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The Hill
10-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Pence: Trump hasn't changed Republican Party
Former Vice President Pence said on Thursday that he doesn't think President Trump has completely changed the Republican Party, shrugging off populist sentiment in the GOP as 'a minority voice.' 'I think President Trump, as presidents should, has changed aspects of the agenda of the Republican Party, but I don't think he's changed the Republican Party,' Pence said on 'CNN News Central.' Pence said his sense is that Republican voters are still connected by their commitment to conservative principles. 'I've been traveling around this country over the last four years, speaking with everyday Americans, on everything from book tours to my own campaign for president,' Pence said. 'And what I've heard again and again is the deep commitment that Republican voters have to a strong national defense, American leadership in the world, fiscal responsibility, pro-growth policies, the right to life and traditional values.' Pence dismissed concerns about the populist sentiment in the GOP. 'There is a populist move within the party that says we should marginalize the right to life, that we should embrace big government programs, that we should pull back from our commitments in the world,' the former vice president said. 'But I think that's a minority voice.' Pence — who was shunned by much of Trump's base for saying he lacked the authority to overturn the 2020 election — pointed to the passage of Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' as evidence that the party has not moved too far away from traditional conservative values. He praised the bill for extending the 2017 tax cuts, first passed when Pence was in the White House, and for cutting off federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Pence has criticized Trump at times since their White House days, but on Thursday said he is 'very encouraged overall with the president's leadership and his team at the Pentagon.'
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
House Democrat: Senate ‘took an ugly bill and they made it even uglier'
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said Wednesday that Republican senators who advanced the latest iteration of President Trump's domestic policy plan made it worse than the version he voted against when it passed the House in May. 'I think the Senate accomplished a near impossible task: They took an ugly bill, and they made it even uglier,' Doggett told CNN 'News Central' anchor John Berman. 'We're going to do all we can to influence and to expose the dangers of this bill and to call out Republican colleagues on this.' The GOP-controlled Senate passed the bill with a tiebreaking vote from Vice President Vance on Tuesday after a marathon debate over the proposal, which would extend the tax breaks from Trump's first term as president and cut spending on social safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps. The House returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to address differences between the versions ahead of a self-imposed Friday deadline for final passage. Doggett acknowledged that some of the changes, including the Senate's addition of Trump's campaign promise to eliminate taxes on tipped earnings, may be popular with Americans but said they don't make up for more drastic measures in the proposal or its increase to the federal debt. 'These little flourishes that were added, like no tax on tips, are issues that are designed to cover the horrible job that they're doing,' he said. 'There is a way to address these concerns, not see Americans lose their health care, not engage in this fiscal irresponsibility that has been condemned by so many observers.' Trump again pushed back Wednesday on arguments that the bill would exacerbate the federal debt, arguing that it will promote job growth that will help Americans adjust to other measures. 'THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL DEAL IS ALL ABOUT GROWTH. IF PASSED, AMERICA WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE,' Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. 'IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING, JUST IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL BILL. DEFICIT CUT IN HALF, RECORD INVESTMENT — CASH, FACTORIES, JOBS POURING INTO THE USA. MAGA!!!' Doggett, responding to that post from the president on CNN, rejected Trump's claim. 'Of course, there had been some people that have talked about growth, and they've said we'll get practically none,' he said. Democrats are hoping for more Republican defectors, like Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), whom Trump bashed for opposing the legislation. The president had voiced support for challengers to Tillis in the senator's reelection bid next fall, but Tillis announced Sunday that he would not seek a third Senate term. '[Tillis] was courageous enough to put his own job on the line in order to speak out against the injustice of this bill,' Doggett said. 'I think that the first people in the country who were intimidated by Donald Trump were not immigrants or poor people; they were my Republican colleagues.' 'They are fearful … but we have to appeal to their better side and hope that they will do the right thing here,' he added. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
02-07-2025
- Business
- The Hill
House Democrat: Senate ‘took an ugly bill and they made it even uglier'
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said Wednesday that Republican senators who advanced the latest iteration of President Trump's domestic policy plan made it worse than the version he voted against when it passed the House in May. 'I think the Senate accomplished a near impossible task: They took an ugly bill, and they made it even uglier,' Doggett told CNN 'News Central' anchor John Berman. 'We're going to do all we can to influence and to expose the dangers of this bill and to call out Republican colleagues on this.' The GOP-controlled Senate passed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Vance on Tuesday after a marathon debate over the proposal, which would extend the tax breaks from Trump's first term as president and cut spending on social safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps. The House returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to address differences between the versions ahead of a self-imposed Friday deadline for final passage. Doggett acknowledged that some of the changes, including the Senate's addition of Trump's campaign promise to eliminate taxes on tipped earnings, may be popular with Americans but said they don't make up for more drastic measures in the proposal or its increase to the federal debt. 'These little flourishes that were added, like no tax on tips, are issues that are designed to cover the horrible job that they're doing,' he said. 'There is a way to address these concerns, not see Americans lose their health care, not engage in this fiscal irresponsibility that has been condemned by so many observers.' Trump again pushed back Wednesday on arguments that the bill would exacerbate the federal debt, arguing that it will promote job growth that will help Americans adjust to other measures. 'THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL DEAL IS ALL ABOUT GROWTH. IF PASSED, AMERICA WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE,' Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. 'IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING, JUST IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL BILL. DEFICIT CUT IN HALF, RECORD INVESTMENT — CASH, FACTORIES, JOBS POURING INTO THE USA. MAGA!!!' Doggett, responding to that post from the president on CNN, rejected Trump's claim. 'Of course, there had been some people that have talked about growth, and they've said we'll get practically none,' he said. Democrats are hoping for more Republican defectors, like Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), whom Trump bashed for opposing the legislation. The president had voiced support for challengers to Tillis in the senator's reelection bid next fall, but Tillis announced Sunday that he would not seek a third Senate term. '[Tillis] was courageous enough to put his own job on the line in order to speak out against the injustice of this bill,' Doggett said. 'I think that the first people in the country who were intimidated by Donald Trump were not immigrants or poor people; they were my Republican colleagues.' 'They are fearful … but we have to appeal to their better side and hope that they will do the right thing here,' he added.
The Hill
23-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Bolton on Trump ‘white genocide' claim: ‘It's just not true'
Former national security adviser John Bolton said President Trump's allegations of white genocide in South Africa were unfounded during a Friday appearance on CNN's 'CNN News Central.' Trump engaged in a heated back-and-forth on Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the claims. 'I don't profess to be an expert on South Africa, so I asked experts on the staff of the NSC [National Security Council], what's up with this killing of white farmers, displacement, seizure of their lands? And they came back and said, there's nothing. It's just not true,' Bolton said during his CNN appearance. 'South Africa has a high crime rate in urban areas and rural areas. It's a big problem, black and white. It's a big problem,' he added. The Trump administration has agreed to admit white South African farmers to the United States as refugees amid claims of genocide. During the Oval Office visit, Trump showed footage he falsely claimed was filmed in South Africa while those on tape shouted 'kill the farmer' and chanted about shooting Afrikaners. The clip grabbed from Reuters was actually captured in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, over a thousand miles away from South Africa. Bolton questioned who vetted the video prior to the president presenting it to Ramaphosa in front of cameras. 'The films the president showed, the articles that he handed President Ramaphosa, was any of that run by the American intelligence community or our experts in the State Department, the Defense Department and elsewhere? Did anybody vet that information?' Bolton asked on air. Despite proof that the video was not captured in South Africa, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on the video during Thursday's press briefing. 'It's unsubstantiated that that's the case,' NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor told Leavitt. 'No, it's true that the video showed image of crosses in South Africa about white farmers that have been killed and politically persecuted because of the color of their skin,' Leavitt responded. 'Those crosses are representing their lives, and the fact that they are now dead, and the government did nothing about it,' she continued. Bolton said the Trump administration's false claims will impact the country's global standing with other heads of state after a series of contentious meetings with world figures, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. 'It's a real blow to American credibility even leaving aside the theater in the Oval Office with Ramaphosa, with Zelensky, with Macron, with Carney. After a while, people would rather go sea shipping than meet with Donald Trump,' he told CNN.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Democratic congresswoman says federal charges in ICE facility scuffle are ‘absurd'
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver said Tuesday that the federal assault charges filed against her a day earlier related to a chaotic melee outside an Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility are 'absurd.' 'I think the charges are absurd. You know, it's ridiculous. I was there to do my job, along with my other colleagues. We have done this before. This is our obligation to do. It's in our job description to have oversight over facility, and the entire situation was escalated by ICE,' the New Jersey lawmaker said on CNN's 'News Central' in her first interview since being charged with assaulting federal law enforcement. Lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers earlier this month as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey, ICE facility, despite Congress' oversight authority of federal facilities. The incident started as officers attempted to arrest the Democratic mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, after he tried to join the lawmakers inside the facility. Prosecutors said Monday that they will drop the federal trespassing charge against Baraka, but acting US Attorney Alina Habba accused McIver of assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement. The Democratic congresswoman said she's still trying to get more information on next steps, but so far, it's 'business as usual.' 'So, we are still trying to get more information on what the next steps are. My attorneys are in contact with the federal courts in New Jersey, and North New Jersey, so we're just waiting on direction for now, it's business as usual. I'm going to do my job,' she said. CNN's Holmes Lybrand contributed to this report.
