Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) says when Stacey Abrams endorsed Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-WV) voting rights proposal, "it became the Stacey Abrams substitute, not the Joe Manchin substitute."
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA): "The Fire Fauci Act will bring Dr. Fauci's salary down to zero and also will require the Senate to confirm someone to fill his position."
It's (shit)poster time:
Reporter calls out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) about her use of the racist term "China virus" and asks "aren't you just feeding" a spate of attacks against Asian Americans.
Greene says "Absolutely not ... it has nothing to do with anyone's race."
— Gladys Sicknick, mother of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, is meeting with some Republicans today and says she hopes she can convince them to support a commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection.
Gladys Sicknick, mother of fallen Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick, leaves Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) office after urging him to support a 1/6 commission.
@mkraju reports Johnson “respectfully disagreed,” but committed to doing “everything” he can to ensure questions are answered.
Gladys Sicknick, mother of U.S. Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick, who died a day after he confronted insurrectionists on January 6, says she’s on Capitol Hill today because “I just couldn’t stay quiet anymore.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggests the Associated Press colluded with Hamas:
“Did they allow themselves to be used as human shields … ?”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) doubles down on his criticism of the Associated Press: "I'm not sure what's worse, that the AP knew they shared a building with Hamas, or that they didn't know."
(Biden officials won't confirm whether they have seen intel saying Hamas had an office there.)
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR): "@KeithOlbermann called me an anti-Constitution, anti-free press, racist fascist."