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Minnesota Democratic Rep. Aisha Gomez is facing calls to lose her tax committee chairmanship after allegedly telling a Republican colleague to "go f**king shoot himself" on the House floor. House Speaker Lisa Demuth and Majority Leader Harry Niska want her removed and are demanding Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic leadership publicly condemn her. It started Thursday night. Democrats tried to force a vote on HF5140, a gun-control bill that would ban semiautomatic "assault weapons," restrict large-capaThey knew it had no chance. The House is tied 67-67, and not a single Republican was going to flip. The vote failed along party lines. Democrats then launched an overnight sit-in at the

Happy Tuesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. (Snip) Here we go again. With the midterm elections now less than half a year away, it would be nice if all we had on our minds were the classic election concerns of yesteryear, like messaging and the quality of our candidates. If the fortunes of the Republican Party were riding on regular stuff like that, I'd be throwing money at Polymarket and betting on a GOP romp in November. We're dealing with 21st century Democrats here, though. They don't do much in the way of developing policies that appeal to American voters in order to win elections. The strengths of the