Tag: elections and campaigns
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January 6 panelist Raskin points to Electoral College reform as next priority to safeguard democracy
CNN — Rep. Jamie Ruskin, a member of the House of Representatives’ January 6 election committee, said reforming the Electoral College to ensure that the presidential winner reflects the results of the popular vote is an important part of protecting democracy. I said it would be the next step. “Twice in our history alone this…
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Congress passes first legislative response to January 6 Capitol attack
CNN — Congress has passed measures aimed at making it more difficult to overturn sanctioned presidential elections. This is a key moment that marks the first legislative response to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the relentless pressure campaign of then-President Donald Trump. power despite his 2020 loss. The bill to…
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‘He knows he lost’: Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Trump acknowledged he lost 2020 election
Washington CNN — Shortly after Joe Biden was elected in the 2020 election, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told his aide Cassidy Hutchinson that President Donald Trump knew he had lost, but the results from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots. A transcript of an interview with the committee that…