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On January 6, 2021, rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol as a joint session of Congress met to certify President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. Michael Fanone, a D.C. police officer who was brutally attacked after self-deploying to the Capitol that morning, sat for a conversation with uPolitics founder Erik Meers to discuss top Republicans’ response to the attack. “My overall impression of [House Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy(R-California) was that he was indifferent to my experience and to the experience of other officers that fought on Janaury 6. It was clear that to Kevin McCar...
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On January 6, 2021, rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol as a joint session of Congress met to certify President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. Michael Fanone, a D.C. police officer who was brutally attacked during the riots, recently sat with uPolitics founder Erik Meers to discuss his background and his decision to self-deploy to the Capitol that morning – and what he saw when he got there. “I was a D.C. Metropolitan police officer for 20 years prior to January 6,” Fanone said. “I spent almost my entire career working in small, specialized units. The unit I was in at the time focu...
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The 2020 election cycle was one of the most contentious in recent history with allegations of election fraud by former President Donald Trump. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), whose job includes serving as the chief election officer in the state, recently sat down with uPolitics founder Erik Meers to discuss how Trump’s false narrative about the election has impacted voting. “There’s a good sign and a bad sign to the impact of having a former president spread lies about not just our elections, administration and procedures, but those who administer them, like myself,” she said....
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All elections are important, but the upcoming November midterms are especially crucial being the first following the contentious 2020 election which was fraught with false allegations of fraud. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), whose job includes serving as the chief election officer in the state, recently sat down with uPolitics founder Erik Meers to discuss her race against election denier Kristina Karamo (R) and what she sees as dangers if Karamo’s elected. “I think the harm that election deniers could do in any office, but particularly in the office of the secretary of state ...
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Matt Putorti, a young Democratic lawyer from upstate New York, is hoping to take a seat in Congress from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R). Stefanik, a rising star in the Trump-era Republican Party, became the third most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives after the party removed Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position for voting to impeach former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Critics have mocked Stefanik’s opportunism and raw ambition in shifting her public persona from moderate to die-hard Trumpist. Putorti sat down with uPolitics to discuss his campaign a...
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Gun violence activist Cameron Kasky sat down with uPolitics to discuss his hopes for future gun reform legislation as well as his history advocating for common sense gun regulation. After the Parkland, Florida, shooting, Kasky stood toe-to-toe at CNN Townhall with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and demanded he foreswear taking money from the NRA. “Bullying Marco Rubio is a very easy thing to do,” Kasky told uPolitics’ Erik Meers. “It does not take much of a man to do it. Donald Trump did it like a pro and he’s not a man at all.” Kasky said that there are several other GOP officials that would...
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Arizona Democratic Party Chair Raquel Teran spoke with uPolitics’ Erik Meers about her state’s independent commission due to redraw her state’s voting districts. When asked if she is confident that the commission will draw fair lines Teran said, “We are happy and optimistic with the person who has been selected as the independent commissioner.” She then explained the importance of “making sure we are part of the process. As lines are drawn we want to make sure they are fair lines and that we are actively participating in the process.” Teran, however, noted that “we do have a challenge that the...
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Wisconsin Democratic State Chair Ben Wikler spoke to uPolitics about his party’s plans to protect the state from partisan gerrymandering now that the new Census results have been announced. uPolitics’ Erik Meers asked Wikler what his strategy is to un-gerrymander Wisconsin’s voting maps. Wikler noted how lucky his state is that they elected Gov. Tony Evers (D) in 2018. “We have a Democratic governor,” Wikler said. “He can veto the Republicans’ gerrymandered maps.” Wikler commented that even if Republicans try to force a partisan map through the GOP-majority state legislature, “the governor, wi...
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Arizona Democratic Party Chair Raquel Terán spoke with uPolitics to explain the state’s GOP efforts to restrict voter rights in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, which saw the state turn blue for the first time in decades. Arizona Republicans are currently attempting to pass through the state legislature a raft of bills that would severely restrict voting options. “The action is in the reaction … Both chambers have seen many bills that are anti-democracy bills creating restrictions to access the ballot box as well as accessing the initiative process,” Terán told uPolitics Founder Eri...
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Wisconsin Democratic Chair Ben Wikler revealed to uPolitics his state party’s plans to oust Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) who has been at the center of several COVID-19 and election misinformation scandals. “Ron Johnson is a geyser of misinformation and propaganda,” Wikler said. “The defeat of Donald Trump hasn’t changed that one iota – he seems to be getting worse. This is someone who should not have the megaphone of a United States Senate seat. All he does is make people thinks things that are not true.” Wikler noted that Johnson had baselessly accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Californ...
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