"Today, kids have been held hostage to radical-left fever dreams," DeVos said. Related: ‘Age-appropriate’ school library bill heads to Tennessee governor’s deskįormer Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos praised school choice, calling students "hostages" to the public education system. Multiple speakers decried public schools and education trends, an ongoing, hot-topic issue that has raged in school board meetings and state legislatures since last year. Fight for control in the midtermsĬonference speakers this week repeatedly referred to upcoming midterm elections as a "battle," invoking biblical and military language to rally supporters for an aggressive push to take back the upper chamber and effectively hobble Democratic President Joe Biden for the remainder of his term. Related: Capitol riot arrests: See who's been charged across the U.S. The rioters face charges ranging from seditious conspiracy to assaulting law enforcement. Trump said if he sought a second term in 2024, he would "very seriously" consider giving pardons to the hundreds of people arrested in the wake of the Jan. "We have to fight some very sick and very evil people,” Trump said, describing the bipartisan House committee as having a “menacing spirit” and being “con artists" putting on a "theatrical production." He had a chance to be, frankly, historic, but just like Bill Barr and the rest of these weak people, Mike did not have the courage to act.”īut Trump appeared to be paying attention, spending more than a half hour of his speech disparaging the committee and current Republican leadership. “I never called Mike Pence a wimp,” Trump said. A former Trump assistant testified Trump called Pence a “wimp” in a heated Jan. 6 attack.įormer Trump aides and staff testified on Thursday of Trump’s efforts to pressure Pence to illegally reject the 2020 election results. In a keynote speech at a conservative Christian political conference in Nashville, Trump delivered a lengthy speech against what he calls a “ludicrous narrative” and “witch hunt” as a House committee continues its investigation into Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021 as the country’s second-in-command sheltered from a violent mob attacking the U.S. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee also spoke.įormer President Donald Trump on Friday criticized former Vice President Mike Pence as lacking “courage” for refusing to carry out a plan to overturn the 2020 election results, echoing a tweet Trump sent on Jan. Trump was a keynote speaker at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" conference.
6 committee continues its work, former President Donald Trump came to Nashville. The GOP is slated to increase its margins in both chambers of Congress after the November elections, as the party in control of the White House has historically performed poorly in midterms.
“Together, we will take back the House, we will take the Senate, and we will take back our country.”ĭespite losing reelection in 2020, Trump continues to have outsized influence among conservatives, and his endorsements of candidates have carried significant clout in the Republican Party. “I ask you to get ready to work, get ready to fight, get ready to win - and win like never before,” Trump said to a crowd of thousands at the Austin Convention Center. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.įormer President Donald Trump criticized Democrats for a litany of issues, including inflation and immigration, during an Austin rally Saturday where he urged conservative supporters to help the Republican Party take control of Congress in November’s midterm elections.
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