All posts tagged "Lisa Mcclain"

A Republican lawmaker was called out on Friday for her remarks about Canada's wildfires and smoke — comments critics said overlooked Canada's help fighting California's own fires, the Daily Beast was first to report.

Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) took to X Thursday to complain about poor air quality as more than 890 fires burned across the Canada and smoke hit the Midwest and Northeast.

“Michiganders shouldn’t have to breathe Canada’s negligence,” she wrote on X. “YEAR AFTER YEAR the smoke crosses the border while Canada does nothing. Stop exporting your smoke into our skies. Enough is enough!”...

A Republican lawmaker got into a fiery exchange with a CNN anchor, saying "if I could finish" after refusing to answer multiple questions about the government shutdown Monday.

CNN's Pamela Brown interviewed Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), asking her about the ongoing shutdown now in its 20th day and the public response to the Trump administration. Brown specifically pointed to the nearly seven million people attending "No Kings" protests across the U.S. on Saturday, asking McClain if those attendees really "hate America," as McClain and other Republican lawmakers have claimed.

"Well, look at what they're standing for. They're standing for communism. They're standing for anti-semitism. Just take a look at the rallies," McClain said. ...

WASHINGTON – After Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) pulled a fire alarm in a House Office Building last month, Republicans – from then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) – pounced.

Some called for his expulsion, while others accused the progressive lawmaker of being an insurrectionist.

Bowman exclusively tells Raw Story he’s been kicking himself over the episode since....