#Republican Jim Lucas

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RepubliKKKlan trash harassing high school students with a gun.

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                                                                     NOVEMBER   2023 

THE RIB PAGE 

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Hackney Diamonds is out. The Stones performed with Lady gaga in NY at the release party. In attendance were Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Trevor Noah, Christie Brinkley and Daniel Craig. The Stones are all in their 70’s and 80’s but Mick was still showing some nip. 

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Foo Fighters are heading out on tour in 2024!!! 

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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking. - Andrea Junker 

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In May. Russia banned all late- night shows except Fallon. 

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Did ya catch the rant that Congresswoman Jasmine Crocket had?? She called out the lack of evidence against Biden and wondered why our Government’s secrets were in Trump’s “shitter.” 

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New York was flooded. 

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift (Traylor) are keeping the NFL and the gossip pages talking. 

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It seems that the last few years, China is rehearsing war in Taiwan. 

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Gwen Stefani got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

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Hooray for Vera Wang. When asked what keeps her ageless at 74, she told us, “Vodka, McDonalds, Dunkin and hardwork.”  

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Matt Gaetz filed a motion to vacate and they voted out Kevin McCarthy on October 2. McCarthy blamed the Democrats. 45 Republicans issued a letter that things have to change and they were embarrased about what is happening. They put a speaker pro tempre, Patrick McHenry, in place for a bit. Steve Scalise seemed a better choice but he wasn’t it. They went with Jim Jordan but there weren’t enough votes. In the end, the fifth choice was Mike Johnson. The Trumper who is an election denier and won’t even discuss the subject, was voted in. I can’t wait to see what his scandal is. Bill Maher commented, “Loves Jesus, hates democracy.” **And, what of  this terrible Virginia Fox from N. Carolina who told the reporter to shut up when asking Johnson legitimate questions. Another democracy hater, no doubt. 

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Chloe Troast is the newest SNL cast member to join. They came back live on October 14 with Pete Davidson.** Mick Jagger made a couple of cameos on the Bad Bunny episode!!** Chris Walken popped up on the Nate Bargatze show. 

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The Writers settled their strike. SAG AFTRA is still trying. Healthcare workers are on strike. It seems like the UAW may have settled. 

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Biden’s dog, Commander, keeps biting people. 

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There is a new coke for the younger set, Coca- Cola Y3000. Ok. 

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Stevie Nicks has a barbie with her name on it. 

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Days alert: Ok, there is no rhyme or reason to the ‘new’ Theresa. After the initial shock, her colleagues are cheering her on. Nothing against Emily O’Brien but bring Jen Lilley back!! Talia and Chloe and Phillip are headed out of town for a while. Clyde and Lucas are back. Holly and Tate have been soap aged and are back as teens. ** Is that Nick that is back?? Same actor but this time he is Everett with a link to Stephanie and Jada. The Pawn storyline is coming back around. Since Everett seems to have a past with children of men from stories of the past, is he a part of it??** And speaking of Jen Lilley, during covid she started ‘Christmas is not cancelled.’ The program has bought toys for 72,000 kids so far!! 

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Jessica Lange is getting ready to retire. 

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Joaquin Phoenix is Napoleon in the new film of the same name. 

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The Vet aid concerts will be held in San Diego on Nov. 12 with Joe Walsh, Stephen Stills, The Flaming Lips and ELO. 

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The B-52's were to perform at the White House on Oct. 25 but instead were guests. It was decided that the ongoing crises in the world, there should just be instrumental background music. So, nobody should be happy? 

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George Santos and Meghan McCain were on a podcast together. That sounds about right. I could see them becoming a duo. The man has 23 counts against him. By the time you read this, he may be ousted!! 

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The World Series has the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Texas Rangers. 

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Pete Holmes has quit drinking he seems much louder now. 

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What?? Geddy Lee has a show about bass players and all they can do?? What?? I am there!! 

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The film, David Holmes: The Boy who lived will be out on Nov. 15. David and Daniel Radcliffe got together to work on the tale of David, Radcliffe’s stunt double on Harry Potter who became paralyzed after a stunt. 

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Simone Biles is now the most decorated female gymnast in history. ** Apparently, Mary Lou Retton has no medical insurance and is in a Texas hospital with pneumonia. 

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Hamas attacked Israel. Militants carried out early morning surprise murders and abductions. Israel responded by telling the world they were at war.  

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Mike Lindell says he is out of money and can’t pay his legal bills. All these shady republicans from the Trump posse could not have been as rich as they kept claiming. They all seem to be unable to pay their bills. 

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About 1,000 migrating birds crashed into McCormick Place in Chicago.  

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Biden says that he has no choice but to work on the border wall. 

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The story of Jimmy Saville is coming to the BBC. The story itself is horrendous but needs to be told. The Reckoning stars Steve Coogan. Will it come to the U.S.?? 

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I have noticed that true crime shows are telling tales of the covid years. Murder continued thru the pandemic. 

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Prequel is the new book from Rachel Maddow. This looks like an interesting, timely and frightening lesson in the silver shirts. I never knew Eric Severeid discovered and infiltrated the American Nazi’s. The Christian front plot involved those in our own Government. There are a lot of books coming out. There was a great deal of writing going on during covid. 

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Sly Stone has a memoir out, Oh that gotta be wow! (thank you falettinme be mice elf agin), brought to you by Questlove.  

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Barbra Streisand also has a memoir, My name is Barbra coming out Nov.7. 

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Wayne Brady stars in the Wiz on Broadway and has just told the world that he is pansexual. 

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The Zuckers and Abraham also have a book, Surely, you can’t be serious. 

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Leslie Jones has a memoir too: Leslie f#cking Jones. 

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Henry Winkler wrote Being Henry: The Fonz and beyond. 

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Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz are engaged. 

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The Great British Baking Show will have no more theme weeks. There were some complaints after Mexican week. 

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About a year ago Schwann updated how they do their service and became Yelloh.  

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California law will ban red dye #3, potassium Bromate, brominated vegetable oil and propylparaben. 

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Bobby Kennedy Jr. Has become an independent. Four of his siblings have already condemned him. 

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Steely Dan was replaced as opener on the Eagles Farewell tour. Steve Miller Band will take over. 

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The Peoria Journal Star will become postal delivery only. 

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There is a film coming out about Anita Pallenberg. 

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Clarence Thomas is recusing himself over a suit about the 2020 election. 

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Dean Phillips is running for President. Mike Pence has dropped out. 

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Scary Clown 45 is teaching us so much like we need to dampen the forests and that the letters u and s are in U.S. and that spells us.** He also announced that, “People in Beverly Hills, generally don’t smell too good.”** Another gem:  “the low rated late- night creeps are back.”** The Trump parade of trials continue. In the NY civil fraud trial, he is already guilty, they are just figuring out the rest. Trump was again fined cuz he can’t keep a thought to himself. The Trumps could lose control of their company. They repeatedly submitted fraudulent documents. 

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Sidney Powell pled guilty to Georgia election charges. She received 6 years probation, fines, must give an apology to the citizens of Georgia and testify against other defendants. Ken Chesebro pled guilty to conspiracy to commit filing false documents. These fucking people are like spoiled rotten children. If they don’t get what they want, they do whatever they please to get it. ** Courts have told us 60 times that the election was good. Will it ever sink in? 

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Congressman Jared Moskowitz is proposing that if Trump insists that Mar A Lago is worth 1.5 billion (100 times what the tax man says it is really worth), then they should raise his taxes accordingly. 

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Word is that 1 oz. Gold bars are selling like crazy at Costco. 

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Governor Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas got into some hot water over a $19 thousand podium and fudging government tallies.  

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Kari Lake is running for Senate. 

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Lesley Matvszak, former CEO of WTVP passed away. The board is now looking into, “questionable, unauthorized and improper use of funds.” The station also owned Peoria magazine and that seems to have now gone under with all the budget cuts. 

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It seems that the migrants shipped to Martha’s Vineyard and other places was done illegally. The covert criminal operation is being looked into by a Sheriff I nBexar Co. Texas who is not too happy about the whole situation. Deception and unlawful restraint are just the start of it. Operatives including former U.S. Army intelligence are suspected of driving around approaching migrants. Calls from the operatives go back to Gov. DeSantis office where the $600 thousand in costs seemed to come from Florida. The migrants were given gift cards if they signed a paper that allowed transport. They claimed to be promised housing and jobs. 

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Wolfgang Van Halen married Andraia Allsop.** Frances Cobain married Riley Hawk. 

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The Dept. Of the Treasury has put sanctions on 11 entities. 

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Sen. John Kennedy’s advice to his colleagues: “Take your meds.” 

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The latest in sexual misconduct: 7 women have alleged sexual and physical abuse by Brian Foster.** 2 women have accused Danny Elfman of sexual abuse. He was ordered to pay $830,000 to Nomi Abadi but did not pay the full amount.  

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Watch for the film, The Treasure of Foggy Mountain from Please Don’t Destroy. The offering from Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy with Conan O’Brien will air on Peacock on Nov. 17. 

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The guinea worm problem continues to decline. Infections are down 27% from 2021. 

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Netflix will open Netflix House, real stores with merch and events. 

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Carl Ruderman, an executive whose family once owned Playgirl, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud in a $250 mil scheme. 

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X-rays on the Mona Lisa (Lisa Gherardini) have shown that a unique chemical was used . The make- up of the paint used plumbonacrite, a by- product of lead oxide. The paint in each of his works was different. 

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R.I.P. Dick Butkus, Keith Giffen, Phyllis Coates, Rudolph Isley, Tim Wakefield, Mark Goddard, Suzanne Somers, Louise Gluck, Hughes Van Ellis, Charles Feeney, Al Petteway, Burt Young, Lara Parker, Joanna Merlin, Louie Meriweather, Joan Evans, Rock Brynner, Richard Roundtree, Judy Nugent, Aaron Spears, Tyler Christopher, Matthew Perry and Piper Laurie. 

[aroundfortwayne]

Holcomb receives three nominations from the IURC Nominating Committee

New Post has been published on https://aroundfortwayne.com/news/2022/07/29/holcomb-receives-three-nominations-from-the-iurc-nominating-committee/

Holcomb receives three nominations from the IURC Nominating Committee

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) Nominating Committee has chosen three nominees to submit to Governor Eric J. Holcomb for consideration for appointment to the IURC.

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Here are the US representatives who voted against the US pro-LGBT+ Equality Act

The US Equality Act is to outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, credit, jury service, public accommodations, and federal funding.

The House of Representatives passed the legislation yesterday, but it is unlikely that the Senate will follow up, given the Republican Party's increasing hostility to queer people. They are currently weaponizing transphobia in an attempt at mobilizing their base.

In the Senate the bill will require at least 10 Republicans to vote with all Democrats to advance past the so-called filibuster.

Metro Weekly has listed the representatives that voted against the law in the House.

Photo of Rep. Marie Newman.

Alabama:

Robert Aderholt

Mo Brooks

Jerry Carl

Barry Moore

Gary Palmer

Mike Rogers

Alaska:

Don Young

Arizona:

Andy Biggs

Paul A. Gosar

Debbie Lesko

David Schweikert

Arkansas:

Rick Crawford

French Hill

Bruce Westerman

Steve Womack

California:

Ken Calvert

Darrell Issa

Mike Garcia

Young Kim

Doug LaMalfa

Kevin McCarthy

Tom McClintock

Devin Nunes

Jay Obernolte

Michelle Steel

David G. Valadao

Colorado:

Lauren Boebert

Ken Buck

Doug Lamborn

Florida:

Gus M. Bilirakis

Vern Buchanan

Kat Cammack

Mario Diaz-Balart

Byron Donalds

Neal Dunn

C. Scott Franklin

Matt Gaetz

Carlos A. Gimenez

Brian Mast

Bill Posey

John Rutherford

Maria Elvira Salazar

W. Gregory Steube

Michael Waltz

Daniel Webster

Georgia:

Rick Allen

Buddy Carter

Andrew S. Clyde

A. Drew Ferguson

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Jody Hice

Barry Loudermilk

Austin Scott

David Scott

Idaho:

Russ Fulcher

Mike Simpson

Illinois:

Mike Bost

Rodney Davis

Darin LaHood

Adam Kinzinger

Mary E. Miller

Indiana:

Jim Banks

James Baird

Larry Bucshon

Trey Hollingsworth

Greg Pence

Victoria Spartz

Jackie Walorski

Iowa:

Randy Feenstra

Ashley Hinson

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Kansas:

Ron Estes

Jake LaTurner

Tracey Mann

Kentucky:

Andy Barr

James Comer

S. Brett Guthrie

Thomas Massie

Harold Rogers

Louisiana:

Clay Higgins

Garret Graves

Mike Johnson

Steve Scalise

Maryland:

Andy Harris

Michigan:

Jack Bergman

Bill Huizenga

Lisa C. McClain

Peter Meijer

John Moolenaar

Fred Upton

Tim Walberg

Minnesota:

Tom Emmer

Michelle Fischbach

Jim Hagedorn

Pete Stauber

Mississippi:

Michael Guest

Trent Kelly

Steven Palazzo

Missouri:

Sam Graves

Vicky Hartzler

Billy Long

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Jason Smith

Ann Wagner

Montana:

Matthew M. Rosendale

Nebraska:

Don Bacon

Jeff Fortenberry

Adrian Smith

Nevada:

Mark Amodei

New Jersey:

Chris Smith

Jefferson Van Drew

New Mexico:

Yvette Herrell

New York:

Andrew R. Garbarino

Chris Jacobs

Nicole Malliotakis

Elise Stefanik

Claudia Tenney

Lee Zeldin

North Carolina:

Dan Bishop

Ted Budd

Madison Cawthorn

Gregory Francis Murphy

Virginia Foxx

Richard Hudson

Patrick T. McHenry

David Rouzer

North Dakota:

Kelly Armstrong

Ohio:

Troy Balderson

Steve Chabot

Warren Davidson

Bob Gibbs

Anthony Gonzalez

Jim Jordan

Bill Johnson

David Joyce

Robert E. Latta

Steve Stivers

Michael Turner

Brad Wenstrup

Oklahoma:

Stephanie I. Bice

Tom Cole

Kevin Hern

Frank Lucas

Markwayne Mullin

Oregon:

Cliff Bentz

Pennsylvania:

John Joyce

Mike Kelly

Daniel Meuser

Scott Perry

Guy Reschenthaler

Lloyd Smucker

Glenn Thompson

South Carolina:

Jeff Duncan

Nancy Mace

Ralph Norman

Tom Rice

William Timmons

Joe Wilson

South Dakota:

Dusty Johnson

Tennessee:

Timm Burchett

Scott DesJarlais

Chuck Fleischmann

Mark Green

Diana Harshbarger

David Kustoff

John W. Rose

Texas:

Jodey Arrington

Brian Babin

Kevin Bady

Michael Burgess

John Carter

Michael Cloud

Dan Crenshaw

Pat Fallon

Louie Gohmert

Tony Gonzales

Lance Gooden

Kay Granger

Ronny Jackson

Michael T. McCaul

Troy E. Nehls

August Pfluger

Chip Roy

Pete Sessions

Van Taylor

Beth Van Duyne

Randy Weber

Roger Williams

Utah:

John R. Curtis

Blake D. Moore

Burgess Owens

Christ Stewart

Virginia:

Ben Cline

Bob Good

Morgan Griffith

Robert J. Wittman

Washington:

Jaime Herrera Beutler

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Dan Newhous

West Virginia:

David McKinley

Carol Miller

Alex Mooney

Wisconsin:

Scott Fitzgerald

Mike Gallagher

Glenn Grothman

Bryan Steil

Thomas P. Tiffany

Wyoming:

Liz Cheney

All Democrats voted for the legislation, as did three Republicans.

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Full List of 172 Republicans Who Opposed the Violence Against Women Act

1. Robert Aderholt (AL) 2. Rick Allen (GA) 3. Mark Amodei (NV) 4. Kelly Armstrong (ND) 5. Jodey Arrington (TX) 6. Brian Babin (TX) 7. Don Bacon (NE) 8. James Baird (IN) 9. Jim Banks (IN) 10. Andy Barr (KY) 11. Cliff Bentz (OR). 12. Jack Bergman (MI) 13. Andy Biggs (AZ) 14. Gus Bilirakis (FL) 15. Dan Bishop (NC) 16. Lauren Boebert (CO) 17. Mo Brooks (AL) 18. Vern Buchanan (FL) 19. Ken Buck (CO) 20. Larry Buschon (IN) 21. Ted Budd (NC) 22. Tim Burchett (TN) 23. Michael Burgess (TX) 24. Ken Calvert (CA) 25. Kat Cammack (FL). 26. Jerry Carl (AL) 27. Madison Cawthorn (NC) 28. Steve Chabot (OH) 29. Liz Cheney (WY) 30. Ben Cline (VA) 31. Michael Cloud (TX) 32. Andrew Clyde (GA) 33. James Comer (KY) 34. Eric Crawford (AR) 35. John Curtis (UT) 36. Warren Davidson (OH) 37. Scott DesJarlais (TN) 38. Byron Donalds (FL) 39. Jeff Duncan (SC) 40. Neal Dunn (FL) 41. Tom Emmer (MN) 42. Ron Estes (KS) 43. Pat Fallon (TX) 44. Randy Feenstra (IA) 45. A. Drew Ferguson (GA) 46. Michelle Fischbach (MN) 47. Scott Fitzgerald (WI) 48. Charles Fleischmann (TN) 49. Jeff Fortenberry (NE) 50. Virginia Foxx (NC) 51. Scott Franklin (FL) 52. Russ Fulcher (ID) 53. Matt Gaetz (FL) 54. Mike Gallagher (WI) 55. Andrew Garbarino (NY) 56. Mike Garcia (CA) 57. Bob Gibbs (OH) 58. Louie Gohmert (TX) 59. Tony Gonzales (TX) 60. Bob Good (VA) 61. Lance Gooden (TX) 62. Paul Gosar (AZ) 63. Kay Granger (TX) 64. Garret Graves (LA) 65. Sam Graves (MO) 66. Mark Green (TN) 67. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) 68. H. Morgan Griffith (VA) 69. Glenn Grothman (WI) 70. Brett Guthrie (KY) 71. Jim Hagedorn (MN) 72. Andy Harris (MD) 73. Diana Harshbarger (TN) 74. Vicky Hartzler (MO) 75. Kevin Hern (OK) 76. Yvette Herrell (NM) 77. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA) 78. Jody Hice (GA) 79. Clay Higgins (LA) 80. J. Hill (AR) 81. Ashley Hinson (IA) 82. Trey Hollingsworth (IN) 83. Richard Hudson (NC) 84. Bill Huizenga (MI) 85. Ronny Jackson (TX) 86. Mike Johnson (LA) 87. Bill Johnson (OH) 88. Dusty Johnson (SD) 89. Jim Jordan (OH) 90. John Joyce (PA) 91. Fred Keller (PA) 92. Trent Kelly (MS) 93. Mike Kelly (PA) 94. David Kustoff (TN) 95. Darin LaHood (IL) 96. Doug LaMalfa (CA) 97. Doug Lamborn (CO) 98. Robert Latta (OH) 99. Jake LaTurner (KS) 100. Debbie Lesko (AZ) 101. Billy Long (MO) 102. Frank Lucas (OK) 103. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO) 104. Nancy Mace (SC) 105. Tracey Mann (KS) 106. Thomas Massie (KY) 107. Brain Mast (FL) 108. Kevin McCarthy (CA) 109. Lisa McClain (MI) 110. Tom McClintock (CA) 111. Patrick McHenry (NC) 112. David McKinley (WV) 113. Daniel Meuser (PA) 114. Mary Miller (IL) 115. Carol Miller (WV) 116. John Moolenaar (MI) 117. Alexander Mooney (WV) 118. Barry Moore (AL) 119. Blake Moore (UT) 120. Gregory Murphy (NC) 121. Troy Nehls (TX) 122. Dan Newhouse (WA) 123. Ralph Norman (SC) 124. Devin Nunes (CA) 125. Jay Obernolte (CA) 126. Burgess Owens (UT) 127. Steven Palazzo (MS) 128. Gary Palmer (AL) 129. Greg Pence (IN) 130. Scott Perry (PA) 131. August Pfluger (TX) 132. Bill Posey (FL) 133. Guy Reschenthaler (PA) 134. Tom Rice (SC) 135. Cathy Rodgers (WA) 136. Mike Rogers (AL) 137. Harold Rogers (KY) 138. John Rose (TN) 139. David Rouzer (NC) 140. Chip Roy (TX) 141. John Rutherford (FL) 142. Steve Scalise (LA) 143. David Schweikert (AZ) 144. Austin Scott (GA) 145. Pete Sessions (TX) 146. Jason Smith (MO) 147. Adrian Smith (NE) 148. Christopher Smith (NJ) 149. Lloyd Smucker (PA) 150. Victoria Spartz (IN) 151. Michelle Steel (CA) 152. Elise Stefanik (NY) 153. W. Gregory Steube (FL) 154. Chris Stewart (UT) 155. Van Taylor (TX) 156. Claudia Tenney (NY) 157. Glenn Thompson (PA) 158. Thomas Tiffany (WI) 159. William Timmons (SC) 160. Michael Turner (OH) 161. Beth Van Duyne (TX) 162. Ann Wagner (MO) 163. Tim Walberg (MI) 164. Jackie Walorski (IN) 165. Michael Waltz (FL) 166. Randy Weber Sr. (TX) 167. Daniel Webster (FL) 168. Bruce Westerman (AR) 169. Roger Williams (TX) 170. Robert Wittman (VA) 171. Steve Womack (AR) 172. Lee Zeldin (NY)

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-172-republicans-opposed-violence-against-women-act-1577029

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Michael Moore posted on Facebook:

Immediately Remove The Republicans Who Voted In Favor of the Terrorists’ Demands

It’s not just Trump who has to go. The Constitution is clear. Any member of Congress who participates in an “insurrection or rebellion” is in violation of the oath they took to defend and uphold the Constitution — and thus they may no longer serve in Congress. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, written initially to exclude Confederate Civil War traitors, says that "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress … who … having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same[.]"

There are 147 Republican members of the Senate and the House who late last Wednesday night (and into the early hours of Thursday morning) — just hours after a domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol which they and Trump helped to incite — voted to overturn (throw out) the legal and already-certified votes of millions of Americans in the states of Pennsylvania and Arizona. It was an act of sedition and a flagrant violation of their oath of office. Legal experts and other members of Congress have called it an act of treason. THIS MUST BE DEALT WITH. They must be, as the Constitution requires, removed from Congress.

Here are their names. And to be clear: The cop-killing terrorist mob who attacked, trashed, took over and shut down our United States Congress for seven hours — the first time in history this has ever happened — their terrorist demands and their stated intention was to prevent the counting of the votes of millions of Americans and illegally give the election to Trump. So what did these 147 Republican lawmakers do just hours after these domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol in the hopes of killing, harming or kidnapping some of their fellow representatives, including their Republican Vice-President!? They voted to give in to the terrorists’ demands! And do EXACTLY what the cop-killing mob had demanded they do: Throw out the votes of the American people! Imagine if on the night of 9/11, 147 Republican members of Congress voted to give in to the demands of Al Qaeda. We never would have stood for that and we would have had them all arrested. But of course there’s a difference: Bin Laden wanted to take down buildings in the financial and military capitols of America and kill 3,000 people in the process. These 147 Republicans just wanted to take down American Democracy.

ALL 147 OF THEM MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY PER SECTION 3 OF THE 14th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:

(Here Are the 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn the Certified Election Results)

U.S. SENATE

Tommy Tuberville, Ala.

Rick Scott, Fla.

Roger Marshall, Kan.

John Kennedy, La.

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Miss.

Josh Hawley, Mo.

Ted Cruz, Texas

Cynthia Lummis, Wyo.

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Robert B. Aderholt, Ala.

Mo Brooks, Ala.

Jerry Carl, Ala.

Barry Moore, Ala.

Gary Palmer, Ala.

Mike Rogers, Ala.

Andy Biggs, Ariz.

Paul Gosar, Ariz.

Debbie Lesko, Ariz.

David Schweikert, Ariz.

Rick Crawford, Ark.

Ken Calvert, Calif.

Mike Garcia, Calif.

Darrell Issa, Calif.

Doug LaMalfa, Calif.

Kevin McCarthy, Calif.

Devin Nunes, Calif.

Jay Obernolte, Calif.

Lauren Boebert, Colo.

Doug Lamborn, Colo.

Kat Cammack, Fla.

Mario Diaz-Balart, Fla.

Byron Donalds, Fla.

Neal Dunn, Fla.

Scott Franklin, Fla.

Matt Gaetz, Fla.

Carlos Gimenez, Fla.

Brian Mast, Fla.

Bill Posey, Fla.

John Rutherford, Fla.

Greg Steube, Fla.

Daniel Webster, Fla.

Rick Allen, Ga.

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, Ga.

Andrew Clyde, Ga.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga.

Jody Hice, Ga.

Barry Loudermilk, Ga.

Russ Fulcher, Idaho

Mike Bost, Ill.

Mary Miller, Ill.

Jim Baird, Ind.

Jim Banks, Ind.

Greg Pence, Ind.

Jackie Walorski, Ind.

Ron Estes, Kan.

Jacob LaTurner, Kan.

Tracey Mann, Kan.

Harold Rogers, Ky.

Garret Graves, La.

Clay Higgins, La.

Mike Johnson, La.

Steve Scalise, La.

Andy Harris, Md.

Jack Bergman, Mich.

Lisa McClain, Mich.

Tim Walberg, Mich.

Michelle Fischbach, Minn.

Jim Hagedorn, Minn.

Michael Guest, Miss.

Trent Kelly, Miss.

Steven Palazzo, Miss.

Sam Graves, Mo.

Vicky Hartzler, Mo.

Billy Long, Mo.

Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mo.

Jason Smith, Mo.

Matt Rosendale, Mont.

Dan Bishop, N.C.

Ted Budd, N.C.

Madison Cawthorn, N.C.

Virginia Foxx, N.C.

Richard Hudson, N.C.

Gregory F. Murphy, N.C.

David Rouzer, N.C.

Jeff Van Drew, N.J.

Yvette Herrell, N.M.

Chris Jacobs, N.Y.

Nicole Malliotakis, N.Y.

Elise M. Stefanik, N.Y.

Lee Zeldin, N.Y.

Adrian Smith, Neb.

Steve Chabot, Ohio

Warren Davidson, Ohio

Bob Gibbs, Ohio

Bill Johnson, Ohio

Jim Jordan, Ohio

Stephanie Bice, Okla.

Tom Cole, Okla.

Kevin Hern, Okla.

Frank Lucas, Okla.

Markwayne Mullin, Okla.

Cliff Bentz, Ore.

John Joyce, Pa.

Fred Keller, Pa.

Mike Kelly, Pa.

Daniel Meuser, Pa.

Scott Perry, Pa.

Guy Reschenthaler, Pa.

Lloyd Smucker, Pa.

Glenn Thompson, Pa.

Jeff Duncan, S.C.

Ralph Norman, S.C.

Tom Rice, S.C.

William Timmons, S.C.

Joe Wilson, S.C.

Tim Burchett, Tenn.

Scott DesJarlais, Tenn.

Chuck Fleischmann, Tenn.

Mark E. Green, Tenn.

Diana Harshbarger, Tenn.

David Kustoff, Tenn.

John Rose, Tenn.

Jodey Arrington, Texas

Brian Babin, Texas

Michael C. Burgess, Texas

John R. Carter, Texas

Michael Cloud, Texas

Pat Fallon, Texas

Louie Gohmert, Texas

Lance Gooden, Texas

Ronny Jackson, Texas

Troy Nehls, Texas

August Pfluger, Texas

Pete Sessions, Texas

Beth Van Duyne, Texas

Randy Weber, Texas

Roger Williams, Texas

Ron Wright, Texas

Burgess Owens, Utah

Chris Stewart, Utah

Ben Cline, Va.

Bob Good, Va.

Morgan Griffith, Va.

Robert J. Wittman, Va.

Carol Miller, W.Va.

Alexander X. Mooney, W.Va.

Scott Fitzgerald, Wis.

Tom Tiffany, Wis.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html (photo collage courtesy of the NY Times)

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Immediately Remove The Republicans Who Voted In Favor of the Terrorists’ Demands

It’s not just Trump who has to go. The Constitution is clear. Any member of Congress who participates in an “insurrection or rebellion” is in violation of the oath they took to defend and uphold the Constitution — and thus they may no longer serve in Congress. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, written initially to exclude Confederate Civil War traitors, says that "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress … who … having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same[.]"

There are 147 Republican members of the Senate and the House who late last Wednesday night (and into the early hours of Thursday morning) — just hours after a domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol which they and Trump helped to incite — voted to overturn (throw out) the legal and already-certified votes of millions of Americans in the states of Pennsylvania and Arizona. It was an act of sedition and a flagrant violation of their oath of office. Legal experts and other members of Congress have called it an act of treason. THIS MUST BE DEALT WITH. They must be, as the Constitution requires, removed from Congress.

Here are their names. And to be clear: The cop-killing terrorist mob who attacked, trashed, took over and shut down our United States Congress for seven hours — the first time in history this has ever happened — their terrorist demands and their stated intention was to prevent the counting of the votes of millions of Americans and illegally give the election to Trump. So what did these 147 Republican lawmakers do just hours after these domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol in the hopes of killing, harming or kidnapping some of their fellow representatives, including their Republican Vice-President!? They voted to give in to the terrorists’ demands! And do EXACTLY what the cop-killing mob had demanded they do: Throw out the votes of the American people! Imagine if on the night of 9/11, 147 Republican members of Congress voted to give in to the demands of Al Qaeda. We never would have stood for that and we would have had them all arrested. But of course there’s a difference: Bin Laden wanted to take down buildings in the financial and military capitols of America and kill 3,000 people in the process. These 147 Republicans just wanted to take down American Democracy.

ALL 147 OF THEM MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY PER SECTION 3 OF THE 14th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:

(Here Are the 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn the Certified Election Results)

U.S. SENATE

Tommy Tuberville, Ala.

Rick Scott, Fla.

Roger Marshall, Kan.

John Kennedy, La.

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Miss.

Josh Hawley, Mo.

Ted Cruz, Texas

Cynthia Lummis, Wyo.

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Robert B. Aderholt, Ala.

Mo Brooks, Ala.

Jerry Carl, Ala.

Barry Moore, Ala.

Gary Palmer, Ala.

Mike Rogers, Ala.

Andy Biggs, Ariz.

Paul Gosar, Ariz.

Debbie Lesko, Ariz.

David Schweikert, Ariz.

Rick Crawford, Ark.

Ken Calvert, Calif.

Mike Garcia, Calif.

Darrell Issa, Calif.

Doug LaMalfa, Calif.

Kevin McCarthy, Calif.

Devin Nunes, Calif.

Jay Obernolte, Calif.

Lauren Boebert, Colo.

Doug Lamborn, Colo.

Kat Cammack, Fla.

Mario Diaz-Balart, Fla.

Byron Donalds, Fla.

Neal Dunn, Fla.

Scott Franklin, Fla.

Matt Gaetz, Fla.

Carlos Gimenez, Fla.

Brian Mast, Fla.

Bill Posey, Fla.

John Rutherford, Fla.

Greg Steube, Fla.

Daniel Webster, Fla.

Rick Allen, Ga.

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, Ga.

Andrew Clyde, Ga.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga.

Jody Hice, Ga.

Barry Loudermilk, Ga.

Russ Fulcher, Idaho

Mike Bost, Ill.

Mary Miller, Ill.

Jim Baird, Ind.

Jim Banks, Ind.

Greg Pence, Ind.

Jackie Walorski, Ind.

Ron Estes, Kan.

Jacob LaTurner, Kan.

Tracey Mann, Kan.

Harold Rogers, Ky.

Garret Graves, La.

Clay Higgins, La.

Mike Johnson, La.

Steve Scalise, La.

Andy Harris, Md.

Jack Bergman, Mich.

Lisa McClain, Mich.

Tim Walberg, Mich.

Michelle Fischbach, Minn.

Jim Hagedorn, Minn.

Michael Guest, Miss.

Trent Kelly, Miss.

Steven Palazzo, Miss.

Sam Graves, Mo.

Vicky Hartzler, Mo.

Billy Long, Mo.

Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mo.

Jason Smith, Mo.

Matt Rosendale, Mont.

Dan Bishop, N.C.

Ted Budd, N.C.

Madison Cawthorn, N.C.

Virginia Foxx, N.C.

Richard Hudson, N.C.

Gregory F. Murphy, N.C.

David Rouzer, N.C.

Jeff Van Drew, N.J.

Yvette Herrell, N.M.

Chris Jacobs, N.Y.

Nicole Malliotakis, N.Y.

Elise M. Stefanik, N.Y.

Lee Zeldin, N.Y.

Adrian Smith, Neb.

Steve Chabot, Ohio

Warren Davidson, Ohio

Bob Gibbs, Ohio

Bill Johnson, Ohio

Jim Jordan, Ohio

Stephanie Bice, Okla.

Tom Cole, Okla.

Kevin Hern, Okla.

Frank Lucas, Okla.

Markwayne Mullin, Okla.

Cliff Bentz, Ore.

John Joyce, Pa.

Fred Keller, Pa.

Mike Kelly, Pa.

Daniel Meuser, Pa.

Scott Perry, Pa.

Guy Reschenthaler, Pa.

Lloyd Smucker, Pa.

Glenn Thompson, Pa.

Jeff Duncan, S.C.

Ralph Norman, S.C.

Tom Rice, S.C.

William Timmons, S.C.

Joe Wilson, S.C.

Tim Burchett, Tenn.

Scott DesJarlais, Tenn.

Chuck Fleischmann, Tenn.

Mark E. Green, Tenn.

Diana Harshbarger, Tenn.

David Kustoff, Tenn.

John Rose, Tenn.

Jodey Arrington, Texas

Brian Babin, Texas

Michael C. Burgess, Texas

John R. Carter, Texas

Michael Cloud, Texas

Pat Fallon, Texas

Louie Gohmert, Texas

Lance Gooden, Texas

Ronny Jackson, Texas

Troy Nehls, Texas

August Pfluger, Texas

Pete Sessions, Texas

Beth Van Duyne, Texas

Randy Weber, Texas

Roger Williams, Texas

Ron Wright, Texas

Burgess Owens, Utah

Chris Stewart, Utah

Ben Cline, Va.

Bob Good, Va.

Morgan Griffith, Va.

Robert J. Wittman, Va.

Carol Miller, W.Va.

Alexander X. Mooney, W.Va.

Scott Fitzgerald, Wis.

Tom Tiffany, Wis.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html (photo collage courtesy of the NY Times)

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At the top of the heap of people whose names shall live in infamy are GOP Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, who led the coup in the Senate to overturn the will of the people. After the fires started burning, Ted Cruz very poorly paid lip service to trying to cool things down, after he had helped commit the arson. Hawley could hardly be bothered to do that. Those two garbage fascists were joined in objections to Arizona and/or Pennsylvania by Tommy Tuberville, Roger Marshall, John Kennedy, Rick Scott, brand new Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, and Cindy Hyde-Smith. Let the record show that these people went ahead and kept up their objections even after the US Capitol building was attacked by domestic terrorists they and their shithole Dear Leader had incited. In the Senate, it was only those assholes. In the House, though? Holy shit. They objected to Arizona and somehow even more of them voted to sustain the objection to Pennsylvania in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, as if yesterday's terrorism put a spring in their step, as if the blood in the hallways of the Capitol gave them sustenance. Again, all of this was after the terrorist attack. And in the House it wasn't just Arizona and Pennsylvania either. Reps like Louie Gohmert stood up to object to other states too, even though the GOP senators who had originally planned to support those challenges had put down their guns and agreed to end the standoff peacefully. (It was particularly pleasing to watch Vice President Mike Pence glare at Gohmert, who just got finished unsuccessfully suing Pence to make him overturn the election, and tell him his objection to the electors in Wisconsin "MAY NOT BE ENTERTAINED," since he couldn't get even the Senate's dumbest Republican Ron Johnson to sign his treason permission slip anymore.) Overall, 139 House GOP members voted to object to the electors from Arizona and/or Pennsylvania. These are their names. They should not be allowed around your children, you should kick them out of your chicken restaurant, and they should always and forevermore be referred to as seditious traitors to democracy in the United States of America. They really should be expelled from Congress. They're listed by state, to make it helpful for people to know which chicken restaurants to ban them from, specifically. Alabama 1. Robert Aderholt 2. Mo Brooks 3. Jerry Carl 4. Barry Moore 5. Gary Palmer 6. Mike Rogers Arizona 7. Andy Biggs 8. Paul Gosar 9. Debbie Lesko 10. David Schweikert Arkansas 11. Rick Crawford California 12. Ken Calvert 13. Mike Garcia 14. Darrell Issa 15. Doug LaMalfa 16. Kevin McCarthy 17. Devin Nunes 18. Jay Obernolte Colorado 19. Lauren Boebert 20. Doug Lamborn Florida 21. Kat Cammack 22. Mario Diaz-Balart 23. Byron Donalds 24. Neal Dunn 25. Scott Franklin 26. Matt Gaetz 27. Carlos Jimenez 28. Brian Mast 29. Bill Posey 30. John Rutherford 31. Greg Steube 32. Daniel Webster Georgia 33. Rick Allen 34. Earl "Buddy" Carter 35. Andrew Clyde 36. Marjorie Taylor Greene 37. Jody Hice 38. Barry Loudermilik Idaho 39. Russ Fulcher Illinois 40. Mike Bost 41. Mary Miller Indiana 42. Jim Baird 43. Jim Banks 44. Greg Pence 45. Jackie Walorski Kansas 46. Ron Estes 47. Jacob LaTurner 48. Tracey Mann Kentucky 49. Harold Rogers Louisiana 50. Garret Graves 51. Clay Higgins 52. Mike Johnson 53. Steve Scalise Maryland 54. Andy Harris Michigan 55. Jack Bergman 56. Lisa McClain 57. Tim Walberg Minnesota 58. Michelle Fischbach 59. Jim Hagedorn Mississippi 60. Michael Guest 61. Trent Kelly 62. Steven Palazzo Missouri 63. Sam Graves 64. Vicky Hartzler 65. Billy Long 66. Blaine Luetkemeyer 67. Jason Smith Montana 68. Matt Rosendale North Carolina 69. Dan Bishop 70. Ted Budd 71. Madison Cawthorn 72. Virginia Foxx 73. Richard Hudson 74. Gregory Murphy 75. David Rouzer New Jersey 76. Jeff Van Drew New Mexico 77. Yvette Harrell New York 78. Chris Jacobs 79. Nicole Malliotakis 80. Elise Stefanik 81. Lee Zeldin Nebraska 82. Adrian Smith Ohio 83. Steve Chabot 84. Warren Davidson 85. Bob Gibbs 86. Bill Johnson 87. Jim Jordan Oklahoma 88. Stephanie Hice 89. Tom Cole 90. Kevin Hern 91. Frank Lucas 92. Markwayne Mullin Oregon 93. Cliff Bentz Pennsylvania 94. John Joyce 95. Fred Keller 96. Mike Kelly 97. Daniel Meuser 98. Scott Perry 99. Guy Reschenthaler 100. Lloyd Smucker 101. Glenn Thompson South Carolina 102. Jeff Duncan 103. Ralph Norman 104. Tom Rice 105. William Timmons 106. Joe Wilson Tennessee 107. Tim Burchett 108. Scott DesJarlais 109. Chuck Fleischmann 110. Mark Green 111. Diana Harshbarger 112. David Kustoff 113. John Rose Texas 114. Jodey Arrington 115. Brian Babin 116. Michael Burgess 117. John Carter 118. Michael Cloud 119. Pat Fallon 120. Louie Gohmert 121. Lance Gooden 122. Ronny Jackson 123. Troy Nehls 124. August Pfluger 125. Pete Sessions 126. Beth Van Duyne 127. Randy Weber 128. Roger Williams 129. Ron Wright Utah 130. Burgess Owens 131. Chris Stewart Virginia 132. Ben Cline 133. Bob Good 134. Morgan Griffith 135. Robert Wittman West Virginia 136. Carol Miller 137. Alexander Mooney Wisconsin 138. Scott Fitzgerald 139. Tom Tiffany These are the people who either incited yesterday's attackers, gave them aid and comfort as terrorist sympathizers, or both.

https://www.wonkette.com/here-are-all-147-members-of-the-terrorist-inciting-gop-sedition-caucus-may-their-names-forever-be-stained

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via Politics – FiveThirtyEight

West Virginia’s 3rd District doesn’t seem like a district that should be competitive. It should be an easy Republican hold. After all, President Trump won the 3rd District, anchored by Huntington, by 49 percentage points, and the district’s FiveThirtyEight partisan lean1 is R+37, meaning it is 37 points more Republican than the country as a whole. In fact, the West Virginia 3rd is one of the 50 most GOP-leaning seats in the country, according to our calculations. Yet the election prognosticators have tagged the race as “Lean Republican” or even a “Toss-up,” and nonpartisan polls have found mixed results since the May primary.

So how did such a deeply Republican seat become competitive? For one thing, it’s an open seat held by the presidential party, which can make it particularly susceptible to large swings in party vote share. The seat’s incumbent, Evan Jenkins, ran for a U.S. Senate seat instead of seeking re-election, so the 3rd is among the 41 seats Republicans are defending where the incumbent either retired, ran for another office or lost renomination.2 Another crucial factor is the cross-party appeal of state Sen. Richard Ojeda, the Democratic nominee, and his in-your-face populism. We know Ojeda could be a real threat because he won his state Senate district 59 percent to 41 percent in 2016, even as it backed Trump 78 percent to 19 percent.3

Despite all that, the “Classic” version of FiveThirtyEight’s House forecast currently gives Ojeda’s GOP opponent, state Delegate Carol Miller, around a 9 in 10 chance of winning — making West Virginia’s 3rd one of the districts where our forecast most disagrees with election handicappers. Our “Lite” forecast, which tries to rely as much as possible on the polls, has her as only a 3 in 5 favorite, though — it agrees with the handicappers.

The disagreement between our “Classic” forecast in West Virginia 3rd on one side and our “Lite” forecast and the handicappers on the other, basically comes down to this: Could a Democrat really win such a red district? If Ojeda were to win in November, his victory as a Democrat in an R+37 seat would rank as the largest “crossover” midterm party flip — by far — since at least 1998.4 It’s also the only district in our forecast5 that has a realistic chance at surpassing the record for a crossover flip in a midterm.

The biggest “crossover flips” in modern midterms

The 20 House midterm races that changed parties with the most extreme partisan leans away from the party of the winning candidate, 1998-2014

Year CD Incumbent Inc. status Winner cd Partisan Lean 2006 TX-22

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Tom DeLay Resigned

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Nick Lampson R+29 2006 PA-10

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Don Sherwood Lost

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Chris Carney R+19 2006 IN-8

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John Hostettler Lost

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Brad Ellsworth R+18 2006 KS-2

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Jim Ryun Lost

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Nancy Boyda R+17 2006 IN-9

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Mike Sodrel Lost

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Baron Hill R+15 2014 FL-2

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Steve Southerland Lost

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Gwen Graham R+14 2006 OH-18

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Bob Ney Retired

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Zack Space R+14 2014 IL-10

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Brad Schneider Lost

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Bob Dold D+13 2006 NC-11

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Charles Taylor Lost

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Heath Shuler R+12 1998 KS-3

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Vince Snowbarger Lost

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Dennis Moore R+12 1998 NJ-12

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Mike Pappas Lost

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Rush Holt R+12 2006 AZ-5

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J.D. Hayworth Lost

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Harry Mitchell R+11 2006 WI-8

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Mark Green Ran for gov.

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Steve Kagen R+11 2006 TX-23

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Henry Bonilla Lost

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Ciro Rodriguez R+11 2006 FL-16

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Mark Foley Resigned

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Tim Mahoney R+11 2014 NY-24

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Dan Maffei Lost

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John Katko D+10 1998 KY-4

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Jim Bunning Ran for Sen.

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Ken Lucas R+10 2006 PA-4

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Melissa Hart Lost

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Jason Altmire R+9 2006 IN-2

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Chris Chocola Lost

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Joe Donnelly R+9 2014 IA-1

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Bruce Braley Ran for Sen.

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Rod Blum D+9

In FiveThirtyEight’s partisan lean formula, 50 percent of the weight is given to the 2016 presidential elections, 25 percent to the 2012 presidential election and 25 percent to state legislative elections. In the partisan lean column, negative values represent Republican leaning districts and positive values represent Democratic leaning districts.

Source: Gary Jacobson

The largest crossover flip to date came in 2006, when Democrat Nick Lampson won former GOP House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s district, the Texas 22nd — a R+29 seat. Wounded by the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, DeLay withdrew from his re-election race and then resigned. Texas Republicans could not replace DeLay’s name on the ballot, which helped Lampson cinch victory against Shelley Sekula Gibbs, the principal Republican write-in choice.6 As for the other races in the table, controversy surrounded some of the incumbents who lost or abandoned their seats while others were ideologically extreme, but most fell in cycles more advantageous for the opposing party.7

Here’s the bad news for Ojeda, even if he wins: These extreme midterm crossovers tend to be short-term blips. Of the 18 seats in the table above that do not include incumbents running in the 2018 cycle, 12 reverted to their district’s previous party within two cycles.8 Looking at our partisan lean data and the current Congress, just 25 House seats are “crossover seats” out of 435.9 In our highly polarized political era, it’s understandably challenging for a party to hold a seat that predominantly leans toward the other party by default.

Still, when it comes to control of the House, every seat matters, no matter how short-lived the victory may be. After all, political winds change and a district might shift — either naturally or through redistricting — in a way that could make it easier to retain. Plus, the winning candidate could become a particularly formidable incumbent. Case in point, the longest-serving winner in the table above was Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore, who won the R+12 Kansas 3rd in 1998 and then five more times. From 1998 to 2008 — the years Moore sought office — the Kansas 3rd’s partisan lean ranged between R+9.5 and R+13, yet Moore managed to hold off the GOP each time. He retired in 2010.

For Democrats, the West Virginia 3rd may be a reach, but as we’ve seen in previous elections, it’s one Democrats could still grab on Election Night.

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"Bill's work, love and encouragement will continue to create a dynasty that prioritizes family, education and discipline," Laval Perry, a son-in-law of Mr. Lucas, said in a statement. "He showed his value and appreciation for each of us in his kind-spirited, gentle way. He had a humble spirit and lived a life of integrity and honor regardless of what anyone thought."

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan expressed his condolences to Mr. Lucas' family Monday.

"I was very sorry to learn of the passing of Bill Lucas," the mayor said in a statement. "He was a fine public servant who provided decades of dedicated service to the people of Detroit and Wayne County. My thoughts are with his family at this difficult time."

Mr. Lucas was a Democrat when voters elected him sheriff in 1970. Voters then elected him county executive in 1982. 

Four years later, he switched parties and won the Republican nomination for governor. However, he lost the race to Democrat Jim Blanchard.

Mr. Lucas served as a Justice Department appointee of President George H.W. Bush and was appointed to Detroit Recorder's Court in 1993 by Gov. John Engler. However, the following year, he was defeated for election by Kym Worthy, who is now Wayne County prosecutor.

Two years later, he ran for Wayne County Circuit Court, winning election this time. Discussing his candidacy with The Detroit News in April 1996, Mr. Lucas said his decision to seek office again showed he was not stuck in the past. "You should never think about who you once were, but who you are now," he said. 

Mr. Lucas was forced to retire in 2002 because the Michigan Constitution bars anyone older than 70 from being elected or appointed to a judgeship.

He and four other Michigan judges challenged the age limit in a federal lawsuit that argued the policy was unfair because it did not require everyone to retire at the same age. The state Supreme Court upheld the policy, however, in a 2000 ruling.

Mr. Lucas graduated from the Fordham University School of Law and worked as a New York City police officer and an FBI agent before ascending to prominence in Wayne County politics. In 1984, he was named a Detroit News Michiganian of the Year.

Perry said Mr. Lucas wanted his legacy "to be a family that continues to grow an impenetrable village that fulfills their potential and aspirations."

"While no longer here in body, his stoic spirit will continue to serve as a beacon of strength for all of us! Let the works that Bill did speak for him," he said.

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THE NRA AND REPUBLICANS

To little surprise, the National Rifle Association’s solution to last month’s school massacre in Florida has been to push for more guns in more places — and the sentiment is gaining traction in a number of Republican-controlled state capitols.

Federal gun control bills have stalled in Congress in the wake of the bloodbath due to Republican refusal to address the issue via legislation.

While Republicans in Congress have blocked gun control efforts, their counterparts in statehouses across the country are quietly trying to pass NRA-backed bills that will expand access to firearms. Some Republicans are even citing the Parkland shooting as a reason for why Americans need more guns.

All the while, the NRA continues to push hard for 15 pro-gun measures across 10 other states.

Among the bills that the NRA are backing on state levels is one in Oklahoma that will allow residents to carry firearms without any type of permit. The bill, which the NRA praises as an “important” piece of “self-defense legislation,” passed a House committee on Sunday and is now up for a full floor vote.

A bill passed the South Dakota state House on the same day as the Parkland shooting that exempts private educational institutions and churches from legislation that bans guns in schools. The Senate passed the same bill last week.

In Indiana, GOP Rep. Jim Lucas recently introduced an amendment to a bill that proposes to allow residents to carry guns in school and churches. Citing the Parkland shooting, Lucas said the bill didn’t go far enough and proposed expanding it so that it also ensures that people can pack heat in all state-owned buildings, including statehouses.

Last week, Tennessee GOP Rep. Andy Holt began pushing a new bill that would guarantee residents the right to carry weapons in airports. A provision tucked into the bill would bar local jurisdictions from passing legislation that would impede it.

As state Republicans continue to do the NRA’s bidding, the powerful gun lobby’s leadership is celebrating the Virginia General Assembly killing a string of what they call “dangerous” bills, such as one proposing mandatory background checks on all gun purchases. Other bills that the NRA cheered getting voted down included one proposing to ban bump stocks and high-capacity magazines and another one that would mandate residents to report when a firearm has been lost or stolen.

While some states appear determined to quash any and all gun control measures, others are doing what they can to implement them.

In New York, state Democrats tried to force votes on a handful of bills last week, including ones proposing to ban bump stocks and beef up background checks. But the Republican-ruled Senate blocked the bills from consideration.

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Fact-Checking 6 Claims at Senate Democrats’ Voting Law Hearing

Fact-Checking 6 Claims at Senate Democrats’ Voting Law Hearing

Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / July 19, 2021

"Spurred on by the big lie, these same actors are now rolling back voting rights in a way that is unprecedented in size and scope since the Jim Crow era,” Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., testifies Monday during a Senate Rules Committee hearing on Georgia's new voting law in Atlanta. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats took their push to nullify state election laws on the road Monday, holding a “field hearing” in Atlanta to attack Georgia’s recent election reforms and promote their bill to eliminate voter ID and other requirements. 

Only Democrat members of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee showed up to question witnesses, also all Democrats. 

Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said Republicans had the opportunity to call a witness to defend the Georgia law, but didn’t request one. A spokesperson for the committee’s ranking member, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., didn’t respond Monday to The Daily Signal’s emails and phone inquiries on this point. 

The hearing, held at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, included numerous assertions, some true, but others debunked in previous fact checks. 

  Here’s a look at six big claims from the hearing in Atlanta, which Democrats titled “Protecting the Vote.”

1. ‘Hurdles’ to Ballot Drop Boxes

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., isn’t a member of the Rules and Administration Committee, but was the first witness in his home state. Warnock, who took office in January, criticized Georgia’s election reform law for “reducing the number of drop boxes where voters can return those ballots.”  

Klobuchar jumped in later to say, “If you’re looking for evil, you can find it pretty easily” in the Georgia law. 

“Drop-off boxes cannot stay open beyond the time of the early voting,” Klobuchar said, adding, “Some of these voters were working day and night, several jobs, then they can’t go to a drop-off box.” 

The fact is that ballot drop boxes weren’t used in Georgia nor in most other states before the 2020 election, which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Georgia election officials provided drop boxes to collect voters’ ballots based on Gov. Brian Kemp’s emergency order to address voting concerns during the pandemic. 

But for Senate Bill 202, passed by Georgia lawmakers, officials wouldn’t have to provide drop boxes in future elections. That said, fewer drop boxes will be available as those elections presumably take place without a pandemic.

Also, the new law restricts voting by drop box to hours when early in-person voting is available.

Each county in Georgia must provide at least one drop box under the law. But boxes will have to be located near early-voting sites and be accessible for dropping off absentee ballots when those polling locations are open. 

2. ‘Big Lie’

Democrat senators and witnesses argued that the law in Georgia and other election reforms across the United States were prompted by former President Donald Trump’s claim that his election loss in November to President Joe Biden was fraudulent. 

“We saw record-breaking voter turnout in our last elections—participation that should have been celebrated—get attacked by craven politicians, and, spurred on by the big lie, these same actors are now rolling back voting rights in a way that is unprecedented in size and scope since the Jim Crow era,” Warnock said. 

Biden beat Trump by about 12,000 votes out of 4.9 million cast, according to official final results, to win Georgia’s 16 electoral votes. 

Georgia state Rep. Bill Mitchell, a Democrat and president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, called the November election a major success.  

“I define its success not by our candidates’ winning their elections, but by the fact that when you have as many people vote as we did in the 2020 election cycle, with as few problems, with all challenges being dismissed—you have to consider that to be successful,” Mitchell said. 

Mitchell later said “The Heritage Foundation and others” were pushing election reform legislation. 

The Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative think tank, is the parent organization of The Daily Signal. 

“When you have the highest levels of voter participation, combined with the lowest levels of challenges, why would you want to change that?” Mitchell said. 

However, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week reported that digital ballot images show that Fulton County election officials scanned about 200 ballots two times in the November election. Skeptics of the election results argue that apparent double counting is evidence of a need for a closer examination of ballots in Georgia. 

The newspaper noted that the discovery was unlikely to change the election results in Georgia. But some conservative commentators, such as Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson, expressed concern about the finding. 

The duplication of at least 200 ballots is evidence of problems with tallying votes in Georgia, but far from proof that the state’s election results were affected in Biden’s favor. 

3. ‘Adequate Polling Locations’

One of the more compelling witnesses was neither a lawmaker nor an activist, but a voter named Jose Segarra. The Air Force veteran told his story of waiting in line for hours.

“I, along with thousands of Georgians, had to wait for hours in order to cast my vote in the 2020 general election,” he said. 

“Our government needs to ensure that we have adequate systems and processes in place to allow every eligible voter to cast their ballot without such undue burdens,” Segarra said without specifying federal or state government, adding: 

To do this, we need to have an adequate number of polling locations and these locations to be properly resourced and open for as expansive a period as possible. Voters should have the opportunity to vote on Saturdays and Sundays. Lots of people work on Saturdays, so Sundays need to be an option. It would also make it much easier for some people to vote if Election Day were a federal holiday.

Georgia’s new election law does provide “additional voting equipment or poll workers to precincts containing more than 2,000 electors.” 

The law added early voting on two Saturdays and one Sunday that previously were not available to Georgians, stating: 

Requiring two Saturday voting days and two optional Sunday voting days will dramatically increase the total voting hours for voters across the state of Georgia, and all electors in Georgia will have access to multiple opportunities to vote in person on the weekend for the first time.

Under the new law, counties in Georgia have flexibility to open early voting for as long as from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., or from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at minimum. 

Previously, some rural counties didn’t provide for early voting for eight hours on a workday, The Washington Post reported. 

Thus, the law actually expanded hours for early voting. 

4. ‘Mass Challenges’

Warnock announced new legislation he is co-sponsoring with fellow Senate Democrats Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Mark Warner of Virginia, and Jon Ossoff of Georgia. Ossoff, like Warnock, took office in January after defeating a Republican incumbent in a special election. 

The legislation, called the Preventing Election Subversion Act, seeks to prevent the overturning of elections based on mass challenges or by legislators controlling the makeup of a state board of elections. 

The proposal is tied directly to provisions that Warnock said are in SB 202, the basis of Georgia’s new law. 

Warnock said Georgia’s law would let “a single person make unlimited, mass challenges to the ability of other Georgians to vote, clearing the way for baseless accusations.” 

The language of the law does make it more difficult for government officials to outright dismiss a complaint about election procedures and ballots. Specifically, it says:  

Any elector [voter] of a county or municipality may challenge the qualifications of any person applying to register to vote in the county or municipality and may challenge the qualifications of any elector of the county or municipality whose name appears on the list of electors. Such challenges shall be in writing and shall specify distinctly the grounds of the challenge. 

There shall not be a limit on the number of persons whose qualifications such elector may challenge. Upon such challenge being filed with the [local] board of registrars, the registrars shall set a hearing on such challenge within ten business days after serving notice of the challenge.

As another justification for his legislation, Warnock argued that Georgia’s new law “allows partisan officials in the state Legislature to control our state board of elections and take over local election administrators, and it allows them to engage in these takeovers even as the votes are still being cast.”

The Associated Press reported in March that under the new law, the Legislature does indeed have an increased role in the State Election Board, but it can’t overturn elections at a whim, as Warnock seemed to suggest. 

Georgia’s elected secretary of state has a diminished role in elections under the new law. This is the basis for Democrats’ claim that partisan politics could play a role.  

“The secretary of state will no longer chair the State Election Board, becoming instead a non-voting ex-officio member,” Georgia Public Broadcasting explained in a report. “The new chair would be nonpartisan but appointed by a majority of the state House and Senate. The chair would not be allowed to have been a candidate, participate in a political party organization or campaign or [have] made campaign contributions for two years prior to being appointed.”

5. ‘Rushed Through’

Georgia state Sen. Sally Harrell, D-Dunwoody, said the Republican-sponsored law lacked adequate input from Democrats in the state Legislature. 

“Election bills were rushed through without public input and voted out along party lines,” Harrell said. “Questions addressed to bill authors by minority members were frequently answered dishonestly and disrespectfully. … In the nine years, I have served in the [Georgia] General Assembly, I have never seen such blatant disregard for the legislative process as I did with the passage of SB 202.”

Previous media reporting shows the legislation moved quickly through the Legislature to Kemp’s desk. Questioning this speed has been a consistent line among critics, including the U.S. Justice Department. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who is leading the federal lawsuit against Georgia’s voting law, has said the bill was “a rushed process that departed from normal practice and procedure.”

“The version of the bill that passed the state Senate … was three pages long,” Clarke said in June during a press conference announcing the litigation. “Days later, the bill ballooned into over 90 pages in the House. The House held less than two hours of floor debate on the newly inflated SB 202 before Gov. Kemp signed it into law the same day.”

6.  Water Bottles, Ballot Harvesting

Warnock also complained that Georgia’s election law is “making it harder for community organizations to assist voters, whether from requesting a ballot to just handing out a bottle of water.”

The law prohibits campaign workers from distributing food, drink, or anything else of value to waiting voters, and from setting up a table within 150 feet of the building or 25 feet of a voter. 

However, the law specifically allows official poll workers, as opposed to campaign workers, to provide water to voters. 

As for the “community organizations” Warnock cited, the law prohibits ballot harvesting, a controversial practice in which  political operatives obtain large numbers of ballots from election officials and then deliver the ballots to those officials once they’ve been voted. 

The practice has been used to achieve fraud in several elections, among them a North Carolina congressional race later overturned in court and a Texas mayor’s race that led to multiple indictments. 

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Indiana Republican lawmakers shout down, boo Black colleagues speaking about discrimination.

INDIANAPOLIS - Tensions flared at the Indiana Statehouse Thursday when Republican lawmakers shouted down and booed Black lawmakers during floor debate on a bill that some see as discriminatory.

Rep. Greg Porter, D-Indianapolis, walked off the House floor after several Republican lawmakers loudly objected to his warnings of discrimination in House Bill 1367. Porter, a member of the Black Caucus, said the bill would allow students in a St. Joseph County township to leave the South Bend Community Schools, which are racially diverse, to join a nearby school district that's smaller, more rural, and made up primarily of white students.

Republicans deny the bill is discriminatory. The bill's author, Rep. Jake Teshka, R-South Bend, said it's about transportation issues.

Teshka said many students in Greene Township are already attending John Glenn Schools and allowing the area to disannex from South Bend schools could resolve some issues around transportation.

After Porter walked off the House floor overcome with emotion, Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, reiterated concerns about discrimination and spoke about his own experiences facing discrimination as a Black man, being pulled over for "driving while Black" and being denied access to certain places because of the color of his skin. He was met with "boos" from several other GOP lawmakers.

Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, then walked out over his objections to Smith's testimony.

Lucas declined to answer questions about what happened, other than to criticize media reports as inaccurate without saying specifically why.

Lucas was sanctioned by the GOP Speaker of the House, Todd Huston, over the summer for sharing a racist meme. The chairwoman of the Black caucus, Robin Shackleford, had released a scathing call for Lucas's removal from several committees, saying he was unremorseful. She also called for the House to have bias training, saying "his thinking and his behavior is enabled by the complacency of some of our colleagues."

Shackleford said Thursday that leadership of the Black Caucus and House Democrats met with Huston after the incident on the floor and, again, asked for the training.

"If they're feeling that we're constantly attacking them and they're taking it personally, then they're going to be on the defense and we're never going to go anywhere," Shackleford said.

Huston would not say Thursday if the training would occur.

"We’ll continue to have those conversations," he said. "We all want to be better."

While some Republican lawmakers seemed to take personally the comments on discrimination Thursday, Teshka said he did not. The South Bend Republican said he heard the concerns, even if he didn't agree with them.

"I'm not taking any of this personally so please don't feel like you have to come to my defense," he told his colleagues while closing debate on his bill.

The bill passed, 52-43.

Confrontation follows the House vote

The heated exchange between lawmakers on the floor spilled over into the hallway outside the chamber after several members walked out in frustration.

At one point, a confrontation erupted between Reps. Sean Eberhart, R-Shelbyville, and Vanessa Summers, D-Indianapolis, who is another member of the Black caucus.

Eberhart said he was called a racist and verbally attacked by Summers and that she used derogatory words against him.

"I was confronted by Vanessa (Summers) and accused of being discriminatory and racist toward people in general," Eberhart said. "That’s totally not factual. I don’t have a racist bone in my body."

Summers said she doesn't remember what was said in the heat of the moment but said she may have used strong language. She said she was calling out Lucas, though, when Eberhart thought she was talking to him. Summers said Eberhart came after her then.

"He just went off and got mad and tried to hit me," she said. "I felt in danger for my life."

Several other lawmakers, including Porter, were involved in trying to separate the two but Summers followed Eberhart into the hallway of the government center where the House is meeting this session due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The exchange ended when Rep. Bob Morris, R-Fort Wayne, dragged Eberhart into a men's restroom and Summers was escorted down the hall by members of the Democratic caucus.

Eberhart said he's always considered Summers a friend. He said he was in the hallway because he was tired of the debate on the bill and found it offensive. He said he doesn't believe any members of the House GOP are racist.

Summers said she'd never considered Eberhart racist before, but relationships between the GOP supermajority and Democrats feel different this session, fueled by debates over racism that kicked into high gear after the death of George Floyd and other unarmed Black people at the hands of police over the summer.

"Everybody over there is racist and discriminatory," Summers said, of House Republicans. "Those that aren't and are not standing up for what's right, they’ve got white privilege and they’re racist too."

This occurred on a day that members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus were celebrating their heritage and dressing in traditional African garb.

House Speaker Todd Huston had urged members "show proper respect" and address issues in an "appropriate dialogue."

He addressed the conflict further when the House reconvened later Thursday after a break, taking partial responsibility.

“This session is different. It’s been challenging keeping decorum in this room. It’s a conference room, we don’t have the guests, the stature, the things that kind of reinforce the privilege that it is to serve," Huston said. "And I think we’ve had moments that I haven’t done a good job."

For example, people should not be clapping after floor speeches, he said. Likewise, he added that lawmakers should not impugn motives, and focus discussion on the bill itself, not other lawmakers.

"We're going to disagree. That's part of the process," Huston said. "But we're going to do it in a respectful way. I'm going to enforce our rules in a more strident manner."

Speaking to media Thursday afternoon, Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, said he was "saddened" by the incident in the House.

"Our debate, even though we can be passionate, needs to be civil and substantive," Bray said.

Republicans have a supermajority in both legislative chambers and do not need to take any feedback from Democrats into consideration in order to get a bill across the finish line. But Andy Downs, a political science professor at Purdue University Fort Wayne, said this type of conflict should not be happening regardless of the makeup of the General Assembly.

"I think there is a significant issue with civility in the country right now, unfortunately," Downs said. "I also think that there are a lot of tensions that are boiling over into places where that we would not normally find them."

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Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) introduced a resolution on Monday to expel those who had tried to overturn the election on the grounds that they violated the 14th Amendment.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-overturn-election-results-capitol-insurrection_n_5ffc732fc5b63642b6fdc5d0

Here are the names of every Republican senator and member of Congress who voted to sustain objections to certifying the electoral results in two states where Trump lost, Arizona and Pennsylvania, despite no evidence of fraud.

In the Senate:

Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)

Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)

John Kennedy (R-La.)

Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)

Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

Rick Scott (R-Fla.)

Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)

In the House:

Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)

Rick Allen (R-Ga.)

Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)

Brian Babin (R-Texas)

Jim Baird (R-Ind.)

Jim Banks (R-Ind.)

Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.)

Jack Bergman (R-Mich.)

Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.)

Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)

Dan Bishop (R-N.C.)

Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)

Mike Bost (R-Ill.)

Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)

Ted Budd (R-N.C.)

Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)

Michael Burgess (R-Texas)

Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

Kat Cammack (R-Fla.)

Jerry Carl (R-Ala.)

Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

John Carter (R-Texas)

Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.)

Steve Chabot (R-Ohio)

Ben Cline (R-Va.)

Michael Cloud (R-Texas)

Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.)

Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

Rick Crawford (R-Ark.)

Warren Davidson (R-Ohio)

Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)

Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)

Byron Donalds (R-Fla.)

Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.)

Neal Dunn (R-Fla.)

Ron Estes (R-Kan.)

Pat Fallon (R-Texas)

Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.)

Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.)

Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.)

Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

Scott Franklin (R-Fla.)

Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho)

Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)

Mike Garcia (R-Calif.)

Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)

Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.)

Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)

Bob Good (R-Va.)

Lance Gooden (R-Texas)

Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)

Garret Graves (R-La.)

Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

Mark Green (R-Tenn.)

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)

Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

Michael Guest (R-Miss.)

Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.)

Andy Harris (R-Md.)

Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.)

Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.)

Kevin Hern (R-Okla.)

Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.)

Jody Hice (R-Ga.)

Clay Higgins (R-La.)

Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

Ronny Jackson (R-Texas)

Chris Jacobs (R-N.Y.)

Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

Mike Johnson (R-La.)

Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)

John Joyce (R-Pa.)

Fred Keller (R-Pa.)

Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

Trent Kelly (R-Miss.)

David Kustoff (R-Tenn.)

Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.)

Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)

Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.)

Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.)

Billy Long (R-Mo.)

Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.)

Frank Lucas (R-Okla.)

Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.)

Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.)

Tracey Mann (R-Kan.)

Brian Mast (R-Fla.)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

Lisa McClain (R-Mich.)

Daniel Meuser (R-Pa.)

Carol Miller (R-W.Va.)

Mary Miller (R-Ill.)

Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)

Barry Moore (R-Ala.)

Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)

Greg Murphy (R-N.C.)

Troy Nehls (R-Texas)

Ralph Norman (R-S.C.)

Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.)

Burgess Owens (R-Utah)

Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.)

Gary Palmer (R-Ala.)

Greg Pence (R-Ind.)

Scott Perry (R-Pa.)

August Pfluger (R-Texas)

Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.)

Tom Rice (R-S.C.)

Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

Mike Rogers (R-Ala.)

John Rose (R-Tenn.)

Matthew Rosendale (R-Mont.)

David Rouzer (R-N.C.)

John Rutherford (R-Fla.)

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)

David Schweikert (R-Ariz.)

Pete Sessions (R-Texas)

Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.)

Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)

Gregory Steube (R-Fla.)

Chris Stewart (R-Utah)

Thomas Tiffany (R-Wis.)

Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.)

William Timmons (R-S.C.)

Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.)

Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas)

Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.)

Randy Weber (R-Texas)

Daniel Webster (R-Fla.)

Roger Williams (R-Texas)

Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)

Robert Wittman (R-Va.)

Ron Wright (R-Texas)

Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.)

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The Sedition Caucus

This is a complete listing of the congressional representatives who supported disenfranchising legal voters in six U.S. states on January 6, 2021…every one of the following is a Republican:

U.S. Senate

Tommy Tuberville, Ala.

Rick Scott, Fla.

Roger Marshall, Kan.

John Kennedy, La.

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Miss.

Josh Hawley, Mo.

Ted Cruz, Texas

Cynthia Lummis, Wyo.

U.S. House of Representatives

Robert B. Aderholt, Ala.

Mo Brooks, Ala.

Jerry Carl, Ala.

Barry Moore, Ala.

Gary Palmer, Ala.

Mike Rogers, Ala.

Andy Biggs, Ariz.

Paul Gosar, Ariz.

Debbie Lesko, Ariz.

David Schweikert, Ariz.

Rick Crawford, Ark.

Ken Calvert, Calif.

Mike Garcia, Calif.

Darrell Issa, Calif.

Doug LaMalfa, Calif.

Kevin McCarthy, Calif.

Devin Nunes, Calif.

Jay Obernolte, Calif.

Lauren Boebert, Colo.

Doug Lamborn, Colo.

Kat Cammack, Fla.

Mario Diaz-Balart, Fla.

Byron Donalds, Fla.

Neal Dunn, Fla.

Scott Franklin, Fla.

Matt Gaetz, Fla.

Carlos Gimenez, Fla.

Brian Mast, Fla.

Bill Posey, Fla.

John Rutherford, Fla.

Greg Steube, Fla.

Daniel Webster, Fla.

Rick Allen, Ga.

Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, Ga.

Andrew Clyde, Ga. 

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga.

Jody Hice, Ga.

Barry Loudermilk, Ga.

Russ Fulcher, Idaho

Mike Bost, Ill.

Mary Miller, Ill.

Jim Baird, Ind.

Jim Banks, Ind.

Greg Pence, Ind.

Jackie Walorski, Ind.

Ron Estes, Kan.

Jacob LaTurner, Kan.

Tracey Mann, Kan.

Harold Rogers, Ky.

Garret Graves, La.

Clay Higgins, La.

Mike Johnson, La.

Steve Scalise, La.

Andy Harris, Md.

Jack Bergman, Mich.

Lisa McClain, Mich.

Tim Walberg, Mich.

Michelle Fischbach, Minn.

Jim Hagedorn, Minn.

Michael Guest, Miss.

Trent Kelly, Miss.

Steven Palazzo, Miss.

Sam Graves, Mo.

Vicky Hartzler, Mo.

Billy Long, Mo.

Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mo.

Jason Smith, Mo.

Matt Rosendale, Mont.

Dan Bishop, N.C.

Ted Budd, N.C.

Madison Cawthorn, N.C.

Virginia Foxx, N.C.

Richard Hudson, N.C.

Gregory F. Murphy, N.C.

David Rouzer, N.C.

Jeff Van Drew, N.J.

Yvette Herrell, N.M.

Chris Jacobs, N.Y.

Nicole Malliotakis, N.Y.

Elise M. Stefanik, N.Y.

Lee Zeldin, N.Y.

Adrian Smith, Neb.

Steve Chabot, Ohio

Warren Davidson, Ohio

Bob Gibbs, Ohio

Bill Johnson, Ohio

Jim Jordan, Ohio

Stephanie Bice, Okla.

Tom Cole, Okla.

Kevin Hern, Okla.

Frank Lucas, Okla.

Markwayne Mullin, Okla.

Cliff Bentz, Ore.

John Joyce, Pa.

Fred Keller, Pa.

Mike Kelly, Pa.

Daniel Meuser, Pa.

Scott Perry, Pa.

Guy Reschenthaler, Pa.

Lloyd Smucker, Pa.

Glenn Thompson, Pa.

Jeff Duncan, S.C.

Ralph Norman, S.C.

Tom Rice, S.C.

William Timmons, S.C.

Joe Wilson, S.C.

Tim Burchett, Tenn.

Scott DesJarlais, Tenn.

Chuck Fleischmann, Tenn.

Mark E. Green, Tenn.

Diana Harshbarger, Tenn.

David Kustoff, Tenn.

John Rose, Tenn.

Jodey Arrington, Texas

Brian Babin, Texas

Michael C. Burgess, Texas

John R. Carter, Texas

Michael Cloud, Texas

Pat Fallon, Texas

Louie Gohmert, Texas

Lance Gooden, Texas

Ronny Jackson, Texas

Troy Nehls, Texas

August Pfluger, Texas

Pete Sessions, Texas

Beth Van Duyne, Texas

Randy Weber, Texas

Roger Williams, Texas

Ron Wright, Texas

Burgess Owens, Utah

Chris Stewart, Utah

Ben Cline, Va.

Bob Good, Va.

Morgan Griffith, Va.

Robert J. Wittman, Va.

Carol Miller, W.Va.

Alexander X. Mooney, W.Va.

Scott Fitzgerald, Wis.

Tom Tiffany, Wis.