen from 50% in October to 55% now, almost as high as it was before the 2010 midterm elections when GOP retook the House, when it was 56%. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer? His 46% unfavorable rating is the highest it has ever been.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) was more popular with Democrats than Republicans. 56% of Democrats approved of him but only 23% of Republicans agreed. His favorable rating has risen 19 points with Democrats and plunged 22 points among Republicans.
Plenty of warnings were issued to the Democrats that an impeachment of Trump might backfire; in November FOX Business&#8217; Stuart Varney stated, “Time to set a few things straight about impeachment. Number one: it is a purely political strategy. The Democrats intend to damage the president as much as possible right before the election. It is entirely partisan; all Republicans voted no; all but two Democrats voted yes. No matter what the lawyers say, this is not a legal issue. Are we prepared to remove this president from office on the basis of a phone call to the Ukraine? Don’t be fooled by legalisms; that is a political question.”
Varney continued, “Two: Impeachment has little or no impact on the stock market; investors are not dancing to Speaker Pelosi’s tune; investors care about profits and the economy; trade and employment. This impeachment drive hasn’t scared Wall Street; Trump doesn’t scare Wall Street, but if Sanders or Warren look likely to win next year, watch out below … Number three: There will be a backlash. Unless a real ‘high crime’ is revealed, the impeachment drive will fail in the Senate, and when it fails, voters will ask what the Democrats achieved. All they’ve done is damage a president that they hate. That’s where I’m coming from. Impeachment is all vicious politics. It will fail, and voters won’t forget.”
Video of Varney’s prescience below:
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Disgraced former Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), who was the first woman in U.S. history to resign from Congress over a sex scandal, told ABC News on Thursday that she had to resign because of &#8220;biphobia.&#8221;
Hill made the remarks during an interview with &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; that featured softball questions from host George Stephanopoulos, who used to work in the Clinton administration.
&#8220;Your story exploded,&#8221; Stephanopoulos said. &#8220;How much of it is tied to the fact that, in your mind, that you&#8217;re bisexual?&#8221;
&#8220;I think a lot of it is, and it&#8217;s also partly because I&#8217;m a woman, we haven&#8217;t seen as many of the sex scandals with women, but the bisexuality is a huge part of it, right?&#8221; Hill responded. &#8220;There is a fantasy element of it, there&#8217;s biphobia that is rampant still, and certainly misunderstanding of what bisexuality is, and it&#8217;s sensationalizing, right?&#8221;
Hill resigned after the House Ethics Committee announced that it was opening a formal investigation into the allegations that Hill had a prohibited sexual relationship with a congressional staffer. Hill&#8217;s decision to resign shielded her from being investigated over the allegation.
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<blockquote>STEPHANOPOULOS: Was the biggest mistake having a relationship with a campaign staffer?
HILL: Absolutely. When I started to run for Congress, I was a nobody. I was a non-profit director that was 29-years-old when I jumped in. I did not have any political experience and so I was a complete long shot, but my team, which built over time, was, especially the people who were there in the beginning, it never felt like an employer-employee relationship in the way that I&#8217;d been an executive at a large organization before. The boundaries were completely different because you are truly in the trenches with this very small team, where I think I made the biggest mistake was not setting those boundaries from the very beginning.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The photos were released. You&#8217;re also accused, not only of having a relationship with a campaign staffer, but having a relationship with someone on your congressional staff, which obviously would cross all kinds of ethical lines.
HILL: That accusation came from my ex-husband and it launched a&#8211;
STEPHANOPOULOS: It&#8217;s not true?
HILL: No, especially, the person he was accusing me of, was somebody, who was my first hire, right? He was the first person who worked on my campaign and he came with me to Washington and we were friends and it shows you how easy it is to, when you&#8217;re talking about someone, especially a woman being a victim of something like the photos, or cyber exploitation, or revenge porn, or whatever you want to call it&#8211;
STEPHANOPOULOS: What do you want to call it?
HILL: Well, there&#8217;s a problem with the term &#8220;revenge porn&#8221; because it implies, A, that there is something to be taking revenge for, right? That the woman maybe did something wrong in the first place and pornography could imply that it was consensual, and it&#8217;s not.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And how much have you regretted the decision to actually resign? Any part of you that thinks you should have stayed and fought?
HILL: I strongly feel that I made the right call in stepping down, for several reasons. One of which is that I, I did not want to be a liability to my colleagues. We knew from the people who had the photos that had obtained the photos that there were hundreds more images and text messages that were out there that I had no idea what they could be or how they could be taken out of context.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Your story exploded. &#8230; How much of it is tied to the fact that in your mind that you&#8217;re bisexual?
HILL: I think a lot of it is, and it&#8217;s also partly because I&#8217;m a woman, we haven&#8217;t seen as many of the sex scandals with women, but the bisexuality is a huge part of it, right? There is a fantasy element of it, there&#8217;s biphobia that is rampant still and certainly misunderstanding of what bisexuality is and it&#8217;s sensationalizing, right?</blockquote>

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