Weekly Wrap

November 1, 2021

This Week: A winning week for Republicans 

Monday, Rep. Young Kim (CA-39) highlighted the supply chain shortages and how they are contributing to the rising prices of goods that are burdening American households. "For months, annual inflation has remained far above the modest annual rates of 2% or less that prevailed before the pandemic recession." Click here to read more. 

And then on Tuesday, Team Young Kim congratulated Team YoungKin!

Tuesday, Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated the Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the race for Virginia’s governor— a state that President Biden won by 10 percentage points last year. Suburban voters came out swinging against Biden’s progressive agenda. Click here to read more. 

Wednesday, Winsome Sears joined Fox News for her first interview as Virginia's next lieutenant governor. Sears is breaking barriers as the first female and the first woman of color to hold this position in the Commonwealth's 400-year legislative history. Click here to read more about Sears. 

"There are some who want to divide us and we must not let that happen. They would like us to believe we are back in 1963 when my father came...In case you haven’t noticed, I am black, and I have been black all my life." 

Thursday, Winning For Women hosted a policy roundtable with Sen. Joni Ernst (IA) and press where she announced a bipartisan effort calling on President Biden to protect Afghan women and girls. The letter – signed by ALL 24 female senators - presses him on the “American disengagement from Afghanistan” and urges the administration to develop a plan to help Afghan women and girls suffering from Taliban rule. Click below to read more. 

In The News

Axios: Biden sets a hard deadline for vaccine mandates. President Biden will announce Thursday that certain employers must ensure their workers are fully vaccinated or tested weekly by Jan. 4, 2022, or face federal fines starting at nearly $14,000 per violation, according to senior administration officials.

The New York Times: Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022. Reeling from a barrage of unexpected losses, an array of Democrats on Wednesday pleaded with President Biden and his party’s lawmakers to address the quality-of-life issues that plagued their candidates in elections on Tuesday from heavily Hispanic San Antonio to the suburbs of Virginia, New Jersey and New York.

Fox News: Latino Republicans flip Democrat seats in Virginia and Texas, say voters frustrated with left-wing policies. Jason Miyares is poised to become the first-ever Latino attorney general of Virginia, and John Lujan was elected to the State House in San Antonio from a majority Latino district. The pair joined "Fox & Friends First" on Thursday to discuss the victories and why they believe they were able to flip the seats. 

Fox Business: House Democrats are in disarray: Sen. Marsha Blackburn. Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn joined FOX Business’ "Mornings with Maria" and argued the Democrats’ division over spending – between the moderates and the progressives – has actually grown during the negotiation process in recent weeks. 

Sen. Ernst Press Release: Biden Wants to Give Illegal Immigrants $450,000 Checks. Ernst is Putting a Stop to It.  Amidst a worsening immigration and border crisis caused by President Biden’s and Democrats’ disastrous policies, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is backing a measure to block Biden’s latest reported plan, which would spend upwards of a billion dollars to provide $450,000 per person in taxpayer money for settlements for illegal immigrants.

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