{"id":72155,"date":"2026-04-20T05:56:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/elaine-luria-january-6-panel-member-seeking-political-comeback-says-the-wind-is-on-our-back-as-democrats-try-to-flip-house\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:56:54","slug":"elaine-luria-january-6-panel-member-seeking-political-comeback-says-the-wind-is-on-our-back-as-democrats-try-to-flip-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/elaine-luria-january-6-panel-member-seeking-political-comeback-says-the-wind-is-on-our-back-as-democrats-try-to-flip-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Elaine Luria, January 6 panel member seeking political comeback, says \u2018the wind is on our back\u2019 as Democrats try to flip House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luria, who lost her seat to a Republican after standing up to Trump, has secured key endorsements in Virginia race<\/p>\n<p>Elaine Luria \u2013 once a member of the congressional committee that investigated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-capitol-breach\">January 6 attack<\/a> on the US Capitol \u2013 says she is confident that \u201cthe wind is on our back\u201d as she seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/house-of-representatives\">House<\/a> comeback and her fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\">Democrats<\/a> aim to retake the chamber\u2019s majority in the fall\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-midterm-elections-2026\">midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with the Guardian, the military veteran attributed that confidence to \u201cgrave concern\u201d in and beyond her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/virginia\">Virginia<\/a> district with how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s second presidential administration began with implementing brutal cuts to the federal government. Among a host of other decisions, she noted that Trump went on to start war in Iran, which has sent gasoline prices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/19\/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright-gas-prices\">soaring<\/a> \u2013 with the cost of other goods or services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/05\/prices-iran-war-gas-flights-economy\">expected to increase<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/20\/elaine-luria-virginia-house-democrats-midterms\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luria, who lost her seat to a Republican after standing up to Trump, has secured key endorsements in Virginia race Elaine Luria \u2013 once a member of the congressional committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the US Capitol \u2013 says she is confident that \u201cthe wind is on our back\u201d as she seeks &#8230; <a title=\"Elaine Luria, January 6 panel member seeking political comeback, says \u2018the wind is on our back\u2019 as Democrats try to flip House\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/elaine-luria-january-6-panel-member-seeking-political-comeback-says-the-wind-is-on-our-back-as-democrats-try-to-flip-house\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Elaine Luria, January 6 panel member seeking political comeback, says \u2018the wind is on our back\u2019 as Democrats try to flip House\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}