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Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel urged the Party to push back against the mainstream medias narrative and to hold strong and move forward so President Trump can accomplish his agenda, during an interview Tuesday on The Laura Ingraham Show.

As the media-fueled Russia collusion probe drags on and as congressional Democrats continue to resist and obstruct Trump at every turn, the RNC chairwoman said the GOP must unite against the Democrats playbook. Noting the media threw a collective fit after Trumps Cabinet members praised him during their first meeting Tuesday, McDaniel said the presidents opposition will grasp at any straw available to undermine his administration.

[The media] also failed to mention that the presidents only able to hold his first cabinet meeting five months into his administration because Democrats obstructed every chance they got to put these cabinet members through, McDaniel said. So they went through the Democrat-Senator-obstruction gauntlet, and they got to hold their first cabinet meeting yesterday five months into his administration two months later than President Obama was able to hold his first cabinet meeting.

"So I think they were pretty thrilled to even just be there and have that first meeting," McDaniel said. "That's what the Democrats have done. They've obstructed every chance they can get. They are resisting, they are playing out the clock. That's their game plan, and they're not being called out by the mainstream media."

McDaniel also pointed to the joint Maryland-Washington, D.C., lawsuit filed in federal court against Trump Monday alleging that the president has violated theForeign Emoluments Clause through his family business's accepting commercial money from foreign governments.

"The Democrats have a game. You've seen this now with the D.C. lawsuit. They're going to throw every type of investigation out there that they can. They want to throw as much cloud on this administration," McDaniel said. "The Democrats they have their playbook. It's out there for all of us to see. Draw out the clock, throw as much doubt on this administration as possible. Resist. Obstruct. We have to push back. The RNC is in lockstep with the White House."

"We have to push back, and it's going to take leadership in the House and the Senate to do that," McDaniel added.

The RNC chairwoman also expressed her frustration at the toll the nearly yearlong Russia-election interference investigation has taken on Trump and his administration.

"I think we also need to ask for a quick resolution. I mean, this did start last July under [former FBI] Director Comey. And we do need to figure out whatever Russia did trying to interfere and how the Obama administration failed miserably to understand the threat that Russia was," McDaniel said. "Obviously the Obama administration didn't take Russia seriously. But July is when this investigation started. It should be done. When is the timetable going to be done? When are we going to start pushing back and saying enough is enough?"

"At what point, when you have no evidence, do you stop an investigation? If you have no evidence, it's time to move on. But we've got to be stronger. We've got to be push harder. And the RNC is doing it, and certainly there are great Republicans out there pushing back as well," added McDaniel.

The country desperately needs results in the ongoing Russia investigation, McDaniel said, and the administration needs this cloud looming over its head removed so it can function effectively and deliver on Trump's campaign promises.

"We need to get the American people an answer. And we need to once and for all say there was no collusion between the Trump administration and the Russians. Because not one person has said there was evidence of collusion," McDaniel said. "The Trump administration is complying 100 percent, but we need to get this done. There needs to be pressure to stop this and move on so that we can get to the business of helping the American people."

While discussing the upcoming June 20 special election for Georgia's 6th House district, the RNC chairwoman said it is "interesting" that the Democrats are portraying the race between Democrat Jon Ossoffand Republican Karen Handel as a judgment onTrump's presidency.

"It's interesting that they're saying this race is a reflection of what's happening nationally. Ossoff is not running away from President Trump. In fact, he's vowing to never raise taxes. He's running more like a moderate Republican. He's not going against the president," McDaniel said. "And so, I don't know how this can be a reflection of national attitudes when the candidate is not even repudiating the president."

"However, it is the highest amount of money coming out-of-state in a congressional district in history," McDaniel said. "And I think the people of Georgia need to really think do they want to elect a fifthcongressperson for California or do they want to elect somebody from Georgia? ...But make no mistake when he comes to Washington, he will be beholden to those donors who are giving him money from California and New York and he'll be beholden to [House Minority Leader Nancy] Pelosi and [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer."

Ultimately, McDaniel said one of the American people's most serious and pressing concerns is Obamacare and the need for health care reform. Although the House passed a repeal and replace effort, the bill has festered as the Senate continues to drag out the process.

"It's still repeal and replace Obamacare. That's what we are hearing the most" from our constituents, McDaniel said. "They look at Washington and they say, 'Why aren't we getting this done?' And I will say, 'We are only five months in.' This is a huge issue. I think the Senate recognizes we have to get this done."

If the Republicans hope to perform well in the 2018 midterms and combat unilateral Democratic obstruction, the RNC chairwoman said they must unite and pass legislation to put points on the board.

"We're going to have to have some accomplishments to run on in 2018. I think it will be the most expensive midterm in history. I will say the RNC is in great financial shape," McDaniel said. "We've got to hold strong and keep these majorities so President Trump can accomplish his agenda."

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In an effort to shave votes from the Republican Partys conservativesupport base, Florida gubernatorial candidate Chris King has self-identified as an evangelical, despite supporting Democratic policies that directly contradict traditional evangelical beliefs.

King, an elder ata Florida church, bills himself as a progressive evangelical. However, Kingtakes a typical Democratic stance on mostissues, supporting gun control, abortion, the legalization of marijuana, medical welfare, and bringing Syrian refugees to the U.S.,according toReligion News Service(RNS). In no issue, beyond stated Christian beliefs, do Kings policy stances actually align with those of evangelicals.

I am a progressive, King told the Orlando Sentinel. I am somebody who believes in the values of equality and justice and fairness and care for the neediest among us.

Rev. Jim Henry, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention,saidthat a Democratic candidate established as an evangelical could garner support from up to 30 percent of white evangelicals, especially those who are not ardent supporters of the GOP.

Founder of Sojourners Jim Wallis, who is also a self-proclaimed progressive evangelical, saidthat Kings claim as a man of faith is necessary for his campaigns victory. In close elections, being friendly to religion and religious people would change the outcomes, Wallis said. If you dont take the concerns of religious people seriously, you lose elections.

Democrats have earnestlysought ways to curry favor with evangelical voters ever since evangelical support for President Donald Trump helped him win the election. Some Democrats think that King may be the answer, but betweentraditional evangelicals skepticismof Kings party and his stance on abortion, and Kings own partys discomfort with evangelical ideology, that remains to be seen.

In fact, Kings bid to garnersupport from a conservative voter base may backfire. Aubrey Jewett, a political scientist at the University of Florida, saidthat the label of evangelical Democrat makes King contentious for both parties.

The Democratic Party is often perceived as anti-Christian, Jewett said. Some in the base of the Democratic Party are not anti-Christian, but are very uncomfortable with evangelical Christianity.

Im the case study of whether faith is a deal killer in the modern Democratic party, King said.

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Rep. Mike Quigley has introduced the "COVFEFE Act" to amend the Presidential Records Act so that President Trump's social media posts are preserved after he leaves the White House.

The bill name stands for Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement, or COVFEFE.

"In order to maintain public trust in government, elected officials must answer for what they do and say; this includes 140-character tweets," Quigley, D-Ill., said in a statement. "President Trump's frequent, unfiltered use of his personal Twitter account as a means of official communication is unprecedented. If the president is going to take to social media to make sudden public policy proclamations, we must ensure that these statements are documented and preserved for future reference. Tweets are powerful, and the president must be held accountable for every post."

Quigley's act clarifies that Trump's personal Twitter account should be archived in the same manner as the official @POTUS account. Quigley's legislation would also ensure that deleted tweets are kept.

It was from Trump's personal account that the president coined the term, "covfefe," an apparent misspelling of "coverage" in a tweet he used to complain about the press.

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich sparked a mini-meltdown in the media Monday with a tweet challenging the fairness of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Gingrich, who alsoappeared on The Laura Ingraham Show, pointed to the early hires special counsel Robert Mueller has made.

Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair, he tweeted. Look who he is hiring.check fec [sic] reports. Time to rethink.

He's not wrong about the donations. Four top lawyers hired by Mueller have contributed tens of thousands of dollars over the years to the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates, including former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump's 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton.

One of the hires, Jeannie Rhee, also worked as a lawyer for the Clinton Foundation and helped persuade a federal judge to block a conservative activist's attempts to force Bill and Hillary Clinton to answer questions under oath about operations of the family-run charity.

Campaign-finance reports show that Rhee gave Clinton the maximum contributions of $2,700 in 2015 and again last year to support her presidential campaign. She also donated $2,300 to Obama in 2008 and $2,500 in 2011. While still at the Justice Department, she gave $250 to the Democratic National Committee Services Corp.

Rhee also has contributed to a trio of Democratic senators: Mark Udall of New Mexico, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.

James Quarles, who worked on the Watergate investigation as a young prosecutor, has an even longer history of supporting Democratic politicians. He gave $1,300 to Obama in 2007 and $2,300 in 2008. He also gave $2,700 to Clinton last year.

He has supported a numberof other Democratic candidates, including Van Hollen, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), former Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.), former Vice President Al Gore, 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry, former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and Colorado congressional candidate Gail Schwartz.

In addition, Quarles gave money to former Sen. John Walsh (D-Mont.) and three current Democratic senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Robert Menendez of New Jersey. He chipped in $300 to the DNC Services Corp. $300 in 2012.

Quarles did donate toa couple of GOP politicians $250 to then-Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) in 2006 and $2,500 to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) in 2015.

Andrew Weissmann, a former Justice Department lawyer who now is at Jenner & Block, contributed $2,300 to Obama in 2008 and $2,000 to the DNC Services Corp. in 2006. Weissmann served as chief of the Justice Department's criminal fraud section and worked on the Enron fraud case.

A fourth lawyer on Mueller's staff, Michael Dreeben, donated $1,000 to Clinton 2006 and $250 to Obama in both 2007 and 2008. He was deputy solicitor general and has appeared many times before the Supreme Court.

Media pundits generally dismissed concerns over the Democratic Party ties of the staff Mueller is building. Several Trump critics noted that Gingrich previously had tweeted that Mueller was a "superb choice to be special counsel" and that his reputation was "impeccable for honesty and integrity."

Journalist Paul Vale, who has written for the Huffington Post and The Times of London, tweeted, "Boiled cabbage Gingrich lays out the White House plan to discredit career lawman Mueller all in the service of his babbling paymaster."

CNN anchor John King on Monday asked the network's chief congressional correspondent, Manu Raju, if it should be a concern.

"No, because Bob Mueller is the one who's in charge of this investigation and will ultimately decide how to proceed, and there is some oversight over him by [Deputy Attorney General] Rod Rosenstein, even though there is a special counsel," he said.

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