Control Of House 2022

[Franklin Pierce]

Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger hints she does NOT want Biden campaigning for her in her toss-up Virginia seat in the midterms and refuses to say whether she will back him and Kamala on the 2024 ticket

Virginia Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger shied away from the idea of President Biden's help on the campaign trail as she takes on one of the most competitive races of the midterm elections.

Spanberger's newly drawn 7th district is considered a toss-up and Fox News' Dana Perino asked the moderate Democrat whether she'd call in a favor from the president as Democrats fight an uphill battle to hold on to the House.

'Do you think you'll have President Biden come campaign with you in that district?' Perino asked Tuesday. 'I intend to do the campaigning myself. I am the candidate, it's my name on the ballot.'

Spanberger also refused to commit to supporting a Biden-Harris ticket in 2024. 'I'm looking squarely toward 2022 and the reelection ahead of me,' she said.

Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger hints she does NOT want Biden campaigning for her | Daily Mail Online

 

[BreatheUT]

Whoever wins the house seat in the 5th Congressional district seems to support getting rid of the Department of Education.

 

[TNVOLNAVY]

Trump lied! I’m not tired of winning!

Trump-Endorsed Candidates Go Perfect 12-0 in Tuesday's Primaries

 

[Carl Pickens]

Something Stinks in Colorado

 

[Orangeburst]

Something Stinks in Colorado

Is that the race where the DNC supported him? Heard it yesterday

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Liz Cheney tells her GOP primary opponent Harriet Hageman she can't say the election wasn't stolen because she is 'completely beholden to Donald Trump' - and is then accused of focusing too much on January 6 in heated Wyoming debate

Rep. Liz Cheney shamed her Republican rivals for peddling former President Donald Trump's false 2020 election fraud claims, including the Wyoming House candidate Trump chose to take her place, Harriet Hageman.

Cheney shared the stage with four Republicans trying to unseat her, the most prominent being Hageman, as well as small business owner Robyn Belinskey, state Sen. Anthony Bouchard and U.S. Army veteran Denton Knapp.


Hageman opened the debate by railing against 'two different systems of justice in this country,' suggesting Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton and even President Joe Biden are treated differently than 'conservatives, or Republicans, who are being punished for expressing a First Amendment right' - seemingly a reference to those involved in the January 6 Capitol attack.

Cheney calls out chief rival as 'beholden to Donald Trump' | Daily Mail Online

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Liz Cheney 'won't show her face in Wyoming' as re-election chances Dwindle

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Ilhan Omar's Republican Challenger says she is 'out of touch' with constituents and Minnesota is 'ready for change' after Squad Member was Booed Off Stage at Somali music festival

The Republican challenging Ilhan Omar for her House seat for Minnesota's 5th congressional district said that the progressive representative is 'out of touch' with her constituents.

The comments come after Omar was booed off stage during a Somalian concert in Minneapolis over the weekend where the Somali-American representative was told to 'get the f*** out of here'.

Cecily Davis told Fox News on Tuesday morning that she is not surprised the audience decided to boo Omar, claiming that she is 'very unpopular' in her community and people are 'ready for change'.

The district Omar represents includes the entire city of Minneapolis, which is solidly blue – going 70 percent for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

Minnesota's primary elections are on August 9, but it is very likely that Davis will clinch the Republican nomination and Omar her Democratic race. If this is the case, the two will go head-to-head in the November 2022 midterms.

Republican congressional candidate in Minnesota Cicely Davis said Tuesday that she wasn't surprised that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was booed off stage Saturday and claimed she is 'very unpopular' in her community and people are 'ready for change'

Omar's GOP challenger says she is 'out of touch' with constituents after being booed off stage | Daily Mail Online

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Kansas Dem Quietly Dumps Stock Portfolio After Free Beacon Exposé

Rep. Sharice Davids ditches $17,000 of energy stocks ahead of tough reelection bid

Rep. Sharice Davids (D., Kan.) / Getty Images

Rep. Sharice Davids (D., Kan.) quietly dumped her stock portfolio one day after the Washington Free Beacon reported she owned shares in green energy companies that regularly lobby Congress for subsidies.

Davids liquidated her portfolio on June 21, according to a disclosure filed with the House Ethics Committee on Friday. Davids's investments in three green energy companies—FuelCell Energy, Maxeon Solar Technologies, and SunPower Corporation—posed a potential conflict of interest because of her position on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Davids said after joining the committee she would use her position to explore investments in green infrastructure projects. The committee has helped shape the Biden administration's green-friendly infrastructure spending initiatives.

Davids's investments conflicted with her support for legislation that would ban members of Congress from owning or trading shares of public companies. She and her cosponsors said stock ownership creates a "serious conflict of interest" for members conducting oversight of publicly traded companies. Davids said the ban was needed to "improve transparency and accountability" for members of Congress following several investigations into lawmakers' questionable stock transactions.

Kansas Dem Quietly Dumps Stock Portfolio After Free Beacon Exposé - Washington Free Beacon

 

[BreatheUT]

Send Trump money, you win.

Did you ever send that mailing address?

 

[lawgator1]

Kansas Dem Quietly Dumps Stock Portfolio After Free Beacon Exposé

Rep. Sharice Davids ditches $17,000 of energy stocks ahead of tough reelection bid

Rep. Sharice Davids (D., Kan.) / Getty Images

Rep. Sharice Davids (D., Kan.) quietly dumped her stock portfolio one day after the Washington Free Beacon reported she owned shares in green energy companies that regularly lobby Congress for subsidies.

Davids liquidated her portfolio on June 21, according to a disclosure filed with the House Ethics Committee on Friday. Davids's investments in three green energy companies—FuelCell Energy, Maxeon Solar Technologies, and SunPower Corporation—posed a potential conflict of interest because of her position on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Davids said after joining the committee she would use her position to explore investments in green infrastructure projects. The committee has helped shape the Biden administration's green-friendly infrastructure spending initiatives.

Davids's investments conflicted with her support for legislation that would ban members of Congress from owning or trading shares of public companies. She and her cosponsors said stock ownership creates a "serious conflict of interest" for members conducting oversight of publicly traded companies. Davids said the ban was needed to "improve transparency and accountability" for members of Congress following several investigations into lawmakers' questionable stock transactions.

Kansas Dem Quietly Dumps Stock Portfolio After Free Beacon Exposé - Washington Free Beacon

This is why every member of Congress should always turn over any investment portfolio, even a small one, to a blind rust for the duration of their tenure in Congress.

 

[Orangeburst]

 

[Orangeburst]

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Hit With Fines And Warrants For Dodging Taxes

 

[CagleMtnVol]

That's hilarious!

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Hispanics see through the democrat party. Democrats are hoping to add more low info voters through the southern border illegal alien program that provides government benefits.

I'll believe it if I see it in November. Personally I think all this talk about the Hispanics and Blacks flipping is a bunch of BS

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Hit With Fines And Warrants For Dodging Taxes

shocking

 

[BreatheUT]

I'll believe it if I see it in November. Personally I think all this talk about the Hispanics and Blacks flipping is a bunch of BS

I agree though I think there are a higher percent of Hispanic voter flips. The data has been too consistent that they dislike Biden.

There may be a marginal difference with the black vote.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Republicans Are Blowing Out Democrats Even In Deep Blue Rhode Island

Several polls released Monday indicate a surge of GOP support in Rhode Island, which has been a historic Democratic stronghold.

An overwhelming 68.8% of all Rhode Island voters agree that Biden should not run for reelection in 2024, a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll found. A New York Times/ Siena College Poll released Monday found that 64% of Democratic voters across the nation would prefer a new Democratic candidate in the 2024 presidential election.

The Suffolk/Boston Globe poll also found that, in a hypothetical 2022 congressional primary for Rhode Island’s 2nd congressional district, the majority of voters favor Republican candidate Allan Fung over each of his possible Democratic opponents in the race for the state’s 2nd congressional district.

Republicans Are Blowing Out Democrats Even In Deep Blue Rhode Island

 

[Franklin Pierce]

House GOP Marches Into Deeper Blue Terrain as Dem Prospects Fade

With just four months until the midterms, Democrats were already on the defensive in at least 30 highly competitive districts.

Rep. Kim Schrier called it an “honor” to welcome President Joe Biden to suburban Seattle for a health care speech in April. Then, nearly three months later, the Washington Democrat used a TV ad to boast about “taking on” the Biden administration over gas prices.

This kind of pivot in a House battleground — which Biden won by 7 points just two years ago — isn’t an anomaly. Recent GOP polling in roughly a dozen swing districts offers a bleak portrait of how President Joe Biden’s anemic approval ratings are threatening to doom battle-tested swing-seat incumbents — and nudge once-safe districts into the middle of the danger zone.

House GOP marches into deeper blue terrain as Dem prospects fade

 

[BreatheUT]

House GOP Marches Into Deeper Blue Terrain as Dem Prospects Fade

With just four months until the midterms, Democrats were already on the defensive in at least 30 highly competitive districts.

Rep. Kim Schrier called it an “honor” to welcome President Joe Biden to suburban Seattle for a health care speech in April. Then, nearly three months later, the Washington Democrat used a TV ad to boast about “taking on” the Biden administration over gas prices.

This kind of pivot in a House battleground — which Biden won by 7 points just two years ago — isn’t an anomaly. Recent GOP polling in roughly a dozen swing districts offers a bleak portrait of how President Joe Biden’s anemic approval ratings are threatening to doom battle-tested swing-seat incumbents — and nudge once-safe districts into the middle of the danger zone.

House GOP marches into deeper blue terrain as Dem prospects fade

An analogy to Schrier's change of tune over the last 3 months regarding the voters is like seeing a small dog and laughing at it but suddenly realizing it's teeth are the size of a lion.

 

[Orangeburst]

I hear some fantastic interviews with Hispanic House candidates. 2nd generational candidates. And to top it off the Dems call them right extremists. Dems gotta Dem..No disputing policy, just character assignation.
The Democratic Party is a party of division politics..All they got in their coalition of aggrieved.

 

[BreatheUT]

The Democratic electorate's seismic shift


Democrats now have a bigger advantage among white college graduates than they do with nonwhite voters, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.
Why it matters: We're seeing a political realignment in real time.

• Democrats are becoming the party of upscale voters concerned more about issues like gun control and abortion rights.
• Republicans are quietly building a multiracial coalition of working-class voters, with inflation as an accelerant.

What's happening: House Republicans boast this year's class of new candidates is the most diverse in history.

• The NRCC notes that 29 of its 75 House targets have a Hispanic population over 15%.

In the Times/Siena poll, Ds hold a 20-point advantage over Rs among white college-educated voters — but are statistically tied among Hispanics.

• Hispanic voters backed Democrats by a nearly 50-point margin in the 2018 midterms. In the 2016 congressional elections, Dems lost white voters with a bachelor's degree.

President Biden's job approval sank to 33%.

• But Ds and Rs are in a statistical tie on the congressional ballot.

Between the lines: Dems' fortunes are bolstered by a slice of well-off socially liberal voters who disapprove of Biden's performance — yet strongly support Democrats for other races.


The Democratic electorate's seismic shift

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Arizona Dem: If You Marry a White Guy, You Ain’t Latina

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.) attends a press conference on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2020, in Washington, D.C. / Getty Images

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.) accused Tanya Contreras Wheeless, a Hispanic woman running for Congress in Arizona’s fourth district as a Republican, of not being authentically Latina because she took her husband’s last name.

"Tanya is Latina," Gallego tweeted, "cuando le conviene," meaning, "when it suits her."

Following Republican Mayra Flores's upset victory this year in Texas's 34th Congressional District, which had traditionally been a Democratic stronghold, liberal pundits have smeared conservative Latinas. CNN said the conservative Hispanic women running for Congress were "not the ‘real deal,’" whereas the New York Times referred to the "Rise of the Far-Right Latina."

Democrats have sought to mend their faltering ties with the Latino community ahead of the 2022 election. Some of those gestures have fallen flat. First Lady Jill Biden, for instance, received backlash for suggesting that Hispanics are "as unique as … breakfast tacos" at a Latinx IncluXion Luncheon in San Antonio.

Arizona Dem: If You Marry a White Guy, You Ain't Latina - Washington Free Beacon

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Tax-Hiking Dem Under Fire for Unpaid Taxes

Swing-district candidate Greg Landsman owes thousands in federal loans

Cincinnati councilman Greg Landsman (D.)

The state of Ohio is going after a tax-happy Democratic candidate for unpaid business taxes, according to court documents.

The state in March filed a tax lien against Greg Landsman, a Cincinnati councilman and Democratic candidate for a competitive House race, ordering him to pay interest on unpaid taxes he owes through his firm Landsman & Associates. But while Landsman struggles with tax delinquency, he voted over a four-year span on the Cincinnati City Council to raise taxes and fees at least eight times—even as he acknowledged that Ohio families were "struggling" with taxes.

The state taxes are not the only debt Landsman owes the government. His business in 2020 received a $16,647 Paycheck Protection Program loan that has not been paid or forgiven. The firm is owned entirely by Landsman and listed only one employee on its loan application. The loan went entirely to payroll, according to data provided by the Small Business Administration.

Landsman helped pass seven tax and fee increases in June 2018 alone, even though he acknowledged at the time that "the average homeowner is really struggling with their property taxes." The city councilman voted five months earlier to hike property taxes for city residents, citing the city's multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls. Landsman's Republican colleagues warned against the tax hike, which brought in $7 million for the city.

Tax-Hiking Dem Under Fire for Unpaid Taxes

 

[Franklin Pierce]

‘Nobody is coming to save us’: Florida Dems struggle ahead of August primary

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Democrats were publicly optimistic during their three-day convention in Tampa this weekend. They danced late into the night, roared at jokes about Republicans and swapped stories and drinks at various bars.

Privately, however, there was a sense of fatalism among state Democrats, who are heading into the 2022 midterms with an unpopular president, the highest inflation in 40 years and incumbents such as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis raking in millions and seeming unstoppable.

Adding to their problems is a dearth of national donor groups that have limited how much they’re willing to give to candidates after Democrats have suffered multiple defeats in recent election cycles.

‘Nobody is coming to save us’: Florida Dems struggle ahead of August primary