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Conservatives continue to reward Republicans who fought to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) was one of the most prominent proponents of the "Big Lie" that Donald Trump actually won the presidential election. Hawley refused to accept the outcome of the election even after the Electoral College voted to confirm Joe Biden's victory in December.
<p>Hawley continued his efforts to overturn the election even after the fatal January. 6th insurrection by supporters of Trump who believed Hawley's misinformation.</p><p>While the senator has been <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/josh-hawleys-newspaper-bashes-him/" target="_blank">harshly criticized in Missouri</a>, he was cheered on Friday when he bragged about siding with the insurrectionists while speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando.</p><p>Many in the crowed even gave him a standing ovation.</p><p>Watch:</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Hawley gets a standing ovation after he brings up his January 6 vote to overthrow a free and fair election and Joe Biden won <a href="https://t.co/55rsSGBZNs">pic.twitter.com/55rsSGBZNs</a><br/>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1365399969545478144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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Republicans playing hooky from Congress — using COVID as their excuse to go to Florida
February 26, 2021
Republican members of Congress used the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to for their absence from DC so they could travel to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Friday.
"Several Republicans in the House have skipped Friday's votes and enlisted their colleagues to vote on their behalf, signing letters saying they couldn't attend 'due to the ongoing public health emergency.' But those members are scheduled to be at CPAC," CNN's Manu Raju reported.
<p>Multiple Republicans in Congress were listed on CPAC's schedule of Friday speakers. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) were scheduled to speak during the noon hour.</p><p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spoke about Mr. Potato Head during the one o'clock hour.</p><p>Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) was scheduled for an afternoon break out session.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c78b4c61f5baa44428b7659004519862" id="8f685"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365392559581839370"><div style="margin:1em 0">NEWS: Several Republicans in the House have skipped Friday's votes and enlisted their colleagues to vote on their b… https://t.co/6vdCG64CxS</div> — Manu Raju (@Manu Raju)<a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/statuses/1365392559581839370">1614369928.0</a></blockquote></div>
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US airstrike in Syria sent 'unambiguous message': White House
February 26, 2021
The United States sent an "unambiguous message" with an airstrike against an Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria, the White House said Friday.
President Joe Biden is "sending an unambiguous message that he's going to act to protect Americans and when threats are posed he has the right to take an action at the time and the manner of his choosing," Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.
<p>The Pentagon said Thursday's strike, which according to a Syrian war monitoring group killed 22 militia members, was in response to a series of rocket attacks targeting US soldiers in Iraq.</p><p>One of those strikes, on a military complex in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil on February 15, killed a civilian and a foreign contractor working with coalition forces, and wounded several US contractors and a soldier.</p><p>Psaki said the decision behind the strike was "deliberative" and that Biden's aim was for "deescalating activity in both Syria and Iraq."</p><p>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said two F-15E "Strike Eagles" dropped seven precision-guided munitions, totally destroying nine facilities and partially destroying two facilities.</p><p>Kirby said the location targeted near the Syria-Iraq border was "known to facilitate Iranian-aligned militia group activity."</p><p>He said the Pentagon had "preliminary details about casualties" but declined to release any figures.</p><p>"We're confident that these were legitimate targets that were utilized by groups associated with these recent attacks," Kirby said.</p><p>He said Iraqi and Kurdish partners had provided intelligence that led to the identification of the groups behind the rocket attacks.</p><p>Kirby also responded to criticism by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who said Moscow was notified just four or five minutes before the US struck the targets.</p><p>"We did what we believe was the proper amount of notification for this," Kirby said. "It shouldn't come as a shock to anybody that we're going to do what we have to do to notify but we're also going to do what we have to do to protect our forces."</p><p>Kirby and Psaki also addressed criticism from some members of Congress that Biden should have sought legislators' authority before ordering the strike.</p><p>Psaki, the White House spokeswoman, said the Pentagon briefed congressional leadership "before the action."</p><p>"There will be a full classified briefing early next week at the latest," she said.</p>
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