Day: February 1, 2022
It’s Trump OR the Constitution
“This is an admission, and a massively un-American statement. It is time for every Republican leader to pick a side… Trump or the Constitution, there is no middle on defending our nation anymore.”
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), on Twitter, about Donald Trump’s first public admission that he sought to “overturn” the 2020 election.
70% of Americans Ready to ‘Move On’ from COVID
70%
A new Monmouth poll finds 70% of Americans agree with the sentiment that “it’s time we accept that Covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives” – including 78% of those who report having gotten Covid and 65% of those who say they have not been infected. The main difference in the sense that it is time to move on is due to partisanship – ranging from 89% of Republicans and 71% of independents to 47% of Democrats.
Cruz Waiting on Trump for Prez Bid
“The race in ’24 will very much hinge on whatever President Trump decides to do. President Trump is going to make his decision whether or not he runs, or nobody else is going to make that decision for him. And I expect that everyone else will react accordingly when he does make that decision.”
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who “has never really danced around his ambition — including now that his party is in a holding pattern waiting to see whether former President Donald Trump runs again,” NBC News reports.
4.3 Million Quit or Changed Jobs in December
4.3 million
“Some 4.3 million people quit or changed jobs in December — down from last month’s all-time high but still near record levels, as the labor market remained unsettled and the omicron variant swept through the United States,” the Washington Post reports.
QAnon Star’s Congressional Campaign Floundering
$30,588.22
— Amount QAnon darling Ron Watkins has raised for his run for Congress in Arizona. Watkins filed his first campaign finance report just before the deadline passed at midnight on Monday, revealing that in the three months to the end of December, he raised just $30,588.22 in small donations from supporters.
Rousing the Rabble
Donald Trump should be under indictment,
While his followers languish in benightment.
But Donald’s old tricks
Still play well with the hicks,
So he’s still turning excitement into incitement.
