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The state of the republican party

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    MM is threading that needle and failing. A bit too late. They had their chance right after 1/6. It's all up to Trump now.

    How McConnell Hopes to Thwart Trump in the Midterms - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

    As Mr. Trump works to retain his hold on the Republican Party, elevating a slate of friendly candidates in midterm elections, Mr. McConnell and his allies are quietly, desperately maneuvering to try to thwart him. The loose alliance, which was once thought of as the G.O.P. establishment, for months has been engaged in a high-stakes candidate recruitment campaign, full of phone calls, meetings, polling memos and promises of millions of dollars. It’s all aimed at recapturing the Senate majority, but the election also represents what could be Republicans’ last chance to reverse the spread of Trumpism before it fully consumes their party.

    Mr. McConnell for years pushed Mr. Trump’s agenda and only rarely opposed him in public. But the message that he delivers privately now is unsparing, if debatable: Mr. Trump is losing political altitude and need not be feared in a primary, he has told Mr. Ducey in repeated phone calls, as the Senate leader’s lieutenants share polling data they argue proves it.

    In conversations with senators and would-be senators, Mr. McConnell is blunt about the damage he believes Mr. Trump has done to the G.O.P., according to those who have spoken to him. Privately, he has declared he won’t let unelectable “goofballs” win Republican primaries.

    History doesn’t bode well for such behind-the-scene efforts to challenge Mr. Trump, and Mr. McConnell’s hard sell is so far yielding mixed results. The former president has rallied behind fewer far-right candidates than initially feared by the party’s old guard. Yet a handful of formidable contenders have spurned Mr. McConnell’s entreaties, declining to subject themselves to Mr. Trump’s wrath all for the chance to head to a bitterly divided Washington.
     
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    I like these better than those red MAGA hats and Trump shirts.


     
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    the quitter's last ditch effort to be in the news
     
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    mtg picked the wrong person to debate over twitter... Spanberger is one of my favorite members of congress.


     
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    The GOP is all about

    Guns Over People
    Greed Oil Power
    Gushing Out Propaganda
     
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    winning elections so that they can then do absolutely nothing when in power.
     
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    Oh, they do things. They cater to the rich, cover each others' asses in crimes, spread propaganda and lies, conspire to defraud the vulnerable, stir up hate and division, make new laws to restrict the vote, belittle and berate anyone speaking truth if it's against their agenda, and lie cheat and steal to stay in power.

    They pretend our loose gun laws aren't killing kids and innocent people, ignore the poverty and mental health crisis in America, ignore the millions who can't afford healthcare, and ignore the truth.
     
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    The white trash trifecta.
     
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    #2059 No Worries, Feb 16, 2022
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