Quick round-up of news from the weekend: Trump’s legal team woes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, some COVID-19 news and a coup, this time in Myanmar.
Former President Trump’s legal team quit en masse on Saturday.
Former President Donald Trump loses his impeachment team amid unfaltering loyalty from the GOP | Analysis https://t.co/8Uv0oBmEhw
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 31, 2021
On Sunday, he replaced them with David Schoen, a frequent television legal commentator, and Bruce Castor, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania.
Trump names two lawyers to impeachment defense team https://t.co/kXsjaDBtds
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 1, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been under fire all weekend for remarks she made advocating violence against Democrats, calling school shootings a hoax, accosting a young man who survived the Parkland shooting and supporting QAnon conspiracy theories. Her response? She pledges to “never back down.”
Greene vows to “never back down” in face of criticism over past remarks https://t.co/Hql66Kejyc pic.twitter.com/g0AJSaxosj
— The Hill (@thehill) January 31, 2021
Senator Rob Portman of Ohio calls on Republican leaders to “stand up” against her comments.
Sen. Rob Portman calls on Republican leaders to “stand up” against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments https://t.co/gWwZIhiOn2 pic.twitter.com/6HNW6c6sLm
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 31, 2021
And Senator Mitt Romney says “Lies of a feather flock together.”
Lies of a feather flock together: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the “big lie” of a stolen election. https://t.co/ID4QL2ZPEV
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) January 30, 2021
Tom Moore walked laps in his garden last summer to raise money for the UK’s National Health Service. This weekend, he was been hospitalized with COVID-19.
Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who raised millions for charity by walking laps of his garden before his 100th birthday, has been hospitalized with Covid-19 and pneumonia, his daughter said Sunday.https://t.co/nJGkj1d0ko
— CNN (@CNN) January 31, 2021
The Rutgers researcher who developed the first COVID-19 saliva test died of a heart attack. He was only 51.
Rutgers researcher who developed first COVID-19 saliva test dies https://t.co/yNChIsXtAc pic.twitter.com/uOTccTfOPG
— The Hill (@thehill) February 1, 2021
Senator Mitt Romney joins 9 other GOP senators in proposing a COVID-19 relief compromise. They meet with President Biden today.
We have proposed a #COVID19 relief package that’s capable of garnering bipartisan support and request a meeting with the President to discuss our proposal in detail. It’s imperative that we work together to meet the needs of Americans during this pandemic. https://t.co/9X09sTxHFt
— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) January 31, 2021
Dangerous COVID-19 variants now present in at least 33 states.
Dangerous Covid-19 variants have been found in at least 33 U.S. states. Experts say these mutant strains could push the nation into a powerful surge in the coming weeks as all 50 states are reporting vaccine shortages.https://t.co/dDuvzfx0VY
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 1, 2021
Last night’s 60 Minutes special on COVID widows and orphans is gut-wrenching. For the friends and family of nearly a half a million people, life will never return to “normal.”
Lauren Thomas says taking off her engagement ring would confirm “that all of this is real. He’s really gone. So, I don’t know how long it’s going to be on my hand, but I’m in no rush to take it off.” Her fiancé, Tim Branscomb, died from COVID-19 in April. https://t.co/mjnjEbyocE pic.twitter.com/DRbsOPBlnE
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 1, 2021
Annnd – A Wisconsin pharmacist sabotaged hundreds of doses of the Moderna vaccine because he thought COVID-19 was a hoax. And that the earth is flat.
TDB: The WI pharmacist who sabotaged hundreds of doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine bc he thought COVID-19 was a hoax, also believes the earth is flat and the sky is a “shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God.” https://t.co/kktChIqKBf
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 31, 2021
Meanwhile in Myanmar, the military didn’t like the results of November’s election, so they alleged voter fraud and then staged a coup. That could never happen here…..oh wait….
Reports say a military coup has taken place in Myanmar and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained under house arrest. https://t.co/bGvZEup3VW
— POLITICO (@politico) February 1, 2021
