Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) slammed his fellow Republicans for showing up at Donald Trump’s porn star hush money trial this week in fiery comments to CNN’s Manu Raju on Wednesday.
Raju reported that Romney told him, “I think it’s a little demeaning to show up in front of the courthouse — and particularly one where we’re talking about an allegation of paying a porn star. And it’s really, really very difficult to watch.”
EDIT TO ADD:
read://https_thehill.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fsenate%2F4665313-murkowski-knocks-senate-republicans-trump-trial%2F
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) reportedly went after fellow members of her party who have attended former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
“Do we have something to do around here other than watch a stupid porn trial? I mean, this is ridiculous,” the Alaska Republican said Tuesday,
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Wasn't it Bill Maher who said (I think I posted the link) that any time you see the word "shreds" (or "owns," or "destroys") in the headline of a story, stop reading.
And, Romney's complaining about a bimbo eruption - remember that term? - and this case is not about that. If I were Johnson, would I have shown up? Probably not. But to make an issue of it is silly.
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@George-K said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
But to make an issue of it is silly.
He is not the only one. (See my edit above).
Even a recent Chicago Tribune editorial (which I think is somewhat conservative) said the same thing.
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If I were Johnson, would I have shown up? Probably not.
That was my initial knee jerk reaction as well. However after a little reflection, I believe it was an astute move on Johnson’s part.
Trump for good or bad has been supportive of Johnson over the attempts by the GOP trailer trash faction led by MTG to oust him as Speaker. Johnson attending the trial shows Party unity and isolates the reactionaries. In other words, better Johnson there than MTG or a few others.
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@taiwan_girl said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
Chicago Tribune editorial (which I think is
somewhatused to be conservative)Not to derail, but one of the reasons John Kass left the Trib was because of its leftward drift.
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I mean, come on.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee shuffled its schedule, bumping a hearing to hold Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress so some of its members could instead attend former President Trump’s hush money trial.
The panel was set to meet early Thursday, an hour after a twin resolution censuring Garland would likewise be considered by the House Judiciary Committee. Instead, it will now meet at 8 p.m. so numerous Republicans who sit on the panel — including Freedom Caucus members — could attend the trial.
A source confirmed to The Hill that the last-minute shift was to allow the lawmakers to make the trip to New York
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J.D. Vance wasn’t just some hillbilly after all
His journey from author to Trumpist senator is a fable for the GOP’s devolution.[J. D. Vance's book] “Hillbilly Elegy” was embraced on the right for its indictment of cultural decay and its call to self-reliance; it was lauded on the left because it offered an explanation as to why good people would gravitate toward someone as reprehensible as Trump. That’s not my word, by the way — it was Vance’s, who called himself a Never Trumper at the time and warned Christian voters: “When we apologize for this man, Lord help us.”
... By 2022, when [Vance] ran for the open seat left by retiring Sen. Rob Portman, Vance had gone from Never Trump to Long Live the King; his conversion included a spirited embrace of Trump’s stolen-election nonsense. His financier in that race was billionaire Peter Thiel, who had also bankrolled Trump in 2016.
Now Vance is gunning to be Trump’s running mate, which is why he bravely waded through the leftist filth of Manhattan to show his fealty. ... -
Trump-backed Republican platform tempers language on abortion
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The platform, a basic statement of policy principles, takes Trump’s position that the issue of abortion now is one to be determined by individual states. It makes no mention of a federal ban or protecting a fetus as a person under the U.S. Constitution – tenets that have been included in past platforms and were demanded by a cadre of influential evangelicals.