2020 Election - Page 25

Impeaching President Trump stands in “direct opposition to what President-elect Joe Biden has been calling for all year” and will “only lead to more hate,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said on Tuesday.

Airbnb announced on Monday that it would be reviewing reservations in the Washington DC area ahead of the presidential inauguration and will ban any guests it believes are associated with “hate groups” or violent activity. The company is also cross-referencing arrest records from the Capitol Hill incident with its customer base to ban attendees from using the platform in the future.

Google-owned YouTube announced on Tuesday that it is suspending President Donald Trump’s channel “in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence,” adding that the ability to comment on the President’s YouTube channel will be disabled “indefinitely.”

Vice President Mike Pence sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday and stated he would not invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.

To give some perspective on the controversies we’ve witnessed in this election, remember that four years ago this week Obama, Biden,and Comey were talking about spying on and targeting Donald Trump and his team for prosecution.

Democrats clamoring for Donald Trump’s immediate removal from office may be afraid of what documents he might declassify in his final week. I say, what is taking him so long?

FBI officials said on Tuesday that they are pursuing almost 200 people who are alleged to have been part of the attack on the Capitol.

Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday offered advice on how Republicans and the conservative media, specifically, can “begin the healing and unifying process,” demanding that they state that Joe Biden “was duly elected president in a free and fair election.”

Sen. Steve Daines’ (R-MT) office torched at Sen. Jon Tester (R-MT) in a statement Tuesday, charging that the Montana Democrat is “no stranger” to dangerous rhetoric.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) this week unveiled the RELIEF Act of 2021, which would, in part, give some Marylanders $750 stimulus checks as part of the coronavirus relief measure.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday held a press conference where he insisted that President “Donald Trump should not hold office one day longer,” blaming his rhetoric for the riots that occurred at the U.S. Capitol.

“The 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration,” Trump said. “As the expression goes, be careful what you wish for.”

“They’re coming because they think that it’s gravy train at the end. It’s going to be a gravy train,” Trump said, adding, “That’s what they’re looking for. They’re looking for the gravy.”

In addition to banning President Donald Trump, social media companies are purging grassroots activists and organizers from their platforms as well, in what has become the widest-reaching big tech crackdown to date.

A majority of battleground voters want Congress to move on from impeaching President Donald Trump, considering their effort both politically motivated and a waste of time and money, according to a January 12 memo from the pollster John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates.

Attorney Robert Norton told The Kyle Olson Show this week that election investigations and reform must continue, despite the riot that occurred at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), one of the newest members of the far-left “Squad,” confessed on Monday evening that she has no desire to “unite” with “those responsible for the insurrection at our nation’s Capitol” — some of whom Democrats have identified as their own colleagues.

Federal law enforcement is investigating police officers in D.C. and in other states for allegedly participating in the Capitol protest.

Salesforce, the company behind the RNC’s email provider, has reportedly taken action to prevent President Donald Trump and Republicans from using “our services in any way that could lead to violence.” The Trump campaign has not been able to send an email since January 6.

Democrats are reportedly discussing censuring Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) over the Capitol protests that took place last week as Congress gathered to certify the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.

Twitter has reportedly banned more than 70,000 accounts it claims are linked to the QAnon movement following the events on Capitol Hill last week.

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the effort by Democrats to impeach him again would only escalate political tensions in the country after a group of his supporters stormed Capitol Hill last week.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Tuesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is leading the Democrat-controlled House in impeaching President Trump yet again because she “fears the American people might pick him if they were allowed to” again down the road.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says that the social media company has “no plans” to lift its ban on President Donald Trump.

Deutsche Bank AG has reportedly decided to cut ties with President Donald Trump as well as his private companies following the unrest at Capitol Hill last week.

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo warned lawmakers that the threat from the Chinese Communist Party is “inside the gates” during a meeting with House Republican lawmakers on Friday.

Pompeo criticized censorship by media and Big Tech, calling for “woke-ism” to be put to sleep, during a speech on Monday.

A senior Trump administration official told Breitbart News that Pence and Trump met this evening in the Oval Office and had a “good conversation.”

President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20 will be a public show of bipartisan unity, attended by the three administrations before President Donald Trump.

Freshman Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) on Monday called on President Donald Trump to resign and said he is considering supporting a second impeachment of the president in the wake of last week’s siege on the U.S. Capitol.

Facebook has announced that it will remove all content that mentions “Stop the Steal,”  a phrase in reference to the 2020 U.S. presidential election that is popular among supporters of President Donald Trump.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said during a call with House Republicans Monday night that President Donald Trump told him that he bears some of the responsibility for the Washington, DC, riots. 

Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) said Monday on CNN’s “The Lead” that any members of Congress who are found after an investigation to have “incited” the deadly riots at Capital Hill should be prosecuted.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday said the Democrats’ second effort to impeach President Trump, mere days before he is set to leave office, “will do far more harm than good.”

“No I’m not … I’m not afraid of taking the oath outside,” Biden replied when asked by a reporter who asked him about the upcoming inauguration ceremony on January 20. 

The Washington Monument is temporarily shutting down through January 24 because of groups that reportedly “continue to threaten to disrupt” the upcoming inauguration, the National Park Service announced on Monday.