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'Put it up next to Elvis sightings!' Fox News mocked for latest effort to hype Hunter Biden probe
March 03, 2021
Fox News on Wednesday tried to reignite interest in the criminal investigation being conducted into Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.
In a tweet posted on Wednesday morning, Fox News wrote that its sources claim the "Hunter Biden probe [is] 'active and ongoing' without White House interference."
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Many of Fox News' Twitter followers noted that lack of White House interference in criminal investigations is actually supposed to be the norm, as former President Donald Trump in his four years repeatedly meddled in the DOJ's internal affairs by ordering his attorneys general to investigate his political opponents while also<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-ordered-white-house-counsel-don-mcgahn-fire-bob-mueller-last-summer-heres-didnt/" target="_blank"> trying to remove former special counsel Robert Mueller</a>.
</p><p>Fox News was roundly mocked for its latest effort to revive the purported Hunter Biden scandal -- check out some reactions below.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1367116662856704000" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-2&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1367116662856704000&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2650872911%23publish&theme=light&widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 671px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1367116807518191616" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-3&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1367116807518191616&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2650872911%23publish&theme=light&widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 344px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><p><br/></p>
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On Wednesday, Politico reported that the departure of former President Donald Trump from the White House has caused a growing rift between Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate in how to approach dealing with the new Biden administration.
"The Senate GOP is firmly behind Alaskan Lisa Murkowski's reelection bid even after she voted to convict the former president of inciting an insurrection," wrote Burgess Everett and Melanie Zanona. "But across the Capitol, House Republicans are largely leaving Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez on his own following his impeachment vote as Trump endorses his primary challenger."
<p>Both House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have pushed back on the former president after the January Capitol insurrection, with McCarthy <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-capitol-insurrection/" target="_blank">calling Trump</a> to demand he make his supporters stand down, and McConnell <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/republicans-ask-the-courts-to-take-care-of-trump-for-them.html" target="_blank">suggesting</a> the courts should decide whether Trump's conduct was criminal.</p><p>But they have not renounced him entirely, with McConnell saying he would "<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2024-2650804537/" target="_blank">absolutely</a>" back Trump as the nominee again in 2024 — and their caucuses have even more divisions. The divide can be seen in how each party caucus is handling Trump skeptics in their ranks.</p><p>"McCarthy ... wouldn't say whether he would help the reelection campaign of his deputy, GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney, whose vote to remove Trump from office has helped draw a primary challenge: 'Liz hasn't asked me' to step in, he said," said the report. "While McCarthy holds off, McConnell has gone out of his way to defend Cheney — even though she's a House member and there's no Senate race in Wyoming this cycle."</p><p>"Hugging Trump has become priority number one for most House Republicans, with feting the former president in Mar-a-Lago becoming a rite of passage among their leaders," continued the report. "GOP senators, by contrast, are trying to chart a different path forward — one built on policy rather than Trump's personality — figuring that will make their party's brand more effective than attaching itself to one man. Don't expect Mitch McConnell to show up in Florida any time soon."</p>
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Mike Pence torn to shreds for justifying insurrectionists' conspiracies: 'These lies almost got you lynched'
March 03, 2021
Mike Pence broke his silence on the Jan. 6 insurrection that put his life in danger, and he was blasted as a coward for justifying the rioters' concerns about election fraud.
The former vice president published an op-ed Wednesday on The Daily Signal website arguing against the For The People Act that would expand voting access, and instead defended Republican state legislatures imposing new restrictions to the ballot.
<p>"HR 1 is an unconstitutional, reckless, and anti-democratic bill that would erode those foundational principles and could permanently damage our republic," Pence wrote.</p><p>"After a year in which our nation has endured a global pandemic, economic hardship, and a contentious election, now is not the time to further inflame passion and division," he added. "It is time for our nation's leaders to help America heal."</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">HR 1, the so-called For the People Act, will increase opportunities for election fraud, trample the First Amendment, further erode confidence in our elections and should be rejected by every member of Congress and opposed by every patriotic American.<br/>— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1367087999310323721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>Social media users were astonished and appalled by Pence's position.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Mike comes out from hiding after Trump's supporters tried to kill him, to push the big lie. <br/><br/>Isn't lying a sin, Mike?<br/>— Chidi®️ (@ChidiNwatu) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChidiNwatu/status/1367099120809369601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">People lack confidence in our elections because you just spent the past year allowing them to be lied to, right up until they tried to kill you over it.<br/>— Kristen (@KristenKfromGA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KristenKfromGA/status/1367093664451821571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">These are the types of lies that almost got you lynched. Some people never learn, I guess.<br/>— Rich Waters (@richawaters) <a href="https://twitter.com/richawaters/status/1367089172817735683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Republicans win by cheating....<br/>— Brandon...... (@GamuBrandon) <a href="https://twitter.com/GamuBrandon/status/1367088607828332546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Sorry but trying to disenfranchise voters by the new laws that <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOP</a> are trying to rush in is wrong. Why should minority poor areas of the country have to queue for 13 hours to vote, that is disgusting!!<br/>— Becky Hatfield (@Beckster_2) <a href="https://twitter.com/Beckster_2/status/1367088820240400385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">That is a lie. The Brennan Center who has been tracking elections for decades called HR1 an historic bill on line with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They said it needs to be passed to protect "We The People" and our vote.<br/>— BON (@Dist_5) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dist_5/status/1367109437329137667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Perhaps you guys would've been better doing a better job for the American people! Then you might have got re-elected on merit rather than having to resort to peddling election conspiracies in the aftermath.<br/>— Stephen Smith (@stevesmith2001) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevesmith2001/status/1367090857460047872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">This is a lie. The lawyer for the AZ GOP told SCOTUS yesterday their rules which disenfranchise Black, Brown and Native Americans are ok because politics is a zero sum game & help the GOP win. That erodes confidence in elections and increases opportunities for GOP election fraud.<br/>— Tedmom 😷 (@Tedmom) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tedmom/status/1367099351546425357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mike_Pence</a> - in your heart of hearts you know that Trump isn't christian. Our lies of omission are more damning than our lies of commission.<br/><br/>I will pray for you to find the courage the speak the truth.<br/>— Jacob Killian (@jacobkillian) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobkillian/status/1367090311240028162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Democracy is ensuring EVERY citizen of the United States has EVERY opportunity to participate in our elections. Instead Republicans go out of their way to ensure specific populations cannot. Adjust your policy, not the polling stations, ballot boxes. Only an issue when you lose.<br/>— Blake Crews (@SimmonsTheMad33) <a href="https://twitter.com/SimmonsTheMad33/status/1367092760638070784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Oh my gosh. Eliminating dark money groups by requiring them to disclose their donors...is long needed.<br/><br/>Here's how Pence characterizes that portion of the bill: <a href="https://t.co/euJlv5Psa5">pic.twitter.com/euJlv5Psa5</a><br/>— Will Ragland (@citizenwillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/citizenwillis/status/1367092100060299264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Wanna make sure you saw this: <a href="https://t.co/cYUet2sUmG">https://t.co/cYUet2sUmG</a><br/>— Adam Smith (@asmith83) <a href="https://twitter.com/asmith83/status/1367088760127651840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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