Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., on Thursday argued President Joe Biden is a “diminished” leader who doesn’t understand the problems Americans face and is taking the U.S. down a worrisome path. 

Delivering the GOP response to Biden’s State of the Union address from her kitchen table in Alabama, the freshman senator laid into the president for the border, crime, the economy, and his posture on the international stage. 

“President Biden just doesn’t get it. He’s out of touch. Under his administration, families are worse off, our communities are less safe, and our country is less secure,” she said. “The free world deserves better.” Read Full Story

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Sen. Rick Scott met with former President Donald Trump on Monday, amid rumors the Florida Republican might launch a bid to succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently announced he would step down from the post in November. 

“Great to see President Trump tonight! We’re going to continue working together to win big in 2024 and fix Washington,” Scott wrote on X. 

On Friday, Scott said in an interview he was “seriously considering a run” for the Senate GOP leader. Read Full Story

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A slew of congressional and state legislation aimed at preventing noncitizen voting at all levels is being pushed across the country due to the surging migrant crisis. 

Grassroots groups, including the Americans for Citizens Voting (ACV), have supported successful legislation in six states that specify voting should be done by citizens only, with bills possible this year in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Georgia. 

“In the last few cycles, these amendments have passed in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, North Dakota, Louisiana, Ohio by an average margin of victory of 76%,” said ACV’s Paul Jacob.

And on Capitol Hill, GOP congressional lawmakers have introduced seven pieces of legislation, recently passed out of the House Administration Committee, intended to prevent non-citizen voting or foreign interference in state and municipal elections.

Americans For Citizens Voting, a group launched in 2021 that advocates for states to pass “only citizen” state constitutional amendments, says the violence from criminal migrants has sped up the process of passing “Citizens Only Voting” (COV) amendments.

The U.S. Constitution requires Americans to be citizens to vote in a federal election, but if a state’s constitution does not specifically declare that only citizens can vote, the potential of noncitizens legally voting in state and municipal elections exists. Read Full Story

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