In a memo from Speaker John Boehner to Republican members of Congress, Boehner gives a blind assessment of his party that must have been written in a cave without any access to the news – as it ignores the public’s record disapproval of his Tea Party Congress and doubles down on their radical agenda. Boehner’s […]
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Tag Archives: GOP extremism
Speaker Boehner’s Memo: More of the Same Failed Ideology from Republicans, Not Solutions
March 29, 2013 
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Frightful Numbers
March 13, 2013 Comments Off
With public disapproval of Tea Party House Republicans at a record high, they’re not doing themselves any favors. Just this week, Tea Party House Republicans once again voted to stand by the sequester, and GOP Budget Chair Paul Ryan proposed, once again, to end Medicare as we know it, and repeal the health care protections […]
Read moreWhat They’re Saying: More Budget Nonsense from Paul Ryan and the GOP
March 13, 2013 Comments Off
New York Times: The Worst of the Ryan Budgets “All the tired ideas from 2011 and 2012 are back: eliminating Medicare’s guarantee to retirees by turning it into a voucher plan; dispensing with Medicaid and food stamps by turning them into block grants for states to cut freely; repealing most of the reforms to health […]
Read moreDCCC Statement on the GOP’s Tea Party Budget
March 13, 2013 Comments Off
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel has released the following statement after Republican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan released his new budget. “You can set your clock by it: Spring always brings Republican March Madness, when they try to end the Medicare guarantee for seniors. With the Ryan budget today, Tea Party Republicans are tripling […]
Read moreNew Mexico Republican Legislator Introduces Bill Demanding ‘Legitimate Rape’ Victims Carry Fetus ‘As Evidence’
January 24, 2013 Comments Off
ProgressNow New Mexico, an independent non-partisan watchdog group, reported this morning that State Representative Cathrynn Brown (R-Carlsbad) has introduced legislation requiring victims of “legitimate rape” to carry a fetus to term, as “Exhibit A” evidence in Court. The bill, introduced as HB206 would also establish criminal penalties for women who seek abortions resulting from rape or incest. The […]
Read moreMitt Romney: Extremely Conservative and Endorsing Richard Mourdock
October 25, 2012 Comments Off
Mitt Romney has only endorsed one Senate candidate in this election: Indiana’s Richard Mourdock, who said on Monday that pregnancy from rape is what “God intended.” Watch and share today’s video.
Read moreMitt Romney and Steve King: Partners in Extremism
September 10, 2012 Comments Off
Mitt Romney was in Iowa this weekend and teamed up with Congressman Steve King, who he enthusiastically endorsed, “I want him as my partner in Washington D.C.,” Romney said. Who is Steve King? Steve King is the leading defender of dog-fighting and animal torture in the United States. King recently suggested “there was something wrong” […]
Read moreThe GOP’s Extreme Platform
August 30, 2012 Comments Off
The GOP has adopted an extreme platform that is incredibly out of touch. Take a look at just ten of the policies Republicans hope to enact under a Romney presidency: Ban all abortions, with no exception for victims of rape and incest “We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to […]
Read moreMitt Romney Goes Birther: “No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate”
August 24, 2012 Comments Off
Once again Mitt Romney is pandering to the most extremist elements of his Party. Channeling Donald Trump, Joe Arpaio, and Orly Taitz, Mitt Romney, the Republican standard-bearer, today joined the most shrill and extreme voices of his electoral coalition. Speaking at campaign stop in Commerce, Michigan this morning, Romney said, “Now, I love being home […]
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Akin, Romney, and Ryan
Women’s health advocate Sandra Fluke sent this message to supporters today: “In a recent statement that was both factually inaccurate and horribly offensive, Republican Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said that victims of “legitimate rape” don’t get pregnant because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” “Mitt Romney […]
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