Hegseth ‘dangerously exaggerated’ US military triumph in Iran, Senate hears

Senator Jack Reed says at hearing that defense secretary failed to give Trump accurate picture of war in Iran…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/pete-hegseth-iran-war-hearing

 

Sen. Jack Reed CALLS OUT Scott Bessent For 'Childish' Senate Conduct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD2PeTne6Ek

 

Trump campaign blocks pair of anti-abortion activists from RNC platform committee - POLITICO

Reed, a longtime Trump ally whose organization plans to spend $62 million registering and turning out evangelical voters, said that any "equivocation or retreat" by the Republican Party on the issue of abortion will "deflate voters of faith." 

"Self-identified evangelical voters are roughly half of the entire Republican vote. And in some states, like Georgia, they're about 60 percent of the entire Republican vote," Reed said. "When you're talking about a presidential election that could well be decided by thousands of votes spread out over three or four states, anything that discourages the enthusiasm or turnout of base or faith-based voters will not be helpful."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/02/anti-abortion-delegates-committee-gop-platform-debate-00166323   

Ralph Reed’s army plans $62 million spending spree backing Trump - POLITICO

Faith & Freedom plans to spend big registering and turning out evangelicals and handing out 30 million pieces of literature at churches...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/ralph-reed-army-spending-trump-00146170

Bill Maher to Ralph Reed: Why Do Christians Support the Very Un-Christian Trump?

Last night, Bill Maher spent a portion of Real Time speaking with the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Ralph Reed. The bulk of the conversation was infuriating — because Reed kept defending Donald Trump using every White House talking point you can imagine...
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/05/bill-maher-to-ralph-reed-why-do-christians-support-the-very-un-christian-trump/

Centrist lawmakers plot bipartisan health care stabilization bill -- POLITICO

The Problem Solvers caucus, led by Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), is fronting the effort to stabilize the ACA markets ...
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/30/obamacare-health-care-stabilization-241151?cid=apn

Religious Right Believes Donald Trump Will Deliver on His Promises - The New York Times

Donald J. Trump rarely goes to church, said he’s never sought forgiveness for his sins, and in his acceptance speech early Wednesday morning, never mentioned God.

Religion was almost invisible during the presidential campaign, and yet it is the missing piece in understanding Mr. Trump’s victory. The Christian right worked largely under the national media’s radar this year, but it helped deliver the presidency to a thrice-married mogul who bragged about groping women and has been accused by multiple women of actually doing it.

They were willing to forgive Mr. Trump’s personal transgressions because he stoked their fears that a Hillary Clinton administration would take away their religious liberties, use their tax dollars to fund late-term abortions at home and abroad, and expand the rights of gay and transgender people, political analysts said. Mr. Trump warned at rallies and at conservative Christian gatherings that he alone was their last hope to protect them against a changing culture, using the refrain, “This is your last chance.”

Now that he has won, evangelical leaders say they are confident Mr. Trump will deliver on the political promises he made to them....
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/donald-trump-evangelical-christians-religious-conservatives.html