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Trump's 'MAGA Goon Squad' is 'grasping at straws' as they scramble for campaign cash: report

Appearing on the Daily Beast's "The New Normal," Roger Sollenberger -- who has been investigating the campaign finance woes of Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) -- explained that fundraising for the three has become more difficult as they scramble to ramp up the outrage that normally shakes loose cash from supporters of Donald Trump.

Last week Sollenberger reported that Taylor Greene is spending enormous amounts of cash on fundraising which has created the illusion that she is taking record sums, but now it is catching up with her.

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Kevin McCarthy was furious with Republican colleagues for pushing Trump's 'Big Lie': new book

Colorado Republican, Lauren Boebert, among some other officials, is on her party leader's list of undesirables, according to the upcoming book, This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future.

The New York Times posted excerpts of the book, detailing the anger of Mitch McConnell, who was ready to push Donald Trump out of office on Jan. 6. He quickly changed his tune.

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Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell wanted Trump to resign over Jan. 6 -- but soon changed their minds

"I've had it with this guy."

That was House minority leader Kevin McCarthy's declaration to Republican leaders in the days immediately following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection when he told them he would push Donald Trump to resign. That tune soon changed, according to a new book by New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin.

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Trump's top GOP allies struggling to keep pace with expenses following Jan. 6 insurrection: report

Some of Donald Trump's top congressional allies are struggling to raise campaign cash as donors tire of their attention-grabbing antics.

Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) raised eye-popping totals last year, with a combined $4.8 million year-over-year increase in 2021 over the previous year, but the "America First" foursome have barely kept pace with their spending in the first quarter of 2022, reported The Daily Beast.

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GOP congressman warns death threats will make recruiting good candidates difficult

Retiring U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) said Sunday that death threats against officials like him will make it increasingly difficult to recruit quality candidates for public office.

“It’s going to be a detriment to getting good people to run. It really will be. I’ve got a school board member that lives on my street, I think he got death threats, too, just over the [COVID-19] mask mandate,” Upton said. “It puts you at risk, particularly when they threaten not only you – and I like to think I’m pretty fast – but when they threaten your spouse, or your kids, that’s what really makes it frightening.”

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Lauren Boebert worries kids will learn ‘comprehensive sex ed’ if she is voted out of Congress

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) appeared on Newsmax to sound the alarm about her Republican primary opponent. The election isn't until June 28, but Boebert is already rushing to defend her job.

A Dec. 2021 poll showed that Boebert has high unfavorable ratings, but several months later there are few updates on the Colorado congresswoman.

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New Lauren Boebert challenger is trying to leverage getting 'dunked on' online into political clout: report

On Friday, The Washington Post took a deep dive into the campaign of Alex Walker — an upstart gay candidate running against Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) as a Democrat — and the unusual, social media-centric strategy he is trying to build his political profile.

"Alex Walker, a 31-year-old man from Colorado, announced his bid to unseat Rep. Lauren Boebert last month with a YouTube video featuring feces raining from the sky and shooting out of books," reported Taylor Lorenz and Dave Weigel. "A man wearing a bright red 'Q' tank top vomits all over a family’s picnic. An actress playing Boebert sprays a slimy substance all over a congressional office. 'We are real Coloradans. We deserve a living wage, small government that actually works and freedom of choice,' Walker says. 'Instead, we have bulls---.'"

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Conservative crowd laughs and applauds for racist 'safety lessons for Black people'

A Las Vegas weapons instructor made shockingly racist jokes during a conservative political event lauded by Donald Trump Jr.

Nephi Khaliki, a concealed carry weapons instructor, spoke at an event attended by assemblyman Tom Roberts, who's running for sheriff, and North Las Vegas mayor John Lee, who's running for governor, and showed the audience a pair of slides titled, “Firearm Safety for White People" and “Firearm Safety for Black People," which he went on to describe in detail, reported KLAS-TV.

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Pence visits site of infamous Charlottesville white nationalist riot and signs Heather Heyer memorial

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday visited a memorial to Heather Heyer, who was murdered while protesting the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Pence aide Marc Short told CBS News Pence “took a moment today to go down and visit the mall where Heather Heyer was slain, and to sign the wall, where it’s a public plaque in honor of her life and memory."

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WATCH: Biden explains why he's now accusing Putin of 'genocide' in Ukraine

President Joe Biden on Tuesday raised eyebrows when he referred to Russia's actions in Ukraine as a "genocide," and he subsequently made it clear to reporters that it was not a slip of the tongue.

As reported by CNN's Natasha Bertrand, Biden subsequently explained to reporters why he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine should be considered an attempted genocide.

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Chuck Grassley says he won't vote to repeal Obamacare — but adds he can’t speak for other Republicans: report

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) signaled a Republican shift on health care policy during a town hall meeting in Waukon.

Grassley was pressed by a woman worried about her two adult children who get their coverage through the Affordable Care Act, Iowa Starting Line reported.

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Longtime GOP lawmaker primaries Lauren Boebert for her ‘embarrassing juvenile antics’: report

Controversial first-term Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is facing a primary challenge from a longtime state legislator.

"U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert will face a Republican challenger in Colorado's June primary election after state election officials announced Tuesday that state Sen. Don Coram submitted enough valid signatures on nominating petitions," the Denver Gazette reports. "The Montrose lawmaker said he's anxious to put up his record of delivering results for the Western Slope against what his campaign described as Boebert's 'embarrassing juvenile antics on the national stage.'"

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'They even tried to cancel Jesus': Lauren Boebert links cancel culture to crucifixion

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) suggested over the weekend that Jesus Christ was a victim of cancel culture.

Boebert made the remarks during a speech before the Colorado Republican Party state assembly on Saturday.

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