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As a Senate showdown looms over the creation of an independent, 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals just how partisan and polarized public perceptions of the attack have become — and how those perceptions are shaping the clash in Congress. The survey of 1,588 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 24 to May 26, found that less than half of Republicans (41 percent) say supporters of then-President Donald Trump who gathered on… Source link

Donald Trump is still a big name in Republican politics (AP) Former President Donald Trump has labelled Republicans who do not want to discuss Arizona vote recount as ‘weak and stupid’ in an interview. Speaking on One America News Network, Mr Trump said to anchor Chanel Rion about the vote recount in the state the GOP lost for the first time in 20 years in 2020. It is a significant event in the ‘Stop the Steal’, a campaign based on the unverified claims that the last election contained… Source link

As with masks, lockdowns and seemingly everything else about the COVID-19 pandemic, Republicans and Democrats are now sharply divided over the emerging prospect of “vaccine passports” designed to provide proof of immunization against the coronavirus, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. The survey of 1,649 U.S. adults, which was conducted from April 6 to April 8, found that a significant majority of Democrats (61 percent) would favor certain businesses requiring verification of… Source link

Over the past few months, all of the available data from clinical trials and real-world studies has shown the approved COVID-19 vaccines are safe and extremely effective. Experts have emphasized again and again the inoculation represents America’s only way out of the pandemic. According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, most Americans have absorbed this message and become more likely to say they will get vaccinated since the vaccine rollout began in the wake of last year’s presidential… Source link

Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) says if Republicans don’t get on board with President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, the Senate should use reconciliation— a process that would allow the legislation to pass through Congress without any Republican support. “This plan is very reasonable. This is not a far-left plan,” said Khanna in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live. “Joe Biden won the election. He campaigned on this kind of plan and we should pass it.” Republicans have… Source link

Topline Google will not make any contributions from its political action committee during this election cycle to any member of Congress who earlier this month voted against certifying the results of the presidential election, the company said late on Monday, adding to the financial blowback against Republican lawmakers who attempted to overturn President Joe Biden’s electoral win. Google had paused all political spending after the Capitol riots earlier in January. … Source link

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Georgia Republicans are facing a dilemma at a historic turning point in their state’s politics, having to choose between loyalty to their party and loyalty to their party’s national leader — President Trump, who will be out of office next month. At least, that’s what the election results indicate, including in their own state. But many refuse to believe it. “At the end of all this, on January 20th, you will see Trump being sworn in again,” a Trump supporter who… Source link

Rep. Matt Gaetz. Getty Officials from New Jersey and New York slammed Rep. Matt Gaetz for attending a mask-less gala on Thursday with 150 people convening in close proximity in a restaurant. New Jersey Mayor Steven Fulop shut down the Maritime Parc, the restaurant that hosted the event, on Friday. The event was an annual gala for the New York Young Republicans Club that was originally supposed to be held in a Manhattan venue, which declined to host the event. The governors of both New Jersey and… Source link

CANTON, Ga. — In the high stakes runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats that will decide which party controls the chamber under President-elect Joe Biden, incumbent Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are looking to bring in big GOP names to stump alongside them, while Democrats are choosing to keep things local. On Friday, Loeffler and Perdue were joined by Vice President Mike Pence in Canton, Ga., to a raucous outdoor crowd of more than 1,000 supporters. While Pence… Source link

Former President Barack Obama took aim at Republicans who have been “humoring” President Trump’s bogus claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. In an interview with “60 Minutes” that will air Sunday, Obama was asked what he made of the “false claims of widespread election fraud” Trump has been making since the race was called in favor of Joe Biden. “They appear to be motivated, in part, because the president doesn’t like to lose and never admits loss,” Obama responded, adding,… Source link