Police Chief Pushes Back After Super PAC Uses His Picture In Dem Campaign Ad

'I don’t want to be involved with the politics either way'

Bias Alert: Seattle Times Says This Republican Candidate Can’t Use Its Headlines in an Ad

A Washington State newspaper is making an unusual demand of a Republican Senate candidate, which the campaign says is a political ploy. 

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These Pacific Northwest Democrats Say They’re Moderates. Their Records Show Otherwise.

Pacific Northwest Democrats in tight House races are pledging to buck the Biden administration in a bid to seem moderate. Their records could undermine their efforts.

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These House Dems Are a Rubber Stamp for Biden’s Agenda. They’re Trying To Distance Themselves From the President Anyway.

Many swing-district House Democrats are distancing themselves from Joe Biden as they face difficult reelection bids. The task won't be easy—those same Democrats have voted with the president 100 percent of the time.

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House Democrat declares it is 'un-American' to blame Biden for gas crisis: 'This is Putin's fault'



Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier claimed Monday that bucking the Biden administration's narrative on the intensifying gas price crisis is "un-American."

What is the narrative?

The Biden administration launched a full-court press last week blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for soaring gas prices and out-of-control inflation.

The problem, of course, is that inflation rates were already at historic highs and gas prices were already sky-high before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February.

What did Schrier say?

During an interview with journalist Brandi Kruse, the Washington Democrat regurgitated the Biden administration's talking points and charged that dissenters are "un-American."

"I believe a couple things: Right now, in the last two weeks, this is Putin. You should be blaming Putin if anybody for this," Schrier said. "To not blame Putin, first of all, is denying reality, and second, frankly, I think is un-American."

"So, this is Putin's fault," she declared.

Strangely, Schrier then immediately blamed the COVID-19 pandemic and supply problems — just as the Biden administration did before Putin invaded Ukraine.

"Before this because people were already suffering at the gas pump before this, right? We saw an increase of over $1/gallon over the past year and a half or so, that can be blamed realistically on— during the pandemic, when people were not going to work and driving was down, gas prices were down," she claimed. "As demand increased and rigs had not yet been turned on, there was a supply-demand issue like with everything else in this country, and that was to blame."

U.S. @RepKimSchrier (D-WA) says it is "frankly un-American" to blame record gas prices on anyone but Putin: https://www.patreon.com/posts/un-divided-17-63766225\u00a0\u2026 #unDividedpic.twitter.com/RnG6FrL2k6
— Brandi Kruse (@Brandi Kruse) 1647284354

While Biden has abdicated any responsibility for the problem with gas prices and vulnerable Democratic lawmakers have indicated they will happily repeat Biden talking points, Biden recently bragged about dropping gas prices.

"I was able to bring it down 12 cents a gallon and will come down more, I believe," Biden said in December 2021.

The national average gas price as of Tuesday afternoon is $4.31 per gallon, according to AAA. That figure is down four cents from Monday, but still up since last week.

Washington Dem Breaks Campaign Promise, Takes Cash From Pelosi

As a candidate, Kim Schrier pledged not to take campaign cash from Nancy Pelosi and stressed the need for "new, energized" leadership. In her three short years as a congresswoman, however, the Washington Democrat has taken nearly $30,000 from Pelosi and voted twice to make her speaker.

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Swing-District Dem Says Party’s Stimulus Spending Drove Inflation

As consumer prices in the United States jumped to record levels—and as congressional Democrats planned a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure proposal—Rep. Kim Schrier (D., Wash.) said her party's costly stimulus spending drove inflation.

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