Author: Sydney Robinson

Through the growing scandal surrounding President Trump, the Russia investigation, and fired FBI Director James Comey, Republicans have remained mostly silent. Seeming to be hoping for a miracle distraction to silence the growing tremor, the silence from these elected officials has become all but deafening. Cutting through the silence, though, is one Republican Congressman who proclaimed on Wednesday that if the newly revealed Comey memo is proven true, he would support the impeachment of Donald Trump. Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan spoke out on Wednesday. Amash was asked by reporters from The Hill whether or not he would support impeachment if...

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates may be riding the wave of her newfound notoriety all the way into elected office. According to sources in Yates’ home state of Georgia, while the former appointed official claims she is not at all interested in running for Governor of the state, some say that she may consider a 2020 Senate race. Yates told the New Yorker in an interview that she is completely against becoming Governor of her home state. “I am totally ruling out the governor’s race. I am not running for governor.” But that doesn’t mean she’s done with...

In response to the breaking news story that Trump gave sensitive, highly classified intelligence to the Russians during their visit to the capitol last week, many Republicans have issued stern words against the presidents actions yet seem completely unwilling to do anything in response. Echoing the same slactivism which led to a Trump presidency in the first place, Republicans who talk a semi-large game but still back the President when push comes to shove help to ensure that nothing will come of this news, nor any other news from the Trump administration. Like clockwork, the sternly worded condemnations were...