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Steve Scalise recognizes anniversary of GOP baseball shooting: 'We must never defund the police'

June 14, 2021

Steve Scalise recognizes anniversary of GOP baseball shooting: 'We must never defund the police'

The number two House Republican recognized the fourth anniversary of the shooting by a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with a tweet that lauded law enforcement for saving his life and others “from a leftist who came to the baseball field to kill Republican Members of Congress.”

Elise Stefanik outs Jake Tapper, reveals she was invited on CNN shows after he suggested he wouldn't book her

June 4, 2021

Elise Stefanik outs Jake Tapper, reveals she was invited on CNN shows after he suggested he wouldn't book her

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., revealed that CNN star Jake Tapper attempted to have her on his programs after the liberal anchor suggested that he would never book the high-ranking House Republican for an interview.

Scalise leads House GOP in demanding Pelosi direct committee chairs to investigate coronavirus origins

May 28, 2021

Scalise leads House GOP in demanding Pelosi direct committee chairs to investigate coronavirus origins

EXCLUSIVE: House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and more than 200 House Republicans called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to direct committee chairs to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and devote congressional investigatory resources to examining claims that the novel coronavirus pandemic stemmed from a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and that the Chinese Communist Party “covered it up.”

'The Squad' wields outsized power as Pelosi grapples with slimmest majority since World War II

May 24, 2021

'The Squad' wields outsized power as Pelosi grapples with slimmest majority since World War II

The progressive Squad is flexing its muscle and revealing just how slim Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Democratic majority stands in the House.

FBI responds to congressional baseball shooting survivors, dubs gunman 'domestic violent extremist'

May 15, 2021

FBI responds to congressional baseball shooting survivors, dubs gunman 'domestic violent extremist'

The FBI has reclassified the 2017 congressional baseball shooter and would-be assassin as a “domestic violent extremist,” ditching the much-maligned “suicide-by-cop” theory that those on the field had condemned as unrealistic.

Scalise, GOP lawmakers demand to know why FBI designated baseball shooting 'suicide by cop'

May 12, 2021

Scalise, GOP lawmakers demand to know why FBI designated baseball shooting 'suicide by cop'

EXCLUSIVE: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and other GOP lawmakers nearly killed in the 2017 Congressional baseball practice shooting said in interviews with Fox News that they want FBI Director Christopher Wray to explain why his agency labeled the incident an attempt at "suicide by cop."

Scalise, GOP lawmakers demand probe of FBI designation of congressional baseball shooting as 'suicide by cop'

May 11, 2021

Scalise, GOP lawmakers demand probe of FBI designation of congressional baseball shooting as 'suicide by cop'

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and other GOP lawmakers asked FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday to further investigate the 2017 congressional baseball practice shooting and determine why agents originally concluded it was case of “suicide by cop” rather than an act of domestic terrorism.

Biden, when asked about Liz Cheney, says 'I don't understand Republicans'

May 5, 2021

Biden, when asked about Liz Cheney, says 'I don't understand Republicans'

President Biden seemed perplexed Wednesday by the effort of House Republicans to oust Rep. Liz Cheney as the GOP conference chair.

Congressional baseball shooter letters dent ‘suicide by cop’ claim: ‘I never said life sucks,' only GOP policy

April 23, 2021

Congressional baseball shooter letters dent ‘suicide by cop’ claim: ‘I never said life sucks,' only GOP policy

Illinois left-wing activist James Hodgkinson, who tried to kill more than two dozen congressional Republicans, volunteers and police at a Virginia baseball field in 2017 before being gunned down by responding officers, was known to frequently make anti-Trump and anti-GOP posts on social media.

Congressional baseball shooting survivors rip 'suicide by cop' designation, make appeal to FBI

April 23, 2021

Congressional baseball shooting survivors rip 'suicide by cop' designation, make appeal to FBI

Survivors of the 2017 Republican baseball practice shooting are appealing to FBI Director Christopher Wray to publicly declare the attack a case of domestic terrorism and say they never accepted that it was "suicide by cop."