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Pelosi vows there will not be another shutdown over Trump's wall demand – live Pelosi vows there will not be another shutdown over Trump's wall demand – live
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A scandal centered on the use of blackface is rocking Virginia politics, but a new poll finds that not everyone has a problem with white people wearing blackface.
In the YouGov poll, a clear majority - 58% - did say it was unacceptable for a white person to wear blackface makeup. But that leaves 16% who said it was acceptable, and 26% who aren’t sure. 73% of black respondents said it was unacceptable, compared to 57% of whites. There was a clear party divide as well, with 81% of Democrats calling blackface unacceptable, while only 44% of Republicans did.
Asked if Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam should resign after a photo from his yearbook page surfaced showing a man wearing KKK robes and another in blackface, 40% said he should, 30% said he should not, and another 30% weren’t sure.
Donald Trump claimed in his tweet storm earlier today that the Republican-controlled Congress never investigated President Barack Obama. This is not true. Congress conducted a lengthy probe of the Benghazi attacks, in addition to investigations into allegations of political bias at the IRS and other matters.
Read the Washington Post’s fact check here.
Donald Trump spoke this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast.
“I will never let you down,” he told the religious crowd, according to CBS News.
“I will never let you down,” says Pres Trump at start of his remarks to audience at National Prayer Breakfast. pic.twitter.com/py4yXG886O
TRUMP: "Together, we will end the scourge of modern day slavery, that because of the internet, is at levels nobody can believe. The internet came along & some good things happened, but some very bad things happened & this is one of them." pic.twitter.com/yU4w7OrOsO
House Democrats will hold their first hearing Thursday morning on a bill that would require presidents to disclose their tax returns, CNN reports.
Donald Trump has been the first president in modern history to refuse to release his taxes.
The hearing before a House ways and means subcommittee panel will focus on a provision in a broader ethics bill that would require future presidents and presidential candidates to release ten years of tax returns. The bill doesn’t apply to the current occupant of the White House, but Congress also has the power to obtain Trump’s taxes from the IRS.
“If you think this is important, then you should require its release,” Joe Thorndike, executive director of the Tax History Project, who will testify at the hearing, told CNN. “If you are not prepared to require its release then you don’t really think that it’s very important.”
The father of a murdered Parkland student, who clashed with Florida representative Matt Gaetz at a congressional hearing, said Thursday the congressman’s rhetoric was “offensive”.
Manuel Oliver shouted out in protest after Gaetz, a Republican, brought up illegal immigration at a hearing on gun violence and said that building a border wall would help prevent murders committed by unauthorized immigrants. Gatez asked for him and another Parkland dad to be removed from the hearing room, but they ended up getting a warning, according to NPR.
“Don’t bring the wall as a solution for everything. It’s pretty offensive,” Oliver said Thursday on CNN’s New Day. “If this is how this is going to work, I’ve got to stop this guy. I’ve got to let the whole nation know that he is wrong.”
"Don't bring the wall as a solution for everything," says the father of a murdered Parkland student who clashed with a GOP Congressman yesterday. @RepMattGaetz alleged illegal immigration was a greater threat than guns."It's pretty offensive." https://t.co/3yLP3G48Ma pic.twitter.com/taunIIpf0A
House speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed that there will not be another government shutdown over Donald Trump’s demands for a border wall.House speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed that there will not be another government shutdown over Donald Trump’s demands for a border wall.
“There will not be another shutdown,” she told Politico. “No, it’s not going to happen.”“There will not be another shutdown,” she told Politico. “No, it’s not going to happen.”
Pelosi predicted that after a widely unpopular partial government shutdown that lasted 35 days, Republican leaders would not be willing to go along with a shutdown again.Pelosi predicted that after a widely unpopular partial government shutdown that lasted 35 days, Republican leaders would not be willing to go along with a shutdown again.
“I have a club that I started, it’s called the ‘Too-Hot-to-Handle Club’. And this is a too-hot-to-handle issue,” she said.“I have a club that I started, it’s called the ‘Too-Hot-to-Handle Club’. And this is a too-hot-to-handle issue,” she said.
A stopgap funding bill that was passed to end the shutdown is set to expire on 15 February.A stopgap funding bill that was passed to end the shutdown is set to expire on 15 February.
In the interview with Politico, Pelosi also took a shot at Trump’s State of the Union speech.In the interview with Politico, Pelosi also took a shot at Trump’s State of the Union speech.
“Don’t waste your time on this. This is theatrics, this is not government,” she said. “We just take this in stride.”“Don’t waste your time on this. This is theatrics, this is not government,” she said. “We just take this in stride.”
As political scandals roil Virginia, Donald Trump charged Thursday that Democrats “are killing the Great State of Virginia”.As political scandals roil Virginia, Donald Trump charged Thursday that Democrats “are killing the Great State of Virginia”.
The state’s politics have been in turmoil since a racist photo surfaced on Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page. Within days the lieutenant governor was publicly accused of sexual assault, and the attorney general admitted he had also worn blackface while in college.The state’s politics have been in turmoil since a racist photo surfaced on Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page. Within days the lieutenant governor was publicly accused of sexual assault, and the attorney general admitted he had also worn blackface while in college.
“Democrats at the top are killing the Great State of Virginia. If the three failing pols were Republicans, far stronger action would be taken,” Trump said in a tweet. “Virginia will come back HOME Republican) in 2020!”“Democrats at the top are killing the Great State of Virginia. If the three failing pols were Republicans, far stronger action would be taken,” Trump said in a tweet. “Virginia will come back HOME Republican) in 2020!”
Democrats at the top are killing the Great State of Virginia. If the three failing pols were Republicans, far stronger action would be taken. Virginia will come back HOME Republican) in 2020!Democrats at the top are killing the Great State of Virginia. If the three failing pols were Republicans, far stronger action would be taken. Virginia will come back HOME Republican) in 2020!
Donald Trump is attacking the congressional investigations planned by the new Democratic House majority, calling them “unlimited presidential harassment”.Donald Trump is attacking the congressional investigations planned by the new Democratic House majority, calling them “unlimited presidential harassment”.
Trump in a series of tweets Thursday morning called the expected congressional investigations a continuation of the “witch-hunt” he has accused special counsel Robert Mueller of pursuing with the ongoing investigations into Russian election interference, which has resulted in a host of indictments of Trump’s associates.Trump in a series of tweets Thursday morning called the expected congressional investigations a continuation of the “witch-hunt” he has accused special counsel Robert Mueller of pursuing with the ongoing investigations into Russian election interference, which has resulted in a host of indictments of Trump’s associates.
“So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so,” he said, referring to the new chair of the House intelligence committee.“So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so,” he said, referring to the new chair of the House intelligence committee.
“Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment ... The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!”“Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment ... The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!”
So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so. Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment....So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so. Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment....
....The Dems and their committees are going “nuts.” The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!....The Dems and their committees are going “nuts.” The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT! It should never be allowed to happen again!PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT! It should never be allowed to happen again!
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will on Thursday release her Green New Deal resolution, beginning to put policy specifics behind what became a campaign rallying cry.Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will on Thursday release her Green New Deal resolution, beginning to put policy specifics behind what became a campaign rallying cry.
The six-page proposal calls for a carbon neutral economy within 10 years, and says the federal government should “achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions” by getting all power from “clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources”.The six-page proposal calls for a carbon neutral economy within 10 years, and says the federal government should “achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions” by getting all power from “clean, renewable and zero-emission energy sources”.
Sixty members of the House and nine senators are co-sponsoring the resolution. It doesn’t stay strictly focused on climate policy, but endorses a host of progressive priorities including universal healthcare, a jobs guarantee and free higher education.Sixty members of the House and nine senators are co-sponsoring the resolution. It doesn’t stay strictly focused on climate policy, but endorses a host of progressive priorities including universal healthcare, a jobs guarantee and free higher education.