Following the January 6th insurrection, both Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell blasted Donald Trump for his role in the attack. They know have different takes on the matter. McCarthy famously went down to Mar-a-Lago, kissed Trump’s ring, and he now backs the former president no matter what. McConnell has never changed course on the issue….
Gov. Terry McAuliffe said, “I think we need to do more to protect all of our citizens. I have long advocated, this is not what today is about, but there are too many guns on the street. We lose 93 million Americans a day to gun violence.”
Scott Walker called the mass shootings at a Wisconsin Sikh Temple this morning evil and praised the first responders, many of whom have seen salary cuts due to his gutting of collective bargaining.
The most interesting portion of President Obama’s statement on healthcare reform today was not that he called for an up or down vote on the bill, but that he rejected both the positions of the left and the right on healthcare reform. Obama said, “I don’t believe we should give government bureaucrats or insurance company bureaucrats more control over health care in America.”
