After Border Patrol agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the Republicans who spoke up — from Lisa Murkowski to Greg Abbott — called for investigations and a course correction. Arizona's congressman called it 'a communist insurrection' and told Trump to send in the military.
Eli Crane helped host five members of the Russian Duma inside the U.S. Capitol the same day the EU's top diplomat said Russia was helping Iran kill Americans. A Republican colleague compared it to a visit from the Third Reich. Crane never said a word.
The DCCC added Texas' 23rd to its target list on August 5, citing Brandon Herrera's 'disturbing history of extremism, violence, and antisemitic rhetoric' alongside polling showing Hispanic voters souring on Trump. A seat Republicans have held since 2015 is suddenly on Democrats' target list.
Hours after an 82-year-old man was left with a fractured skull in his own home, the congresswoman who now represents New York's 24th District shared a photoshopped meme about it and laughed. Three years later, when someone broke a window at her house, she said attacks on public officials 'have no place in our society.'
Upstate New York's Claudia Tenney used her power as a member of Congress to propose a national day off honoring a living president's birthday. The bill has zero cosponsors, zero hearings, and would cost taxpayers close to a billion dollars a year.
Clay Fuller was a district attorney and an Air Force lawyer. In two months he has demanded Anthony Fauci be jailed at least five times — and treated a private citizen's use of the Fifth Amendment as proof of guilt.
A 2017 video resurfaced in 2022 showing Bailey minimizing the Holocaust. The ADL and leaders of both parties denounced it. A week later Bailey claimed Jewish community support — and Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois disputed his account.
Seven people were killed at an Independence Day parade and the shooter was still at large. Bailey went live to 111,000 Facebook followers and told Illinois to move on. When the state banned assault weapons, he went to court to strike the ban down.
Pillen turned down federal summer grocery money for Nebraska's low-income kids in December 2023. He reversed two months later — after a petition and after sitting down with children who were living it. The program he blocked delivered nearly $24 million in its first summer.