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State political news from Hispolitica: Florida, Texas, Arizona, Georgia and South Carolina, covering governors, legislatures and elections.
First Lady Melania Trump was honored by Palm Beach Atlantic University’s with the Women of Distinction award at a luncheon Wednesday afternoon. For the past 28 years, PBAU, a private Christian university in West Palm Beach, Florida, always honors two woman as honorees who have made significant contributions to the community each year at an […]
Sen. Martha McSally in a new ad released Tuesday tied her Democratic challenger Mark Kelly to Democratic Socialist presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as "too liberal for Arizona." "First Mark Kelly said he would have voted to overturn the election and remove Trump from office, now Kelly says he would support Bernie Sanders,” the […]
Shortly before Thursday round of questions in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, one of the House trial managers, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D) told reporters that it appeared to her that the president’s team did not appear to be defending him rather, adding that she also believed that there could “still be a possibility to get John...
Former Congressman Pete Sessions (R), who lost his Dallas-area congressional seat to Rep. Collin Allred (D) in 2018, has moved back home to the Waco area and is running to replace retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Flores in Texas’ 17th congressional district.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted a reporter for playing a “nasty Washington game” after suggesting the Senator’s children should be in prison while posing a question about Hunter Biden. The heated exchanged occurred Monday evening during the dinner break in the Senate impeachment trial. Cruz talking to reporters said the Senate heard “two hours of […]
“One vote can determine whether America lives up to the virtues of its founders."
Rep. Doug Collins(R-GA) is expected to announce in the next few days that he is running for Senate against Sen. Kelly Loeffler, setting up a fierce Republican showdown. The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee had sought the Senate seat vacated in the wake of the retirement of Sen. Johnny Isakson, who stepped down […]
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) tweeted out Wednesday a link to fundraise for her reelection campaign in response to comment from a local GOP official who said her son had been killed in a "drug deal gone bad."
“Rather than address problem, CNN top brass ‘released the hounds’ on McSally.”
Democratic candidate Mark Kelly is leading Republican Sen. Martha McSally among Arizona voters, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by a left-leaning Public Policy Polling shows Kelly, who is married to former Arizona Democrat Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and a U.S. Navy captain has a 4 point lead over the Arizona incumbent. According to […]
Senator Ted Cruz(R-TX) slammed the marathon proceedings on the Senate floor Tuesday night, condemning Democrats for being “redundant” and “table banging” because they don’t have facts. If you have the facts, you bang the facts. If you have the law, you bang the law. If you don't have either, you bang the table. Today, we've […]
"It’s unforgivable that resources have been kept in a warehouse.”
The December shooting carried out by a Saudi aviation student at Naval Air Station Pensacola that killed three American service members was an “act of terrorism,” Attorney General William Barr said Monday.
First Lady Melania Trump has been named Palm Beach Atlantic University's 2020 “Woman of Distinction.” “Our first lady, is an exquisite human being, a magnificent wife and life partner, a superb mother and an outstanding first lady, who represents us brilliantly in the United States and worldwide,” said co-chairwoman Eileen Burns. “Melania is a perfect […]
"We’re ready to go full speed ahead in 2020.”
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a resolution aimed at restricting the President's ability to use military action against Iran without congressional approval. The measure passed by a nearly party-line vote of 224-194, but there were a few defectors from both sides of the aisle. Three Republicans voted in favor of the […]
Iran has retaliated against the U.S. for killing it’s Quds Force terrorist leader Qassim Soleimani by launching dozens of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq.
Just as Iran’s new leader of their it Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami, declared that his regime has plans for 13 attacks against U.S. interests in retaliation for Soleimani’s targeted killing last week, the U.S. Air Force held a massive show of force during a planned exercise in Utah.
“The testimony & evidence considered in a Senate impeachment trial should be the same testimony & evidence the House relied upon when they passed the Articles of Impeachment.”
“A trigger happy armchair strongman, lacking congressional authority, has recklessly brought our nation closer to war.”
Moments after the Pentagon confirmed that President Donald Trump ordered the targeted killing of Iranian terrorist and Republican Guard Corps Quds Force General, Qassim Soleimani, congressional Democrats and 2020 presidential candidates began to express their disapproval of killing an individual that has directly killed American military personnel as Israelis, not to mention other U.S. allies.
Miami – During his Evangelicals for Trump kick-off event Friday, President Donald Trump said that he didn’t know where some members of Congress came from because of their support for the anti-Israel, BDS movement.
Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath (D) defeated incumbent Rep. Karen Handel in 2018 by 1%, so it was expected that Handel would challenge McBath in the 2020 presidential election, especially after it was exposed that McBath’s primary resident is in Tennessee, not Georgia. Rep. McBath is vulnerable. Very vulnerable. The appeal that she had during 2018, running on a gun violenc...
Hating on Scalia is disturbing. Regardless of what side of the political aisle you find yourself, respect should always be given to all elected officials and confirmed jurists, regardless of how they voted or ruled.
As the year comes to a close, lawmakers and citizens are preparing to usher in a new decade that will bring forth a promising start and a contentious election season that will dictate the path that America will take.
Shortly after Sen. Marco Rubio (R) held Iran directly responsible conducting the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, where dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and supporters stormed the compound, President Donald Trump echoed the senator from Florida, saying that the Iranian regime would be held “fully responsible.”
“Children are having to watch their mothers get raped & fathers beaten nearly to death.”
Speaking at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida, Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw (D) didn't give a Ra Ra speech to the masses, rather he outlined the stark differences between Republicans and Democrats.
“Not only is this common sense, it’s moving through Congress with bipartisan support.”
“He’s Mitch McConnell’s right-hand man and for far too long, he’s let party bosses and corporate lobbyists control his Senate seat at the expense of the people he claims to represent.”
In the midst of the Democratic effort to overturn an election result--also known as impeachment hearings--you could be forgiven for missing an important Trump administration victory in Africa. It shows how the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy can pay dividends and improve human rights around the world. Last week, Cameroon’s parliament introduced a bill […]
“Biden knows the names of foreign leaders because their names are on the deposit slips his son is filling out at the bank.”
“We’re not talking about a foreign leader. We’re talking about our president.”
Under the Trump administration, a large focus this year has been on the measures that should be taken in order to ensure that Venezuela is freed from the Maduro regime and turned into a democratic country.
The State of Florida has taken a big hit in the ongoing water war it is currently waging against its neighbors to the north, Georgia.






