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US onAir – 2/8/2022

US onAir – 2/8/2022

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2022 MIDTERMS… Women, candidates of color lead GOP charge
Politico, Ally MutnickFebruary 8, 2022

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and strategists from the top House Republican super PAC spent two elections trying to lure John James, an Army veteran and highly sought-after GOP recruit, to run for a Detroit-area congressional seat.

Last week, they finally landed him after pitching James, a two-time Senate candidate, with three rounds of promising polling and stressing how the House launched the careers of GOP stars like South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former Vice President Mike Pence. It was a years-in-the-making recruitment that put an exclamation point on a slate of Republican House candidates who could both flip the majority and change the composition of the GOP in the coming years.

House Republicans have laser-focused their recruitment efforts on candidates like James, a Black West Point graduate-turned-businessman, who can transform the makeup of a party pilloried for its overwhelming roster of white men. Every Republican who flipped a Democratic House district in 2020 was a woman or person of color, and party leaders want to replicate that success on a larger scale.

GOP DIVIDED… RNC censure language leads to GOP divide ahead of midterms
CNNFebruary 8, 2022 (06:33)
MCCONNELL… and McCarthy split over RNC censure resolution
CNN, Veronica StracqualursiFebruary 8, 2022

The top two Republican leaders in Congress were at odds Tuesday over the Republican National Committee’s recent resolution that formally censured GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, pressed by CNN’s Manu Raju on the RNC’s decision to refer to that day as “legitimate political discourse” in the resolution, said that what occurred on January 6, 2021, at the US Capitol was “a violent insurrection.”
He also said that the RNC should not be “singling out members of our party who may have different views from the majority,” adding that it’s “not the job of the RNC.”
PANDEMIC… US surgeon general testifies about pandemic’s impact on youth mental health
ABC NewsFebruary 8, 2022 (03:12)
WATCH LIVE: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing
Vox, February 8, 2022 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (ET)

https://www.vox.com/22916773/russia-ukraine-sanctions-putin

WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks on creating manufacturing jobs in America
CNN, February 8, 2022 – 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm (ET)

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