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Sherrod Brown and Four Other Democratic Senators Kneel at George Floyd Memorial

June 6, 2020June 5, 2020 Jason M. Reynolds

Five Democrat senators knelt during a moment of silence for George Floyd in a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon.

Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) knelt, which lasted for eight minutes and 46 seconds, The Hill reported. That was the length of time fired Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck before he died. Chauvin faces a second-degree murder charge over the incident.

House Democrats Block $250 Billion Small Business Relief Package, Pelosi Says ‘No Data’ Supports This Idea

April 11, 2020April 10, 2020 Zachery Schmidt

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) said Thursday the House of Representatives blocked the Senate’s $250 billion small business relief proposal based on the fact that no data existed to support this idea.

President Trump to Declare National Emergency in Response to Coronavirus

March 13, 2020May 21, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency Friday afternoon in response to the coronavirus outbreak, various reports claimed.

Sen. Schumer Threatens Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch: ‘You Will Pay the Price’

March 5, 2020March 4, 2020 Ohio Star Staff

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer seemed to threaten two United States Supreme Court Justices during a Planned Parenthood rally outside of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Schumer for ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Threatening Statements’

March 5, 2020March 4, 2020 Ohio Star Staff

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Wednesday remarks were “dangerous” and “threatening statements.”

Commentary: Pulling the Plug on Democrats’ Life Support

February 5, 2020February 4, 2020 Ohio Star Staff

On Wednesday the Democratic Party is scheduled to be removed from the life support system that has sustained it these past four years: the fraudulently and almost certainly illegally confected condition of Donald Trump being under a legal and ethical cloud.

Senate Votes No to Calling New Witnesses in Trump Impeachment

February 1, 2020January 31, 2020 Admin

The U.S. Senate voted Friday not to allow new testimony and documents in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, as reports of new revelations surface from Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton.

Sherrod Brown and Leading Democratic Senators Mount a Last-Minute Plea for Impeachment Witness Vote

January 31, 2020 Zachery Schmidt

Ohio’s Senator Sherrod Brown along with other top Democratic Senators held a press conference Friday about the upcoming impeachment witness vote.

McConnell Rejects Schumer’s Bid for More Testimony at Trump Impeachment Trial

December 18, 2019December 17, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s bid to have key aides to President Donald Trump testify at a Trump impeachment trial in January.

Four Keys to Understanding a Trump Impeachment Trial in the Senate

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

The focus of impeachment is now on the Democrat-controlled House and President Donald Trump, but the Republican-controlled Senate and Chief Justice John Roberts almost certainly will clear space on their calendar soon.

Commentary: Kamikaze Schumer Wants to Repeal Private Health Insurance

October 30, 2019October 29, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

While the Democrats continue their impeachment pantomime war dance in the mirror-clad corner in order to keep up their spirits, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is ginning up a much more fateful danse macabre on health care. He has promised to force a vote this week on various Trump Administration directives that have injected flexibility into Obamacare. As The Hill reports, “Senate Democrats plan to force vulnerable Republicans to vote on legislation that would overturn a controversial Trump administration directive on ObamaCare.”

Schumer Tells Trump to Spend Border Wall Funds Fighting Domestic Terrorism

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told President Donald Trump in a written letter Wednesday to spend his requested $5 billion for a border wall on efforts to combat domestic terrorism.

Chuck Schumer Calls for CBP Chief to Resign Before He’s Even Started the Job

July 6, 2019July 5, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Jason Hopkins Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on “Acting CBP Commissioner Morgan” to be fired from his position, but Mark Morgan is not yet leading the agency. “Schumer Calls For Acting CBP Commissioner Morgan And Other Top Leadership At Agency To Be Fired And For New, Untainted…

Commentary: Democrats Have a Three-Part Plan for the Politics of Impeachment

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by CHQ Staff Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is facing a growing insurrection from the Far Left of her Democratic Conference who are demanding the immediate impeachment of President Donald Trump. The New Yorker’s John Cassidy reports that at a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus, Pelosi held…

Pelosi, Schumer Say They’ve Reached Deal with Trump on $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Henry Rodgers House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say they have reached a deal with President Donald Trump in regards to a $2 trillion infrastructure bill after meeting with Trump Tuesday. While departing the West Wing after their meeting with the president, Pelosi and…

McConnell Blocks Unanimous House Resolution to Release Mueller Report

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Whitney Tipton U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a resolution Monday calling for the public release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The Kentucky Republican claimed the Department of Justice needs more time to determine which parts can be released publicly, The Hill reported. The measure, which…

GOP and Democrats Clash Over The Green New Deal On Senate Floor

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Michael Bastasch A rhetorical brawl over climate change broke out on the Senate floor as Democrats chided Republicans for criticizing the Green New Deal without proposing an alternative plan. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other GOP Senate colleagues took to the chamber’s floor to criticize the Green…

GOP Pushes Innovation, Natural Gas As Counter-Offers to Green New Deal

February 16, 2019February 15, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Michael Bastasch Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy says he has an answer to Democrats’ Green New Deal resolution that will grow the economy and cut greenhouse gas emissions — natural gas. Cassidy put forward a white paper Thursday making the case that private sector-led investments in natural gas…

McConnell: President Donald Trump Will Sign Funding Bill, Announce National Emergency for Border Wall

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Zachery Schmidt

President Donald Trump is set to declare a national emergency Thursday evening to deal with the southern border crisis, a move that will come as he signs the bi-partisans border security legislation passed by the Senate earlier in the day and expected to be passed later in the day by…

Schumer Aide Sexual Misconduct Revealed During Late-Friday News Cycle

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Chuck Ross A top aide to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was reportedly quietly forced to resign in November 2018 over improper sexual relationships with junior staffers that made some of his colleagues uncomfortable. Matt House announced in November 2018 he was leaving Schumer’s office, where he had…

Commentary: The Democrats’ Behavior During the Shutdown Reveals Their Cold Indifference to Real Victims of Illegal Immigration

January 19, 2019January 18, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

By Madison Gesiotto The ongoing government shutdown over the border crisis has made one thing exceedingly clear: the Democrats are cold and indifferent to the victims of violent illegal aliens. On Tuesday afternoon a group of Angel Moms — the mothers of Americans slain by illegal aliens — went…

Commentary: Democratic Leaders Backed in a Corner, Held Hostage by Crazed Kooks

January 16, 2019January 15, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Jeffrey A. Rendall Late last week Democrats and the liberal establishment media trumpeted the fact the government shutdown had reached a milestone — at three weeks in duration, it was the longest involuntary bureaucratic work stoppage in the nation’s history. As would be expected, leaders of both parties…

Government Shutdown Soon to Cost More Than Trump’s Border Wall

January 16, 2019January 15, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Hanna Bogorowski The U.S. economy lost $3.6 billion by Jan. 11, according to an S&P Global Ratings report, which suggests that by the end of the next two weeks, the economy will have lost more than the price of President Donald Trump’s requested border wall. Having lost just…

Democratic Responses to Trump’s Speech Highlight a Divided Party

January 10, 2019January 9, 2019 Ohio Star Staff

by Joe Simonson While the media has focused on the official Democratic Party response to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office remarks given by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, two other prominent lawmakers on the left shared their thoughts in what further emphasized a party…

Trump Asks Dems ‘How Much More American Blood’ They’re Willing to Shed in Oval Office Address

January 9, 2019January 8, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

In a highly anticipated prime-time event, President Donald Trump delivered his first Oval Office address Tuesday night to discuss the continued battle over funding for his border wall. “This is just common sense. The border wall would very quickly pay for itself. The cost of illegal drugs exceeds $500 billion…

GatewayPundit’s Jim Hoft Teams Up with Missouri’s St. Louis Tea Party to Announce a Rally for Trump’s Border Wall

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

The St. Louis Tea Party is organizing a rally for Saturday in support of President Donald Trump as he continues to fight for the border wall. According to a press release, the rally was organized by the St. Louis Tea Party and the Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft. “Our president needs…

Commentary: Sweet Shutdown, Roll On

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Ohio Star Staff

by Michael Walsh It never seems to occur to the Democrats, currently bellyaching about the largely phantom “government shutdown,” that the last people Donald Trump cares about offending are the army of Democrat-voting bureaucrats who will be the only folks inconvenienced by Senator Charles Schumer’s latest temper tantrum. As…

Senators Give Up On Effort to Rename Senate Office Building in Honor of John McCain

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Ohio Star Staff

by Molly Prince The effort to rename a Senate office building after the late Republican Sen. John McCain has seemingly gone to the wayside as months pass without any further action. Following McCain’s death in August, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged to introduce a resolution that would change…

Commentary: Democrats’ Disgusting Hypocrisy on the Wall and Border Security

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Ohio Star Staff

After meeting with President Trump to try to resolve the details of the final spending bill of the 115th Congress, soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of California stated, “Democrats will stand fast against the immoral, ineffective border wall.” Likewise, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York…

Commentary: Trump Picks the Right Fight With Pelosi and Schumer

December 13, 2018December 12, 2018 Ohio Star Staff

by George Rasley Yesterday, President Trump surprised White House reporters by calling them into the Oval Office conversation with Democrats that was originally designated as closed to the press. During the debate, both House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer protested that it was taking…

Bredesen Claims He Is More ‘Sophisticated’ Than Rural Americans

August 15, 2018August 14, 2018 Jason M. Reynolds

U.S. Sen. candidate Phil Bredesen released a campaign ad on Tuesday that was filmed outside his grandmother’s American flag-clad house touting his humble roots growing up among “secretaries, nurses, factory workers, and small business owners.” He pledged to stop educated Washington elites from telling Tennesseans how to live. Last week,…

Tennessee GOP Increases Heat on Bredesen Over His Party’s Stand Against ICE

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 John Bryant

Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen has finally broken his silence on where he stands as regards the loud and growing calls from his Democrat colleagues to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); however, his response was thin at best and did little to stop the attacks on him…

Phil ‘Duck and Cover’ Bredesen Playing Games with Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee?

July 11, 2018July 10, 2018 John Bryant

Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Phil Bredesen

The Tennessee Republican Party is calling Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen to task for his lack of candor in dealing with President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Along with asking if Democrat Chuck Schumer’s “Tennessee recruit” Phil Bredesen will oppose President Trump’s latest Supreme Court…

Far Left Democrats Launch Bigoted Religious Attacks on SCOTUS Candidate Amy Coney Barrett for Her Catholic Faith

July 5, 2018July 4, 2018 John Bryant

Our fellow Tennessean, David French, points out at National Review that progressives and far left Democrats are deploying “Religious Ignorance and Bigotry” to attack potential Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, a graduate of Tennessee’s Rhodes College, for her Catholic faith. “If you ever need much evidence that the growing “God gap”…

Schumer Targets SCOTUS Contender Amy Coney Barrett on Abortion and Obamacare: Does Bredesen Agree?

July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 John Bryant

Amy Coney Barrett, Chuck Schumer, Phil Bredesen

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took to Twitter on Monday to attack federal judge Amy Coney Barrett, a potential Trump pick for the Supreme Court. Barrett has ties to Tennessee. She was born in Louisiana, and lives in Indiana, but spent four college years in Tennessee, graduating from Rhodes…

Blackburn Likens Bredesen to Obama, Suggests He’ll ‘Vote With Crying Chuck Schumer’ in Washington

June 15, 2018June 14, 2018 John Bryant

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) is starting to take the gloves off in her attacks on liberal Democrat opponent Phil Bredesen, comparing him to Obama as far as policy, and suggesting he’d “vote with crying Chuck Schumer” in opposition to President Trump if he gets to Washington as a US Senator…

Tennessee GOP Slams ‘Two Faced’ Phil Bredesen for Taking Big Bucks From Chuck Schumer

June 12, 2018June 11, 2018 John Bryant

The Tennessee Republican Party has already smacked Democrat Phil Bredesen for being “personally courted” to run for the US Senate by New York Democrat Chuck Schumer, now they’re going after Bredesen, with the help of the Washington Post, by pointing out that Schumer is “backing up the money truck to…

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