Tag: Congress
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Liz Cheney condemns QAnon conspiracy
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) denounced the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory as a “dangerous lunacy,” becoming the highest-ranking GOP lawmaker to condemn it. Cheney’s comment came one day after President Trump told reporters that he doesn’t “know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate.”…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Nominates Bernie Sanders at DNC
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night nominated Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for the party’s presidential candidacy. The freshman congresswoman used her 90-second speaking slot on the second day of the DNC to praise the “mass people’s movement working to establish 21st-century social, economic and human rights,” and formally nominate Joe…