Republican Party

Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central,” former Vice President Mike Pence argued the “populist right” is a threat to the Republican Party, which should return to a traditional “conservative agenda.”

Vice President JD Vance is towering in the hypothetical Republican presidential primary, a recent survey by Daily Mail/JL Partners revealed.

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said the allegations against Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner are true, but Democrats needed to win the Maine U.S. Senate election because our country was in “grave peril.”

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said he was “absolutely expecting” more Republican opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund was “deeply offensive.”

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) made the absolutely flabbergasting claim that President Donald Trump was the “most corrupt president in American history.”

Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated John Cornyn, a roughly 23-year Senate incumbent, in Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate runoff, advancing to face Democrat James Talarico in November after opening a roughly 25-point lead.

On this week’s broadcast of News Nation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said if Republicans lose the House in the midterm election, President Donald Trump will “likely get impeached for a third time.”

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said there was a growing number of people on the right who have “Trump disappointment syndrome.”

On Sunday, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) criticized Trump-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), saying he did not deserve to win.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Congress would defund President Donald Trump’s so-called anti-weaponization fund.

Friday on MS NOW’s “The Beat,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said the Department of Justice’s so-called anti-weaponization fund was the “crossing of the Rubicon for some Republicans.”

America First Works is crediting its months-long field operation in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District with helping Trump-endorsed Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein defeat incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie.

Thursday on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said President Donald Trump should be impeached over the Department of Justice’s so-called anti-weaponization fund.

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” failed political candidate Stacey Abrams said Democrats have to “fight back against” President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian regime.”

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is introducing legislation Wednesday that would require an appropriate national security agency to determine whether communications equipment or services tied to several fast-rising Chinese technology companies pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons, with an affirmative finding — or failure to complete the review on time — resulting in placement on the Federal Communications Commission’s covered list.

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) might as well be a Democrat because “a lot of times you saw Thomas Massie on the other side.”

President Donald Trump has backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican race for U.S. Senate in Texas, praising Paxton as a loyal America First ally while criticizing incumbent Sen. John Cornyn as late to support Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is reportedly warning Senate Republicans that moving ahead this week with a major budget reconciliation package could keep Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in Washington days before his Texas Republican runoff against Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) claimed if Congress did not act like “yes” men on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, their favorables would be much higher.

On Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said President Donald Trump’s criticism helps his fundraising, which will lead to him winning the primary.

The Democratic Party’s dominance of the Golden State may be waning.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an NBC News interview that he would be the first person to support Vice President JD Vance if Vance runs for president in 2028, while also saying he intends to remain focused on his current role in President Donald Trump’s administration.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden used an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday to praise President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism posture, challenge his Democratic opponent’s claim to be a political outsider, and lay out a path for Republicans to keep the House majority by turning out conservative voters in Wisconsin battleground districts such as his.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) holds a wide advantage over primary challenger Mark Lynch in the latest South Carolina Republican Senate primary survey, with the incumbent leading among every demographic group included in the survey.

The Republican leader of South Carolina’s state Senate defied President Donald Trump and voted against a redistricting effort that could have slashed the state’s only Democrat-led congressional district, arguing that “South Carolina is stronger when we have a vibrant Democratic Party.”

Monday on CNN’s “NewsNight,” network contributor Bakari Sellers made the totally sane declaration that Republicans had “swapped out Klan hoods for Brooks Brothers suits.”

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said Republican-led redistricting efforts were “about diluting the black vote.”

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said President Donald Trump’s coalition of voters “has completely collapsed.”

Sunday on MS NOW’s “Velshi,” Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones (D) said white Republicans had spit on the graves of civil rights elders with redistricting.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said Republican redistricting could cause his state to go from one Democratic congressman to three.

GOP strategist Mark Bednar said on Breitbart News Saturday that Republicans have a path to hold the House in 2026, while warning conservatives not to become complacent after a major redistricting win in Virginia.

Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said the Republican Party had brought the country into “Jim Crow 2.0.”

Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” network host Al Sharpton said Republicans were ripping the country to shreds over race while discussing the redistricting battle across several states.

Thursday on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” author Stacey Abrams said there were no longer blue states and red states.

Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, marked 2026 Hostage Week by renewing calls for the release of Stephen Hubbard, the Idaho-connected American detained in Russia after being taken from eastern Ukraine during Moscow’s 2022 invasion.