Headline Roundup • August 7th, 2022
News Outlets Highlight GOP Divide Ahead of Midterm Elections
2022 Elections,Bipartisanship,Donald Trump,GOP,Joe Biden,Lindsey Graham,Liz Cheney,Mitt Romney,Republican Party,Elections
Summary from the AllSides News Team
As Republicans brace for November's midterm elections, reports across the spectrum have highlighted divisions between the pro-Trump and anti-Trump wings of the political party.
Earlier this year, the Republican National Committee voted to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for participating in the bipartisan Jan. 6 congressional investigation on the Capitol riot. One report from Politico (Lean Left bias) highlighted how some GOP senators argued that embodying an "overly anti-Trump" attitude wouldn't be a "political winner" heading into the midterms, while other voices such as Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) spoke out against the censure.
Graham on Sunday said President Joe Biden "deserves credit" for his bipartisan accomplishments, while Romney has been advocating for the idea that Republicans have a "heightened obligation" to expand federal benefits for families in wake of Roe v Wade being overturned. In a more direct aggression, Cheney recently labeled the Republican Party as "very sick" and said that they might not recover from "very dangerous" political figures such as former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Dan Schnur (Center bias) argued that Cheney and Kinzinger's work on the Jan. 6 committee has laid the "groundwork for a seminal battle between the two wings of the GOP that could establish the party's fundamental identity for years to come." Some left-rated voices labeled Cheney's actions as "miracle" work and a "huge moment" to shift public opinion, while right-rated voices were more likely to criticize moderate Republicans who won't support a "coherent" GOP agenda and "defend their stance" on contested issues like abortion.
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said she believes the Republican Party is "very sick" and may not be able to recover in the near future, The New York Times reported.
The big picture: Cheney, who serves as the vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee, has long questioned the party's attachment to former President Donald Trump.
- However, Cheney is now bracing for possible defeat in her state's Republican primary on Aug. 16 at the hands of a Trump-backed challenger. Her opponent Harriet Hageman is currently 22 points ahead of the congresswoman in the ...
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As the country processed the fall of Roe v. Wade, a few dozen GOP congressional staffers crammed into the second floor of the Monocle, a steak and seafood restaurant a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Over a buffet lunch, they listened to Samuel Hammond, an outside adviser to Sen. Mitt Romney, argue that Republicans have a heightened obligation to expand financial support for families now that abortion rights are no longer guaranteed nationwide.
Hammond, a Canadian policy analyst who received government benefits when his father took a few years off...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham gave credit Sunday to President Biden for several bipartisan legislative accomplishments, such as on infrastructure, gun control and social media.
The praise from the South Carolina Republican came as Senate Democrats were advancing their tax and climate spending bill along party lines, a move that has infuriated Republicans amid the highest inflation rate in four decades.
“He’s signed things that made sense. The infrastructure bill, the gun thing, we’ve been working on this for years. We sort of found the sweet spot,” Mr. Graham said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”...
