Examples of GOP Leadership
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captainmorgan
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The child molester thinks smoking crack is bad.
printer
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Well it is not like 'The People' know how to rule themselves. Democracy was a failed experiment, need more stable geniuses to put our fates in their hands.
printer
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At least not in front of the kid.
DIY-HP-LED
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CDC mask guidance met with hostility by leading Republicans
Republicans are responding with hostility to new masking guidance from public health officials. It's opening a new front in the cultural war over COVID-19 restrictions just as efforts to try to persuade large swaths of unvaccinated Americans to get the shots appeared to be making headway.
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CDC mask guidance met with hostility by leading Republicans
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As he rallied conservatives on Wednesday, one of the Republican Party’s most prominent rising stars mocked new government recommendations calling for more widespread use of masks to blunt a coronavirus surge.
“Did you not get the CDC’s memo?” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joked before an almost entirely unmasked audience of activists and lawmakers crammed into an indoor hotel ballroom in Salt Lake City. “I don’t see you guys complying.”
From Texas to South Dakota, Republican leaders responded with hostility and defiance to updated masking guidance from public health officials, who advise that even fully vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors if they live in areas with high rates of virus transmission. The backlash reopened the culture war over pandemic restrictions just as efforts to persuade unvaccinated Americans to get shots appeared to be making headway.
Egged on by former President Donald Trump, the response reflects deep resistance among many GOP voters to restrictions aimed at containing a virus they feel poses minimal personal threat. The party is also tapping into growing frustration and confusion over ever-shifting rules and guidance.
But the resistance has real implications for a country desperate to emerge from the pandemic. Beyond vaccinations, there are few tools other than mask-wearing and social distancing to contain the spread of the delta variant, which studies have shown to be far more contagious than the original strain.
Many Republican leaders, however, are blocking preventative measures, potentially making it harder to tame virus outbreaks in conservative communities.
At least 18 Republican-led states have moved to prohibit vaccine passports or to ban public entities from requiring proof of vaccination. And some have prohibited schools from requiring any student or teacher to wear a mask or be vaccinated.
In its announcement, the CDC cited troubling new — thus far unpublished — research that found that fully vaccinated people can spread the delta variant just like the unvaccinated, putting those who haven’t received the shots or who have compromised immune systems at heightened risk. The CDC also recommended that all teachers, staff and students wear masks inside school buildings, regardless of vaccination status.
The backlash was swift.
“We won’t go back. We won’t mask our children,” declared Trump, who routinely cast doubt on the value of mask-wearing and rarely wore one in public while he was in office. “Why do Democrats distrust the science?”
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called the new guidance “disappointing and concerning” and “inconsistent with the overwhelming evidence surrounding the efficacy of the vaccines and their proven results.”
He, like others, warned that the measure would undermine efforts to encourage vaccine holdouts to get their shots by casting further doubt on the efficacy of approved vaccines, which have been shown to dramatically decrease the risk of death or hospitalization, despite the occurrence of breakthrough cases.
Last week, White House officials reported that vaccination rates were on the rise in some states where COVID-19 cases were soaring, as more Republican leaders implored their constituents to lay lingering doubts aside and get the shots to protect themselves. That includes Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, who has pleaded with unvaccinated residents, saying they are the ones “letting us down.”
“This self-inflicted setback encourages skepticism and vaccine hesitancy at a time when the goal is to prevent serious illnesses and deaths from COVID-19 through vaccination,” Parson tweeted. “This decision only promotes fear & further division among our citizens.”
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DIY-HP-LED
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Could it be true that up to 65 republican members of the house are unvaxxed? I think more of them have had the jab in secret than will admit it, most are just con artists, though some might actually be that stupid.
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Rep. Ryan Criticizes Leader McCarthy For Mocking House Mask Mandate
Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, publicly criticized House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy this week for mocking a House mask mandate. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
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Rep. Ryan Criticizes Leader McCarthy For Mocking House Mask Mandate
Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, publicly criticized House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy this week for mocking a House mask mandate. The Morning Joe panel discusses.
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DIY-HP-LED
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Mitch wants Trump to go away ASAP, everyday he's loose, he causes them more trouble, when he starts desperately squirming and squealing after getting indicted, he will be an even bigger pain in the ass and threat to Mitch. Nobody want's Donald locked up more than Mitch and a lot of republicans who are in his thrall, they will be free when Donald is not.
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POLITICO Playbook: McConnell’s Herschel Walker problem
Senate Minority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL wants to flip the chamber in 2022. But one potential obstacle keeps coming up time and again: multiple DONALD TRUMP-inspired candidates who might sweep their GOP primaries but go on to lose in the general election.
Take Georgia: While Trump is all but begging NFL legend HERSCHEL WALKER to run against Democratic Sen. RAPHAEL WARNOCK, McConnell views Walker’s complicated personal history as a vulnerability. A recent AP story detailed Walker’s record of threatening and violent behavior — including once allegedly holding a pistol to his then-wife’s head and threatening to “blow [her] f---ing brains out.” (Walker has spoken openly about having dissociative identity disorder.) JOSH HOLMES, the GOP leader’s political right-hand man, tweeted a link to the article, writing: “This is about as comprehensive a takedown as I’ve ever read. My lord.”
But their troubles don’t stop with the Peach State:
— In Missouri, former Gov. ERIC GREITENS is hugging Trump’s big lie about the 2020 election in hopes of winning the GOP nomination for retiring Sen. ROY BLUNT’s seat. But Greitens also has major vulnerabilities: In 2018, he was forced to resign after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman, tying her up and taking nude photos of her in order to blackmail her into silence. (Greitens admitted to an affair, but denied the blackmail accusation.) If he wins the primary, senior Republicans worry that they can kiss goodbye what should be a safe seat.
— In Pennsylvania, Republicans are similarly worried about the crop of GOP hopefuls looking to succeed Sen. PAT TOOMEY. None of the major Republican candidates have ever been elected to public office, and every one of them lags behind the race’s top Democrats in fundraising, as the Philly Inquirer recently reported.
— In Arizona, Democratic Sen. MARK KELLY has a formidable fundraising war chest, and Gov. DOUG DUCEY — the Republican whom folks here in Washington see as most electable — is thus far sitting on the sidelines as the former president vows never to endorse him and several Trumpian Mini-Mes jump into the race.
SO WHAT TO DO? (IF ANYTHING.) HERE’S WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING … Earlier this year, McConnell said he would back candidates who can win, signaling his willingness to put his thumb on the scale in 2022. After the 2010 and 2012 cycles, when GOP candidates like CHRISTINE (“I’M NOT A WITCH”) O’DONNELL and TODD (“LEGITIMATE RAPE”) AKIN spurred national mockery of Republicans, the NRSC started stepping in to boost the strongest GOP candidates and kneecap those who could snag the nomination but tank the party.
But Sen. RICK SCOTT (R-Fla.), who now chairs the NRSC, has been very clear that he has no intention of meddling in 2022’s primaries. Scott, we’re told, remembers his first gubernatorial run in 2010, when the Republican Governors Association backed his primary opponent, BILL MCCOLLUM, over him. Ever since, he has felt strongly that GOP voters should choose whom they want — much to the chagrin of some institutional Republicans.
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POLITICO Playbook: McConnell’s Herschel Walker problem
And the Senate clears the first hurdle on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
www.politico.com
POLITICO Playbook: McConnell’s Herschel Walker problem
Senate Minority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL wants to flip the chamber in 2022. But one potential obstacle keeps coming up time and again: multiple DONALD TRUMP-inspired candidates who might sweep their GOP primaries but go on to lose in the general election.
Take Georgia: While Trump is all but begging NFL legend HERSCHEL WALKER to run against Democratic Sen. RAPHAEL WARNOCK, McConnell views Walker’s complicated personal history as a vulnerability. A recent AP story detailed Walker’s record of threatening and violent behavior — including once allegedly holding a pistol to his then-wife’s head and threatening to “blow [her] f---ing brains out.” (Walker has spoken openly about having dissociative identity disorder.) JOSH HOLMES, the GOP leader’s political right-hand man, tweeted a link to the article, writing: “This is about as comprehensive a takedown as I’ve ever read. My lord.”
But their troubles don’t stop with the Peach State:
— In Missouri, former Gov. ERIC GREITENS is hugging Trump’s big lie about the 2020 election in hopes of winning the GOP nomination for retiring Sen. ROY BLUNT’s seat. But Greitens also has major vulnerabilities: In 2018, he was forced to resign after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman, tying her up and taking nude photos of her in order to blackmail her into silence. (Greitens admitted to an affair, but denied the blackmail accusation.) If he wins the primary, senior Republicans worry that they can kiss goodbye what should be a safe seat.
— In Pennsylvania, Republicans are similarly worried about the crop of GOP hopefuls looking to succeed Sen. PAT TOOMEY. None of the major Republican candidates have ever been elected to public office, and every one of them lags behind the race’s top Democrats in fundraising, as the Philly Inquirer recently reported.
— In Arizona, Democratic Sen. MARK KELLY has a formidable fundraising war chest, and Gov. DOUG DUCEY — the Republican whom folks here in Washington see as most electable — is thus far sitting on the sidelines as the former president vows never to endorse him and several Trumpian Mini-Mes jump into the race.
SO WHAT TO DO? (IF ANYTHING.) HERE’S WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING … Earlier this year, McConnell said he would back candidates who can win, signaling his willingness to put his thumb on the scale in 2022. After the 2010 and 2012 cycles, when GOP candidates like CHRISTINE (“I’M NOT A WITCH”) O’DONNELL and TODD (“LEGITIMATE RAPE”) AKIN spurred national mockery of Republicans, the NRSC started stepping in to boost the strongest GOP candidates and kneecap those who could snag the nomination but tank the party.
But Sen. RICK SCOTT (R-Fla.), who now chairs the NRSC, has been very clear that he has no intention of meddling in 2022’s primaries. Scott, we’re told, remembers his first gubernatorial run in 2010, when the Republican Governors Association backed his primary opponent, BILL MCCOLLUM, over him. Ever since, he has felt strongly that GOP voters should choose whom they want — much to the chagrin of some institutional Republicans.
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DIY-HP-LED
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Waters of Justice are Warming: DOJ Won't Help Mo Brooks in Suit brought by Swalwell for Insurrection
When it comes to the question of if and when Donald Trump will be held accountable, it may be too early to conclude the tide is turning. But given a half-dozen recent legal developments, the waters of justice undeniably are warming. Those stories include:
- Both the House of Representatives General Counsel and the Department of Justice REJECT Mo Brooks plea for help in the suit that Rep. Eric Swalwell and others filed against him for inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol
- DOJ's decision in the Swalwell/Brooks case is important foreshadowing of how they will resolve the identical issue regarding plea by Trump to be protected by the DOJ
- Trump's longtime friend and Chairman of his Inaugural Committee, Tom Barrack is indicted and may very well decide to cooperate with prosecutors in a bid to save himself
- Trump's Chief Financial Officer, Allen Weisselberg, stands indicted
- The Trump Organization stands indicted for, among other things, a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud in the first degree
- A House of Representatives Select Committee is conducting a legitimate investigation into what lead to the attack on the US Capitol
- Last but not least, a Texas Republican endorsed by Donald Trump just lost his bid for office in Texas, suggesting that Trump's influence is fading, if not outright failing.
Indeed, the waters of justice are warming.
When it comes to the question of if and when Donald Trump will be held accountable, it may be too early to conclude the tide is turning. But given a half-dozen recent legal developments, the waters of justice undeniably are warming. Those stories include:
- Both the House of Representatives General Counsel and the Department of Justice REJECT Mo Brooks plea for help in the suit that Rep. Eric Swalwell and others filed against him for inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol
- DOJ's decision in the Swalwell/Brooks case is important foreshadowing of how they will resolve the identical issue regarding plea by Trump to be protected by the DOJ
- Trump's longtime friend and Chairman of his Inaugural Committee, Tom Barrack is indicted and may very well decide to cooperate with prosecutors in a bid to save himself
- Trump's Chief Financial Officer, Allen Weisselberg, stands indicted
- The Trump Organization stands indicted for, among other things, a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud in the first degree
- A House of Representatives Select Committee is conducting a legitimate investigation into what lead to the attack on the US Capitol
- Last but not least, a Texas Republican endorsed by Donald Trump just lost his bid for office in Texas, suggesting that Trump's influence is fading, if not outright failing.
Indeed, the waters of justice are warming.
captainmorgan
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Kushners Iphone was hacked by intelligence services in 2018-2019
DIY-HP-LED
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Everybody but the US government had these slobs wired for sound, they used private phones, private apps and email servers. I'm sure your NATO allies even have Trump and Putin's conversations bugged.
Why Trump, Stone, Rudy and a bunch of others are not being wiretapped and bugged legally at this point is beyond my understanding. The works of them should be wired for sound by NY state and federal authorities, including Donald's golf buggy.
DIY-HP-LED
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Let's talk about the marketplace of ideas....
during the 1/6 Commission, this happened
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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz's News Conference Shut Down by Protesters
A news conference run by Republican U.S. representatives Matt Gaetz (Florida) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia) was interrupted by protesters and eventually cancelled entirely Tuesday. The news conference was held outside the Justice Department in Washington as an attempt to defend the...
it's not even the same time period, Rob.
being deep is not their forte.
Mo has some problems first he was wearing this hat:
then quickly changed to this hat as to no implicate himself but too late!
he was wearing riot gear underneath his very yellow windbreaker.
topcat
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At least some of these will turn out to have been discoveries made by the Mueller team, then handed off.
rkymtnman
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what happened to Individual 1? I'm hoping they have many much better charges to hand down to Clan Dotard.
topcat
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Ya' gotta build up to the crescendo. Individual 1s time is coming. Nobody knows that more than he.
rkymtnman
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radio silence from all the kids too. which has been nice.