Friday 08.12.22
VP Kamala Harris reiterates the Biden administration will not raise taxes on families that make under $400,000.
Neal Katyal gives a detailed explanation of why the Mar-a-Lago search warrant is bad news for Donald Trump.
Founder of The Recount John Heilemann breaks down the Mar-a-Lago search warrant & Trump's potential statute violations.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy: “Is America better off today than they were two years ago?”
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH): "While the other side wants to defund the FBI, we want to fund our kids' future."
The Mar-a-Lago search warrant also shows the FBI is investigating Trump for violating the Espionage Act.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX): “This is the [Inflation Reduction Act], 728 pages ... Has anybody read it?"
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) says author Salman Rushdie is alive after being stabbed while speaking at a lecture.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) invokes President Biden, calls the Inflation Reduction Act a "big 'effing' deal."
Kayleigh McEnany, on Fox News(!), says "so let's wait for something called facts, which many networks don't wait for."
Author Salman Rushdie was attacked in public today. Rushdie's condition and the motive of the attacker are unknown.
Speaker Pelosi: “You would think there would be an adult in the Republican room."
Rep. Lee (D-CA): "I am outraged by Republican Senators' opposition to... a $35 cap on insulin prices."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dodges the question about Trump being a crook and calls on another reporter.
Rep. Bowman (D-NY): We need to win two Senate seats "to become Manchin and Sinema-proof."
Rep. Jayapal (D-WA): “Congress was poised to cap the cost of insulin ... until Republicans stripped it from the bill.”
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Fox News' Steve Doocy to House GOP Chair Stefanik on nuclear documents reporting: "That's kind of a big deal!"
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) reacts to the FBI searching Mar-a-Lago and seizing classified documents from Trump.
Rep. Turner (R-OH) attempts to downplay Trump potentially having nuclear documents at his residence in Mar-a-Lago.
Fox's Steve Doocy responds to House GOP Conference Chair Stefanik: "The FBI director was appointed by Donald Trump.”
Multiple reports: Docs stored at Trump's Mar-a-Lago contained highyl secretive "special access programs" material.
Overnight, Donald Trump responded to AG Merrick Garland's statement, saying "Release the documents now!"
The standoff outside Cincinnati between an armed gunman and law enforcement has ended, although it is unclear how.
Fmr. MI elections official Tina Barton recounts receiving harrowing, graphic threats in the wake of the 2020 election.