Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, joins me on The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss illegal immigration, sanctuary cities, and some possible fixes to the U.S. immigration system. We also cover these stories: In a Monday tweet, President Donald Trump urges Americans to put coronavirus in perspective. Monday turns out to be another bad day for the […]
This is incredible! Back on Friday, February 28, 2020, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is repeatedly asked by Rep Ted Lieu (D-CA) if the Coronavirus is a hoax and Secretary Pompeo refuses to answer Yes or No. Watch this: From The Hill: In one of the more heated moments, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) confronted Pompeo, asking him […]
The Conservative Political Action Conference is the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservative activists, attracting thousands of people to the event, which takes place just outside of Washington, D.C., every year. Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, which hosts CPAC, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about the impact of this year’s […]
The divide between the values of the Democratic and Republican parties continues to widen, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday during an annual gathering of conservative activists outside Washington. “All of us grew up thinking that the Republicans are the party of the rich and the Democrats were the party of the working class,” Cruz […]
Senator Rand Paul (Credit: Benjamin Myers) For the second year in a row, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) won the straw poll of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Paul secured 31 percent of the vote. “The fight for liberty continues, and we must continue to stand up and say: We’re free and no one, […]
Posted by Erick Erickson Many, many reporters have asked me who the leader of the conservative movement is right now or who the leader of the tea party movement is. They rarely report the answer, though they should be paying attention to it. In the CPAC straw poll, one name dominated the pack. With the […]
Posted by Erick Erickson “Conservatism is on the ascendency. But it will ascend within the GOP, not via a third party.” Now that I’ve had twelve hours of sleep after four days of three hour nights, I can settle in and focus on the CPAC that was and was not. There was no dominant theme […]
