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Jennifer Harper

Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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Sen. Mitt Romney was booed by the audience during the Utah Republican Party 2021 Organizing Convention on Saturday. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Utah Republicans vote to censure Mitt Romney

Last week, Sen. Mitt Romney was booed and heckled in an appearance before the 2021 Organizing Convention of the Utah Republican Party. The large and vocal audience was vexed at Mr. Romney over his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump earlier this year. A resolution to formally censure the lawmaker for his actions was voted down -- but not by much.

May 9, 2021
A Pew Research Center poll finds that 57% of U.S. adults say their fellow Americans are "too easily offended" — a by-product of PC culture. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Complaint: Americans are ‘too easily offended’

Popular culture, much of the news media, celebrities and many politicians have fixated on the idea that Americans are an easily offended, fragile bunch who need to be shielded from certain commentary and conversation. Is that what the U.S. population really thinks?

May 6, 2021
Sen. Mitt Romney was booed by the audience during the Utah Republican Party 2021 Organizing Convention on Saturday. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Mitt Romney hands Trump a victory

It is a long, long way from the 2012 presidential election, when then-GOP hopeful Mitt Romney buoyed up support with his campaign slogan "Believe in America." These days, approval seems to have dwindled for the Utah lawmaker, who has faced a serious moment of reckoning on his own turf.

May 2, 2021
A new survey finds that a majority of Americans say the total number of immigrants admitted to the U.S. each year should be 1 million or less. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Inside the Beltway: Just 8% of Americans favor unlimited immigration

Among Americans, a hefty majority say that the total number of immigrants admitted to the U.S. each year should be 1 million or less according to a substantial new survey from the Cato Institute. Only 8% of the respondents agreed that "as many as want to come should be allowed in the U.S." -- while 9% said the number admitted should be zero, as in "0."

April 28, 2021
Republican lawmakers are on a retreat in Orlando, Florida, for the next 24 hours. There they'll parse out strategies and best practices. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Republicans mull over yet another identity

Republican lawmakers are in Orlando, Florida, for the next 24 hours parsing out strategies, tactics, best practices and maybe even a few optimistic notions as the moments slip by. The GOP House members' "retreat" is not an event that encourages press coverage. But the press is monitoring the low-key gathering nonetheless and is always eager to supply convenient narratives.

April 26, 2021
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will offer the GOP rebuttal to President Biden's speech before a joint session of Congress this week. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Sen. Tim Scott and his vision for America

A certain South Carolina Republican will be in the world spotlight on Wednesday when President Biden addresses a joint session of the nation's lawmakers. Sen. Tim Scott will offer the official GOP reply to the president's message.

April 25, 2021
Multiple news organizations have noted and commented on former President Donald Trump's weight and appearance recently. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The new and improved Donald Trump?

Former President Donald Trump continues to bypass social media, sending out succinct missives through 45Office.com — his official post-White House website — several times a day, for quite some time.

April 19, 2021