A constituent's recording caught the Michigan congressman saying the U.S. shouldn't spend 'a dime' on humanitarian aid for starving people in Gaza. He called it a metaphor and moved on.
Bodycam video shows Nevada's governor interrupt a police sergeant to say his own name, complain 'Come on, man,' and drive away with no citation. The whole stop took about 15 seconds. His campaign says he wasn't asking for special treatment.
Sen. Bernie Moreno — Miller's former father-in-law — broke his silence and said Miller should not serve in Congress. Miller's answer was a livestream attacking his ex-wife's mental health, a new story about the hot water, and a promise to stay on the ballot.
In October 2020 the House condemned QAnon 371 to 18. Seventeen Republicans voted no. One independent voted no. Andy Harris of Maryland did something no other member did — he voted 'present,' and then never explained why.
In 2016 the House voted 371 to 9 to name a Winston-Salem post office after Maya Angelou. Every single member of North Carolina's delegation — Republicans included — put their name on the bill. Maryland's Andy Harris voted no, because he said she had supported communists.
As Kansas Attorney General, Derek Schmidt demanded to see Barack Obama's birth certificate in 2012 — and told police not to enforce a COVID gathering limit days before Easter in 2020, after the state had already traced outbreaks to churches.
The New York Times caught Iowa's Republican Senate nominee lifting other people's sentences more than a dozen times. Her first move was to point at a staffer. Her second was to call it a partisan attack.
After Fauci's Senate testimony, Florida's congresswoman posted that 'Dr. Mengele Fauci' should face state charges for 'crimes against humanity.' The Auschwitz comparison is grotesque on its own. Coming from her, it's something else.
A TMZ reporter asked Nebraska's senator about Mitch McConnell's seven-week absence from the Senate. Ricketts told him to pray, then signaled Capitol Police to remove him and a colleague from a public hallway. A day later he apologized.