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Will the GOP Become the Party of Men? Republicans have stumbled upon a logical — if ironic — solution to their diversity problem.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
The Winners of Trump’s Washington Fifty-one insiders who profited off the presidency.
The Tortured Self-Justification of a Trump Enabler How an anonymous Republican squares his love of power with his contempt for the president.
By Olivia Nuzzi
jennifer maroney
Oct. 21, 2020
Jennifer Lawrence: ‘I Was a Little Republican’ “My first time voting, I voted for John McCain.”
By Rebecca Alter
QAnon Goes to Washington Twenty-four followers of the grotesque conspiracy theory are running for Congress in November. Where does this end?
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
Where GOP Senators Stand on Filling Ginsburg’s Seat Before the Election Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are, for now, the only GOP senators to state their intention not to vote on a nominee prior to the election.
By Matt Stieb
Republican National Convention, Day Two: Live Updates Follow along with Intelligencer for the second night of the Republican convention that’s partly virtual but all about Trump.
By Intelligencer Staff
republican national convention
Aug. 25, 2020
RNC Speaker Cut From Tuesday’s Lineup After Retweeting Anti-Semitic Conspiracy The convention dropped Mary Ann Mendoza from her Tuesday slot after she urged her followers to read a thread about a Jewish plan to enslave the world.
By Matt Stieb
election 2020
Aug. 24, 2020
By Rebecca Alter
vision 2020
Aug. 19, 2020
Far-Right Agitator Laura Loomer Wins GOP House Primary in Florida The Islamophobic provocateur and Infowars contributor won in FL-21, which includes Mar-a-Lago, though she is unlikely to win the district in November.
By Matt Stieb
Congress Is Hanging Single Parents Out to Dry The $600 enhanced unemployment benefits are due to expire. A new report shows how much single parents need that money.
By Sarah Jones
coronavirus stimulus
July 27, 2020
Republicans’ COVID Relief Bill to Include Second Round of $1,200 Stimulus Checks On Monday, Senate Republicans proposed an early version of the HEALS Act, with a second round of $1,200 checks but no eviction moratorium for renters.
By Matt Stieb
vision 2020
July 14, 2020
The Republican National Convention Suffers Another Round of Dropouts Two more senators — and eight House representatives — have announced they will not attend the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville.
By Matt Stieb
GOP Senators Are Already Bailing From the Convention in Florida Next Month Five Republican senators announced this week that they would skip the convention in Jacksonville, further revealing the uselessness of the event.
By Matt Stieb
3 GOP Insiders on the Protests and Trump’s Perilous Moment “I think the president has handled it as well as any president ever could.”
By Ben Jacobs
george floyd
June 10, 2020
Republicans Belatedly Realize Protests Aren’t Going Away As outrage over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd persists, GOP leaders respond with lukewarm efforts of reform and appeasement.
By Matt Stieb
QAnon Supporter Wins Republican Senate Primary in Oregon Jo Rae Perkins, an insurance agent in Oregon, became the first advocate for the sweeping conspiracy theory to win a GOP nomination for the Senate.
By Matt Stieb
Don’t Overthink Ron DeSantis The Florida governor’s tenure teaches us about sycophancy, ineptitude, and reactionary politics.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Donald Trump and the Luxury of Irresponsibility When washing one’s hands isn’t just a precaution against the coronavirus.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
coronavirus
Apr. 20, 2020
Flying Blind Without Testing, GOP Governors Reopen Businesses in the South Businesses in Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina will soon reopen, though the impact on the virus’s spread can’t be known without proper testing.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Apr. 19, 2020
Trump Wants to Open the Country, But Republicans Don’t Want to Pay for Testing Republican lawmakers want to avoid federal funding for coronavirus tests, despite the necessity for such a project to safely reopen the economy.
By Matt Stieb
Kansas GOP Overturns Large-Gathering Ban on Worst Day of the State’s Outbreak Lawmakers overturned the governor’s executive order banning religious groups of more than ten — though many churches have voluntarily moved online.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Mar. 23, 2020
Texas Republican: ‘Lots of Grandparents’ Willing to Die to Save Economy for Kids Dan Patrick, 69, said he would “take a chance” on his survival if it meant the immediate end of social distancing and the ramp-up of the economy.
By Matt Stieb
mitch mcconnell
Mar. 12, 2020
McConnell (Reluctantly) Nixes Vacation Plans to Work on Virus Bill Earlier Thursday, the GOP leader said the Senate would wait until after recess to legislate a response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Eric Levitz
With Biden Ascendant, GOP Suddenly Cares About His Ukraine Connections Again President Trump and Republican senators are refocusing on debunked allegations of Biden family misconduct in Ukraine as his campaign regains steam.
By Matt Stieb
senate trial
Feb. 5, 2020
Susan Collins: Trump Has ‘Learned’ a ‘Pretty Big Lesson’ From Impeachment It’s unlikely that a president who said the Constitution gives him “the right to do whatever I want” would learn anything from his acquittal.
By Matt Stieb
impeachment
Jan. 27, 2020
GOP Senator Suggests Her Party Is Using Ukraine to Hurt Biden in the Primary Joni Ernst contradicted the talking point that Trump was simply rooting out corruption, with no intention of hurting Biden’s electoral shot.
By Matt Stieb
senate impeachment trial
Jan. 25, 2020
The Impeachment Trial Became Saturday Detention for Senators The mood was subdued as members sat through “Death Valley” and earned a 49-hour break.
By Ben Jacobs
ukraine scandal
Jan. 16, 2020
Lev Parnas and His Powerful Republican Friends: A Photo Album No one knows Lev Parnas, but somehow they’ve all taken pictures with him.
By Adam K. Raymond
impeachment
Dec. 18, 2019
GOP Reps Liken Impeachment to Pearl Harbor, Say Trump Treated Worse Than Jesus Mike Kelly said the impeachment will “live in infamy,” while Barry Loudermilk said at least Jesus had the “opportunity to face his accusers.”
By Matt Stieb
Joe Biden: America Needs the Republican Party Biden also said that he was ‘really worried’ that Democrats would trounce Republicans in 2020, a concern that is not shared across the aisle.
By Matt Stieb
House Ethics Committee to Duncan Hunter: Please Stop Doing Your Job The committee effectively banned the congressman — who pleaded guilty to misusing some $150,000 in campaign funds — from voting on the House floor.
By Matt Stieb
GOP Cuts Aid to House Candidate Over Death Threats to Ilhan Omar, AOC It was the second time Omar faced a death threat from a Republican candidate for the House that week.
By Matt Stieb
What Republican Insiders Really Think About Impeachment Turns out, Trump fatigue is a condition that knows no party and you can’t feel outraged if you can no longer feel anything at all.
By Olivia Nuzzi
A Non-Racist Conservatism Must Look to the Future, Not the Past Ross Douthat’s latest column paints a discouraging picture of non-racist conservatism.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Alabama Republicans Vote to Remove Ilhan Omar After Endorsing Roy Moore State Republicans think Omar is an un-American bigot who shouldn’t hold office. That says more about their idea of who should than about her.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
islamophobia
Aug. 21, 2019
By Zak Cheney-Rice
The Last Black Republican in the House Waves the White Flag Five years ago, Republicans thought they had to become more diverse to win. Will Hurd’s departure symbolizes their abandonment of that path.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
A Lobster Dinner With the ‘Billionaire Heiress’ Chair of the Manhattan GOP Andrea Catsimatidis, self-described “business bombshell, jet-setter, NYC native, and footballer” on the limits of idealogical purity.
By Olivia Nuzzi
Republicans Don’t Want Racist Chants to Define Them — Just Racist Policies Republicans have expressed concern that Trump’s racist remarks are distracting the public from the GOP’s policies — which are even more racist.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Trump Has ‘Nothing’ Against Roy Moore — Except for His Odds of Losing The accused child molester is mulling another Senate run in Alabama. Trump is fine with him personally — he’s just worried that he’ll lose.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Florida Republicans Fear Trump’s Venezuela Policy Could Hurt Them in 2020 Florida Republicans worry that Trump’s backing of opposition leader Juan Guaidó could become a liability among the state’s 200,000 Venezuelans.
By Matt Stieb
white nationalism
Apr. 23, 2019
Steve King Says He Empathizes With Jesus After White Nationalism Rebuke The Iowa rep said he had “better insight” into Christ’s suffering after being reprimanded by his colleagues for normalizing white nationalism.
By Matt Stieb
GOP Senators Are Acting Like a Bunch of Babies A private luncheon for Republican lawmakers recently devolved into a squabble over who to blame for the government shutdown.
By Amanda Arnold
Beware the Bush Family Image-Rehab Machine Liberals developed a sweet spot for two presidents they once viewed as villains. Why?
By Sam Tanenhaus
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