Former Trump administration officials are testing the waters for political office, underscoring the former president’s lasting influence on the Republican Party as it searches for a post-Trump identity. Cliff Sims, the former deputy at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) who is close with several Trump family members, is seriously considering getting into the race to replace retiring Sen. Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby Powell pushes back on GOP inflation fears Former Trump officials eye bids for political office The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by The AIDS Institute - COVID-19 rescue bill a unity test for Dems MORE (R-Ala.). Trump’s former ambassador to Slovenia, Lynda Blanchard, a top Trump donor, has already entered that primary as a “proud member of the MAGA movement.” In Pennsylvania, where Sen. Pat Toomey Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey Philly GOP commissioner on censures: 'I would suggest they censure Republican elected officials who are lying' Toomey censured by several Pennsylvania county GOP committees over impeachment vote Toomey on Trump vote: 'His betrayal of the Constitution' required conviction MORE (R-Pa.) is retiring, Trump’s Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite and his ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, are both weighing bids. ADVERTISEMENT Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell Richard Grenell The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by The AIDS Institute - Tanden's odds plummet to lead OMB Former Trump officials eye bids for political office Grenell congratulates Buttigieg on becoming second openly gay Cabinet member MORE is being encouraged by Trump allies to run for governor of California if Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom California lawmakers approve 0 stimulus checks for low-income residents The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by The AIDS Institute - Tanden's odds plummet to lead OMB Former Trump ...
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Murkowski becomes first GOP senator to call on Trump to resign
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann Murkowski Koch-backed group launches ads urging lawmakers to reject COVID-19 relief bill Biden health nominee faces first Senate test White House stands behind Tanden as opposition mounts MORE (Alaska) said Friday that she believes President Trump Donald Trump Romney: 'Pretty sure' Trump would win 2024 GOP nomination if he ran for president Pence huddles with senior members of Republican Study Committee Trump says 'no doubt' Tiger Woods will be back after accident MORE should resign immediately, becoming the first Senate Republican to call for him to step down after riots at the Capitol. “I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” Murkowski told the Anchorage Daily News . Murkowski's comments come two days after rioters breached the Capitol as Vice President Pence and lawmakers were counting the Electoral College vote. ADVERTISEMENT Trump, who has since said he will support an orderly transfer of power, has issued unsupported claims for weeks that the election was "rigged" and encouraged his supporters to gather at the Capitol on Wednesday ahead of the violence. Murkowski also appeared to acknowledge that Trump is unlikely to resign, even as House Democrats appear poised to impeach him for a second time and there are growing calls for Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment. “I think he should leave. He said he’s not going to show up. He’s not going to appear ... at the inauguration. He hasn’t been focused on what is going on with COVID. He’s either been golfing or he’s been inside the Oval Office fuming and throwing every single person who has been loyal and faithful to him under the bus, starting with the vice president," Murkowski said. "He doesn’t want to stay there. He only wants to stay there for the title. He only wants to stay there for his ego. He needs to get out. He needs to do the good thing, but I don’t think he’s ...
Butler County Republican Committee Votes To Censure Sen. Pat Toomey Over Impeachment Vote
BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA/AP) — The Butler County Republican Committee of Pennsylvania voted to censure Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) over his vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial. “The BCRC considers his votes to be in blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Rule of Law,” the committee said in an email. READ MORE: 16-Year-Old Girl Dies, 13-Year-Old Boy Hurt After Falling Through Ice; Police Officer Also Dies The committee held a special meeting on Wednesday, with members voting 94 to 2 to censure the senator. Republican leaders from other counties including Clarion, Lawrence, Washington, York, and Centre County have also voted to censure Toomey. READ MORE: Pennsylvania GOP Meets To Discuss Whether To Censure Sen. Pat Toomey Republican Party committee members in Pennsylvania were meeting remotely Wednesday night, possibly for hours, in what is expected to include a discussion of whether to censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey . A censure vote is a symbolic gesture that may have no real effect on Toomey, who announced in October that he will not run again for office. Following his vote to convict, Toomey said in part of the former president that “His betrayal of the Constitution and his oath of office required conviction.” President Trump was acquitted of inciting the insurrection during the impeachment trial in the Senate. MORE NEWS: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Ask Biden Administration To Waive School Test Mandate (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.) ...
Trump, at CPAC, expected to hammer Biden on immigration, China
close Video Trump acquitted after media blitz Senate verdict defies hostile coverage Former President Donald Trump will hammer President Biden on everything from immigration to China when he addresses the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) on Sunday, sources familiar with the speech told Fox News. Meanwhile, Trump is expected to fall just short of announcing a 2024 presidential bid. The sources said he will go between "warming up to the idea of a 2024 run, and walking right up to the line of announcing another campaign" -- though he is not expected to make an actual announcement. CPAC READIES FOR FLORIDA GATHERING AMID COVID-19, AS CONSERVATIVES READY FOR TRUMP BONANZA Trump will be the headline speaker at the event in Orlando, Fla., which kicks off Friday. Trump will speak on the final day of the conference, topping a slew of conservatives and Republicans from across the country. It will be Trump’s first public appearance since leaving office and comes as Biden has taken a number of actions to undo his predecessor's policies. Biden has perhaps moved fastest on immigration, where he has already taken a slew of measures to stamp out Trump-era policies. He has stopped the construction of the wall at the southern border, ended the travel bans and taken steps to loosen asylum policies such as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP.) Republicans have warned of a brewing crisis at the border, fueled by a surge in migrants motivated by liberalizations on enforcement and asylum policy in the U.S. It is unclear to what extent Trump will relitigate the 2020 election, which he has repeatedly claimed to have won. TRUMP TO CLAIM HE IS 'PRESUMPTIVE 2024 NOMINEE,' LEADER OF GOP IN CPAC SPEECH: REPORT Trump’s speech will be closely watched both for indications of a possible 2024 run -- where early polls show him the comfortable frontrunner in the Republican primary if he chooses to run ...
Trump to claim he is ‘presumptive 2024 nominee,’ leader of GOP in CPAC speech: report
close Video Donald Trump would be ‘a force to be reckoned with’ in 2024: Eric Trump Eric Trump discusses the NYC ice rink dispute, previews his father’s CPAC address and future plans on ‘Fox & Friends.’ Former president Donald Trump will claim he is the leader of the Republican party and its "presumptive 2024 nominee" when he makes his first public appearance since leaving office during the Conservative Political Action Conference next weekend in Orlando, according to a report. CPAC PULLS SPEAKER AFTER ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKS SURFACE A longtime Trump adviser told Axios his CPAC speech will be a "show of force," and said the message will be: "I may not have Twitter or the Oval Office, but I'm still in charge." The source reportedly added that "payback is his chief obsession." In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) Trump's advisers will reportedly meet with him at Mar-a-Lago this week to plan his next political moves, and to set up the framework for kingmaking in the 2022 midterm elections. TRUMP CPAC MESSAGE TO INCLUDE 'BIG THANK YOU' TO SUPPORTERS, LARA TRUMP EXPECTS According to Axios, Trump is expected to go after the 10 House Republicans who voted to convict him in his impeachment trial, spurred by the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol , and the seven GOP Senators who voted with Democrats to convict. Trump was acquitted, with 57 senators voting for his conviction -- short of the required two-thirds majority -- and 43 voting against conviction. He also reportedly plans to argue in the CPAC speech that many of his predictions about President Biden have already come true. "Trump effectively is the Republican Party," Trump senior adviser Jason Miller told Fox News. ...
