Democratic House impeachment managers on Thursday called on former President Donald Trump to provide testimony under oath regarding his actions on January 6—the day an extremist mob backed by the then-president attacked the U.S. Capitol—and demanded an answer by 5 pm Friday. The letter to Trump, signed by lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), was sent…
In the wake of a Trump-inspired insurrection in the nation’s capital, all that Jackie Walorski can muster – aside from giving aid and comfort to the insurrectionists – is an empty call for unity. On January 6, 2021, Congress convened to carry out its sacred duty of counting the Electoral College votes. Previously a formality,…
On Tuesday night, Representative Fred Upton announced his support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Upton is a Republican who represents the Sixth District in southwestern Michigan. He is the latest Republican to announce support for impeachment following last week’s insurrection at the Capitol. The Congressman issued the following statement: Today the President characterized…
If Representative Jackie Walorski had an inkling of honor – or respect for the people of Indiana’s 2nd Congressional district – she would tender her resignation from Congress, effective immediately. The five-term Republican dishonored her office when she aided and abetted insurrectionists at the United States Capitol. Rather than stand up to the mob, Walorski…
Black Lives Matter South Bend released a statement on Thursday condemning Trump supporters’ siege of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. On a day when Congress convened to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the November 2020 presidential election, the heart of American democracy descended into chaos as Trump supporters heeded the call of their…
South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg gave a brief interview with Univision on Wednesday. Buttigieg took the opportunity during the interview to criticize the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, which resulted in the separation of thousands of children from their parents at the border. He has been an outspoken critic of President…
Amid growing fears that Democratic political leaders are not taking seriously the possibility that President Donald Trump could refuse to yield power if he loses in the 2020 election, Trump retweeted a post calling for two years to be added to his first term as “payback for time stolen” by the Mueller investigation.
More than 400 former federal prosecutors asserted in a statement published on Medium Monday that President Donald Trump would face multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice if he did not hold his current office.
In a series of tweets earlier this week, Donald Trump continued his relentless attacks on the First Amendment. The president of the United States – the so-called “leader of the free world” – suggested that the New York Times “will have to get down on their knees and beg for forgiveness.” To be sure, some…
The United States is a nation where presidential overreaches, outright abuses of power, and largely successful attempts to undermine our constitution’s system of checks and balances stretches back over generations – and, in fact, one can find examples dating to the earliest days of our democratic republic. Whether or not these scandals amounted to “high…
