topcat
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It's gods will and out of our hands.
Glory.
Examples of GOP Leadership
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DIY-HP-LED
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Texas Paul LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY as Right Wing Nutjobs DUMP TRUMP in a PANIC
37,923 views Aug 31, 2022 Texas Paul could not hold back his laughter as many former defenders of Donald Trump, including Donald Trump, Ann Coulter, Ben Shapiro, Alex Jones and others, began RUSHING to run away from their Dear Leader amid Donald Trump's increasing exposure to criminal charges.
DIY-HP-LED
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Nobody is gonna bust this raving old fart, but it shows you Trump's power over his base and that is a big proportion of republican voters. If Trump should turn on the establishment GOP during the election he could wipe them out at the polls, if just some of his base sat it out and they are as dumb as he is.
Seditious Trump Supporter Commits Crime Live On TikTok
6,172 views Aug 31, 2022 Usually people avoid leaving evidence after commiting a crime. This seditious Trump supporter bucked the trend and decided to post proof of what he was doing straight to TikTok. Ben Gleib breaks it down on Rebel HQ.
Seditious Trump Supporter Commits Crime Live On TikTok
6,172 views Aug 31, 2022 Usually people avoid leaving evidence after commiting a crime. This seditious Trump supporter bucked the trend and decided to post proof of what he was doing straight to TikTok. Ben Gleib breaks it down on Rebel HQ.
compassionateExotic
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great example , in Alaska first time in over 50 years GOVT lost to democrats since no one wants their crazies ( thank god)
Roger A. Shrubber
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this is what the term "insidious" defines...
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senator-discusses-hushed-efforts-change-us-constitution/story?id=89048487
fucking republicans are like the most resilient cockroaches on the planet, they just keep gnawing at the edges of society, fraying more of the borders of sanity
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senator-discusses-hushed-efforts-change-us-constitution/story?id=89048487
fucking republicans are like the most resilient cockroaches on the planet, they just keep gnawing at the edges of society, fraying more of the borders of sanity
Roger A. Shrubber
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the governors of the states abbott is sending all these immigrants to should start sending the buses back full of petty criminals that volunteer to move to texas to get out of jail....and if they don't have anyone in jail stupid enough to volunteer, then they should start sending the buses back to texal loading with toxic waste.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/us/texas-buses-migrants-chicago/index.html
seriously, has there ever been a governor as bad, as petty, as stupid as abbott? 57,000 dead because of his awful covid policies, 700 dead because of his response to a winter storm. he made a campaign promise to eliminate rapists...?...htf he intended to reach that goal never got explained, and never got reached, obviously. he shut down the border between the US and Mexico in a drama queen move that cost the US Mexico, and texas BILLIONS OF DOLLARS...and caused Mexico to change their minds about a rail line that would have carried further BILLIONS of dollars worth of trade into texas, deciding to go through New Mexico instead...if texans re-elect this fucking incompetent drama queen loser, then they can just get fucked, they have what and who they deserve
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/us/texas-buses-migrants-chicago/index.html
seriously, has there ever been a governor as bad, as petty, as stupid as abbott? 57,000 dead because of his awful covid policies, 700 dead because of his response to a winter storm. he made a campaign promise to eliminate rapists...?...htf he intended to reach that goal never got explained, and never got reached, obviously. he shut down the border between the US and Mexico in a drama queen move that cost the US Mexico, and texas BILLIONS OF DOLLARS...and caused Mexico to change their minds about a rail line that would have carried further BILLIONS of dollars worth of trade into texas, deciding to go through New Mexico instead...if texans re-elect this fucking incompetent drama queen loser, then they can just get fucked, they have what and who they deserve
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Roger A. Shrubber
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this may be the only time in recorded history that i agree with fuckface desantis...even though the prick had to insult an African nation to make his point. i don't think he can open the anus he uses as a mouth without offending someone...
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/31/desantis-biden-administration-canadian-drugs-lawsuit-00054367
if there are reasonable causes for delay, they might want to inform the states about it...
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/31/desantis-biden-administration-canadian-drugs-lawsuit-00054367
if there are reasonable causes for delay, they might want to inform the states about it...
Fogdog
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What Desantis wants doesn't seem to be a priority for the FDA. I can only imagine what Trump's administration did to the FDA. He trashed it. I'd bet pretty good money they are running as hard as they can just trying to keep up. Budgets and personnel slashed with no reduction in work load.
So, here comes another effing demagogue Republican asshole demanding they do something for him and they can see that they don't have to do anything. What power does a Florida governor have over the FDA? I'd file it where it would never see the light of day if it landed on my desk. .
printer
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Which does not take into fact that Canada does not have a huge supply of drugs.
Canada announces new measures to prevent drug shortages
Drug shortages remain a global challenge and COVID-19 has increased demand for certain drugs, adding to the complexity of ensuring drug supply where it is needed. The Government of Canada remains steadfast in its efforts to ensure Canadians have access to the medications they need, when they need them.
Canada is a small market, representing 2% of global drug sales, that sources 68% of its drugs internationally. The need for vigilance in maintaining the national drug supply continues.
In 2017, the Government of Canada added requirements for manufacturers to report drug shortages publicly. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announces new measures to protect Canada’s drug supply from bulk importations that could worsen drug shortages in Canada.
Starting November 27, certain drugs intended for the Canadian market are prohibited from being distributed for consumption outside of Canada if that sale would cause or worsen a drug shortage. Companies will now also be required to provide information to assess existing or potential shortages, when requested, and within 24 hours if there is a serious or imminent health risk.
Quick facts
Ensuring Canadians have access to the medications they need is a top priority for the Government of Canada. Health Canada continues to take action in collaboration with provinces and territories, industry and healthcare professional associations to prevent and alleviate the impact of drug shortages on Canadians.
The measures announced today build on consultations started in 2019 with the healthcare community to respond to the United States (U.S.) Importation of Prescription Drugs rule, which comes into effect November 30, 2020. This rule creates a pathway to allow licensed U.S. pharmacists or wholesalers to import in bulk certain prescription drugs intended for the Canadian market.
Canada has repeatedly stated that this rule would not be an effective approach to reducing drug prices in the U.S. since the Canadian market is small, representing only 2% of global pharmaceutical sales compared to 44% for the U.S.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has taken action to reduce drug shortages with an Interim Order allowing exceptional importation and sale to help prevent shortages in relation to COVID-19, signed on March 30, and the Interim Order respecting the prevention and alleviation of shortages of drugs in relation to COVID-19, signed on October 16.
Canada announces new measures to prevent drug shortages - Canada.ca
Starting November 27, certain drugs intended for the Canadian market are prohibited from being distributed for consumption outside of Canada if that sale would cause or worsen a drug shortage. Companies will now also be required to provide information to assess existing or potential shortages...
Texas has 28.5 million people, Canada has 38 million. How is Canada going to export drugs it has to import itself? When I was working in the hospital there were dayly emails on which drug is in short supply and what ones that can be used in its place. And this was before the pandemic and the supply chain mess.
Roger A. Shrubber
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I suppose you have a point, it's just one of the few positive things desantis did for the people of Florida, who are the ones who deserve an answer. Although he could have tried something like Newsom did with insulin production in California, and secured a low priced domestic supply for generations. He probably had some ulterior motive. i'd guess at the very least, he'd plaster his face all over the program and not mention where the funding came from at all.
On the other hand, if the Federal government authorizes a program, and goes so far with it as to allow states to sign up for it, and then they have to put it on hold, it just seems like a professional courtesy to let those who had signed up know that there is a delay. We expect the same from those we have to deal with, and i would offer the same to someone effected by my own delay.
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Fogdog
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Good point. DeSantis could have raised objections over high drug prices in the US. He went around the problem instead of trying to solve it. It's nice if Canada has surplus and allows people from the US to buy drugs there. But to become the supplier to the state of Florida seems absurd.Which does not take into fact that Canada does not have a huge supply of drugs.
Canada announces new measures to prevent drug shortages
Drug shortages remain a global challenge and COVID-19 has increased demand for certain drugs, adding to the complexity of ensuring drug supply where it is needed. The Government of Canada remains steadfast in its efforts to ensure Canadians have access to the medications they need, when they need them.
Canada is a small market, representing 2% of global drug sales, that sources 68% of its drugs internationally. The need for vigilance in maintaining the national drug supply continues.
In 2017, the Government of Canada added requirements for manufacturers to report drug shortages publicly. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announces new measures to protect Canada’s drug supply from bulk importations that could worsen drug shortages in Canada.
Starting November 27, certain drugs intended for the Canadian market are prohibited from being distributed for consumption outside of Canada if that sale would cause or worsen a drug shortage. Companies will now also be required to provide information to assess existing or potential shortages, when requested, and within 24 hours if there is a serious or imminent health risk.
Quick facts
Ensuring Canadians have access to the medications they need is a top priority for the Government of Canada. Health Canada continues to take action in collaboration with provinces and territories, industry and healthcare professional associations to prevent and alleviate the impact of drug shortages on Canadians.
The measures announced today build on consultations started in 2019 with the healthcare community to respond to the United States (U.S.) Importation of Prescription Drugs rule, which comes into effect November 30, 2020. This rule creates a pathway to allow licensed U.S. pharmacists or wholesalers to import in bulk certain prescription drugs intended for the Canadian market.
Canada has repeatedly stated that this rule would not be an effective approach to reducing drug prices in the U.S. since the Canadian market is small, representing only 2% of global pharmaceutical sales compared to 44% for the U.S.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has taken action to reduce drug shortages with an Interim Order allowing exceptional importation and sale to help prevent shortages in relation to COVID-19, signed on March 30, and the Interim Order respecting the prevention and alleviation of shortages of drugs in relation to COVID-19, signed on October 16.
Canada announces new measures to prevent drug shortages - Canada.ca
Starting November 27, certain drugs intended for the Canadian market are prohibited from being distributed for consumption outside of Canada if that sale would cause or worsen a drug shortage. Companies will now also be required to provide information to assess existing or potential shortages...www.canada.ca
Texas has 28.5 million people, Canada has 38 million. How is Canada going to export drugs it has to import itself? When I was working in the hospital there were dayly emails on which drug is in short supply and what ones that can be used in its place. And this was before the pandemic and the supply chain mess.
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Manufactured populist grievance.
DIY-HP-LED
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If the democrats win enough in November, Americans could have the same drug prices or lower than Canadians. It's just a question of policy and law. Another example of how republican voters fuck themselves for a "greater cause".Which does not take into fact that Canada does not have a huge supply of drugs.
Canada announces new measures to prevent drug shortages
Drug shortages remain a global challenge and COVID-19 has increased demand for certain drugs, adding to the complexity of ensuring drug supply where it is needed. The Government of Canada remains steadfast in its efforts to ensure Canadians have access to the medications they need, when they need them.
Canada is a small market, representing 2% of global drug sales, that sources 68% of its drugs internationally. The need for vigilance in maintaining the national drug supply continues.
In 2017, the Government of Canada added requirements for manufacturers to report drug shortages publicly. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announces new measures to protect Canada’s drug supply from bulk importations that could worsen drug shortages in Canada.
Starting November 27, certain drugs intended for the Canadian market are prohibited from being distributed for consumption outside of Canada if that sale would cause or worsen a drug shortage. Companies will now also be required to provide information to assess existing or potential shortages, when requested, and within 24 hours if there is a serious or imminent health risk.
Quick facts
Ensuring Canadians have access to the medications they need is a top priority for the Government of Canada. Health Canada continues to take action in collaboration with provinces and territories, industry and healthcare professional associations to prevent and alleviate the impact of drug shortages on Canadians.
The measures announced today build on consultations started in 2019 with the healthcare community to respond to the United States (U.S.) Importation of Prescription Drugs rule, which comes into effect November 30, 2020. This rule creates a pathway to allow licensed U.S. pharmacists or wholesalers to import in bulk certain prescription drugs intended for the Canadian market.
Canada has repeatedly stated that this rule would not be an effective approach to reducing drug prices in the U.S. since the Canadian market is small, representing only 2% of global pharmaceutical sales compared to 44% for the U.S.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has taken action to reduce drug shortages with an Interim Order allowing exceptional importation and sale to help prevent shortages in relation to COVID-19, signed on March 30, and the Interim Order respecting the prevention and alleviation of shortages of drugs in relation to COVID-19, signed on October 16.
Canada announces new measures to prevent drug shortages - Canada.ca
Starting November 27, certain drugs intended for the Canadian market are prohibited from being distributed for consumption outside of Canada if that sale would cause or worsen a drug shortage. Companies will now also be required to provide information to assess existing or potential shortages...
Texas has 28.5 million people, Canada has 38 million. How is Canada going to export drugs it has to import itself? When I was working in the hospital there were dayly emails on which drug is in short supply and what ones that can be used in its place. And this was before the pandemic and the supply chain mess.
captainmorgan
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Former GOP lawmaker sentenced to at least 8 years in prison for rape of legislative intern
Former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger will serve at least eight years in prison for the felony crime of rape, with another 12 years or the possibility of parole, for a total of 20 years in prison, Fourth District Judge Michael Reardon ruled Wednesday. Von Ehlinger will also be required to register as...
www.rawstory.com
DIY-HP-LED
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Former GOP lawmaker sentenced to at least 8 years in prison for rape of legislative intern
Former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger will serve at least eight years in prison for the felony crime of rape, with another 12 years or the possibility of parole, for a total of 20 years in prison, Fourth District Judge Michael Reardon ruled Wednesday. Von Ehlinger will also be required to register as...
DIY-HP-LED
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Every moron with a social media account and a camera can now become an idiotTV station and perhaps soon a criminal, or on the domestic terrorist watch list... Hate crime laws could see ole Cletus here without his guns, if the democrats pass the right laws and he ends up on a list...
TikTokin Confederate Urges Fellow Republicans To Play Dress Up
24,371 views Aug 31, 2022 This TikToker goes on the defense for Doug Mastriano who has once again found himself in hot water following the circulation of a photo depicting the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in a confederate soldier's uniform. David Shuster breaks it down on Rebel HQ.
TikTokin Confederate Urges Fellow Republicans To Play Dress Up
24,371 views Aug 31, 2022 This TikToker goes on the defense for Doug Mastriano who has once again found himself in hot water following the circulation of a photo depicting the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in a confederate soldier's uniform. David Shuster breaks it down on Rebel HQ.
printer
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Republicans rage against ranked choice voting after Alaska election
Republicans are fuming about ranked choice and “jungle” primary voting systems after Democrat Mary Peltola won a special House election in Alaska over former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Republican Nick Begich.
The race in The Last Frontier was the first federal test of the state’s unusual voting system that is gaining influence across the country.
“Ranked-choice voting is a scam to rig elections,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) tweeted after results from Alaska’s special election showing Peltola won Wednesday. “60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion—which disenfranchises voters—a Democrat ‘won.’”
Republican National Committee (RNC) national press secretary Emma Vaughn said in a statement that the Alaska special election results “prove what we’ve known all along — ranked-choice voting disenfranchises voters.”
“Our Republican nominees earned nearly 60% of Alaskans’ votes on the ballot, and now every single one of those voters lost their voice to choose their representative in Congress. Alaskans deserve an equal and fair process, two things this special election were not,” Vaughn said.
Tyler Bowyer, an RNC national committeeman from Arizona, told The Hill on Thursday that he plans to lead a resolution for the RNC to formally oppose ranked choice voting at the RNC’s next winter meeting at the start of 2023.
In the Alaska system, voters pick one candidate in a nonpartisan jungle primary. Then the top four candidates head to the general election, where voters rank their choices. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, there is an automatic runoff where ballots for the candidate with the least votes are reallocated to the next-choice pick, if the voter made one.
After independent Al Gross withdrew from the general election, the first round of the Alaska special election saw nearly 60 percent of voters choosing Palin and Begich. But when Begich’s votes were redistributed, only about half went to Palin, with Peltola getting around 29 percent of his first-round voters. Another fifth of his voters did not make a second-choice pick.
Critics say that the ranked choice system is confusing — Palin called it “convoluted” after her loss on Wednesday night — but advocates point to an exit poll where 85 percent of Alaskan voters said the system was “simple.”
Advocates for the system also argue that it gives more power to voters rather than to parties, disincentivizes negative campaigning and is a politically neutral system. And the system does have some support among Republicans.
“The reason the party doesn’t like it is because it takes the decision about who the candidates are away from the party and gives it back to voters,” said consultant Robert Dillon, who previously worked for Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “The parties naturally, you know, find that threatening, but voters don’t.”
The system could also shield Murkowski, who voted to impeach former President Trump, from conservative blowback and help her win reelection this year, since she did not have to face Trump-endorsed challenger Kelly Tshibaka in a closed primary election.
Bowyer, the Arizona RNC national committeeman, said that the system will ultimately lead to conservative factions of the Republican Party not being represented.
“The reality is, it’s really a system of moderation,” Bowyer said, adding that the goal of many ranked choice advocates is to eliminate partisan primaries. “That is very destructive for the political parties. … What it does is essentially creates a uniparty or a single-party system, or a no-party system, when most of the public for a long time have always been advocates for more parties.”
“It eliminates any possibility that someone that’s more conservative — and really, on the Democratic side, more progressive — can ever make it through that system,” Bowyer said.
A GOP turn against ranked choice voting started in 2018, when former Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) lost to Democratic Rep. Jared Golden after a ranked choice system went into effect in Maine.
Poliquin had the most first-round votes, but after votes from independent candidates were reallocated, Golden crossed the 50 percent threshold.
Cotton previously spoke out against the ranked choice voting system in 2020, when ranked choice advocates attempted a ballot measure to change the Arkansas system. He portrayed it as a scheme pushed by “out-of-state liberal billionaires” trying to make Arkansas “liberal, woke, and progressive.”
“Jungle primaries with ranked-choice voting rob voters of a clear electoral choice,” Cotton said in a statement to The Hill.
But the change is getting criticism from Democrats, too, as voters will consider a Nevada ballot initiative to impose a system similar to Alaska’s. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) both oppose the measure.
Still, it may be too early to tell whether the system puts Republicans at a disadvantage.
“The GOP is now 0-2 in 2 high-profile races decided in both states with RCV — ME-2 in 2018 and the Alaska House special. Does that mean RCV is biased against Republicans? I don’t really think so – the sample size is tiny,” Kyle Kondik, managing editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said in an email to The Hill.
“It’s also not Democrats’ or RCV’s [ranked choice voting’s] fault that the 2 top Republicans running in Alaska, Begich and Palin, did not seem to do a good enough job of catering their campaigns to the system.”
Republican digital strategist Eric Wilson says Republicans should not completely discount ranked choice voting, especially when it can be used in a closed nominating process rather than a nonpartisan jungle primary. He pointed to the Virginia Republican Party using a ranked choice–like nominating system last year, resulting in the nomination of Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the party’s first statewide wins in more than a decade.
“What I’m trying to do is stand in front of the mob and say don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, because ranked choice voting is a very useful mechanism for Republicans, especially when it comes to Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment of ‘Thou shalt not speak ill of fellow Republicans,’” Wilson said.
thehill.com
Republicans are fuming about ranked choice and “jungle” primary voting systems after Democrat Mary Peltola won a special House election in Alaska over former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Republican Nick Begich.
The race in The Last Frontier was the first federal test of the state’s unusual voting system that is gaining influence across the country.
“Ranked-choice voting is a scam to rig elections,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) tweeted after results from Alaska’s special election showing Peltola won Wednesday. “60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion—which disenfranchises voters—a Democrat ‘won.’”
Republican National Committee (RNC) national press secretary Emma Vaughn said in a statement that the Alaska special election results “prove what we’ve known all along — ranked-choice voting disenfranchises voters.”
“Our Republican nominees earned nearly 60% of Alaskans’ votes on the ballot, and now every single one of those voters lost their voice to choose their representative in Congress. Alaskans deserve an equal and fair process, two things this special election were not,” Vaughn said.
Tyler Bowyer, an RNC national committeeman from Arizona, told The Hill on Thursday that he plans to lead a resolution for the RNC to formally oppose ranked choice voting at the RNC’s next winter meeting at the start of 2023.
In the Alaska system, voters pick one candidate in a nonpartisan jungle primary. Then the top four candidates head to the general election, where voters rank their choices. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, there is an automatic runoff where ballots for the candidate with the least votes are reallocated to the next-choice pick, if the voter made one.
After independent Al Gross withdrew from the general election, the first round of the Alaska special election saw nearly 60 percent of voters choosing Palin and Begich. But when Begich’s votes were redistributed, only about half went to Palin, with Peltola getting around 29 percent of his first-round voters. Another fifth of his voters did not make a second-choice pick.
Critics say that the ranked choice system is confusing — Palin called it “convoluted” after her loss on Wednesday night — but advocates point to an exit poll where 85 percent of Alaskan voters said the system was “simple.”
Advocates for the system also argue that it gives more power to voters rather than to parties, disincentivizes negative campaigning and is a politically neutral system. And the system does have some support among Republicans.
“The reason the party doesn’t like it is because it takes the decision about who the candidates are away from the party and gives it back to voters,” said consultant Robert Dillon, who previously worked for Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “The parties naturally, you know, find that threatening, but voters don’t.”
The system could also shield Murkowski, who voted to impeach former President Trump, from conservative blowback and help her win reelection this year, since she did not have to face Trump-endorsed challenger Kelly Tshibaka in a closed primary election.
Bowyer, the Arizona RNC national committeeman, said that the system will ultimately lead to conservative factions of the Republican Party not being represented.
“The reality is, it’s really a system of moderation,” Bowyer said, adding that the goal of many ranked choice advocates is to eliminate partisan primaries. “That is very destructive for the political parties. … What it does is essentially creates a uniparty or a single-party system, or a no-party system, when most of the public for a long time have always been advocates for more parties.”
“It eliminates any possibility that someone that’s more conservative — and really, on the Democratic side, more progressive — can ever make it through that system,” Bowyer said.
A GOP turn against ranked choice voting started in 2018, when former Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) lost to Democratic Rep. Jared Golden after a ranked choice system went into effect in Maine.
Poliquin had the most first-round votes, but after votes from independent candidates were reallocated, Golden crossed the 50 percent threshold.
Cotton previously spoke out against the ranked choice voting system in 2020, when ranked choice advocates attempted a ballot measure to change the Arkansas system. He portrayed it as a scheme pushed by “out-of-state liberal billionaires” trying to make Arkansas “liberal, woke, and progressive.”
“Jungle primaries with ranked-choice voting rob voters of a clear electoral choice,” Cotton said in a statement to The Hill.
But the change is getting criticism from Democrats, too, as voters will consider a Nevada ballot initiative to impose a system similar to Alaska’s. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) both oppose the measure.
Still, it may be too early to tell whether the system puts Republicans at a disadvantage.
“The GOP is now 0-2 in 2 high-profile races decided in both states with RCV — ME-2 in 2018 and the Alaska House special. Does that mean RCV is biased against Republicans? I don’t really think so – the sample size is tiny,” Kyle Kondik, managing editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said in an email to The Hill.
“It’s also not Democrats’ or RCV’s [ranked choice voting’s] fault that the 2 top Republicans running in Alaska, Begich and Palin, did not seem to do a good enough job of catering their campaigns to the system.”
Republican digital strategist Eric Wilson says Republicans should not completely discount ranked choice voting, especially when it can be used in a closed nominating process rather than a nonpartisan jungle primary. He pointed to the Virginia Republican Party using a ranked choice–like nominating system last year, resulting in the nomination of Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the party’s first statewide wins in more than a decade.
“What I’m trying to do is stand in front of the mob and say don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, because ranked choice voting is a very useful mechanism for Republicans, especially when it comes to Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment of ‘Thou shalt not speak ill of fellow Republicans,’” Wilson said.
Republicans rage against ranked choice voting after Alaska election
Republicans are fuming about ranked choice and “jungle” primary voting systems after Democrat Mary Peltola won a special House election in Alaska over former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) and Re…
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DIY-HP-LED
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Let's talk about Ted Cruz, education, slackers, and risk....
printer
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Trump: McConnell Is 'Bad News,' 'Negative' for GOP, 'He'll Be Gone'
Former President Donald Trump continues to make it clear he is no fan of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after making a call for McConnell's removal form his GOP leadership role.
"The party is furious with him," Trump told "The John Fredericks Show" on Thursday. "We have to put up with him for a period of time, but eventually, he'll be gone.
"He'll be gone. He's bad news."
Trump called for McConnell's ouster as leader "immediately" last week, but is not apparently ready to accept he will remain Senate leader at least until the new senators are sworn in come January, needing McConnell's fundraising for candidates in these midterms through the Senate Leadership Fund.
"Who would've known that he turned out so bad?" Trump added. "He's not good and we're going to go through him. And then we'll have to do something later on. We'll have to do something with him. You know, he raises money, and he hands it out to senators, and that's how he keeps his power."
McConnell's SLF pulled roughly $8 million in ad buys from the Arizona Senate race for September, a race that Trump-endorsed Blake Masters has a chance at flipping the seat of incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.
McConnell has influence over the SLF coffers, but Trump recalls McConnell once asked him for help to win reelection against Democrat Amy McGrath in Kentucky.
"He's such a negative for the party," Trump said of McConnell. "He's a guy that — I'm embarrassed to tell you — he was losing to somebody named Amy McGrath in Kentucky. I did very well in Kentucky as you know, by a lot."
Former President Donald Trump continues to make it clear he is no fan of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after making a call for McConnell's removal form his GOP leadership role.
"The party is furious with him," Trump told "The John Fredericks Show" on Thursday. "We have to put up with him for a period of time, but eventually, he'll be gone.
"He'll be gone. He's bad news."
Trump called for McConnell's ouster as leader "immediately" last week, but is not apparently ready to accept he will remain Senate leader at least until the new senators are sworn in come January, needing McConnell's fundraising for candidates in these midterms through the Senate Leadership Fund.
"Who would've known that he turned out so bad?" Trump added. "He's not good and we're going to go through him. And then we'll have to do something later on. We'll have to do something with him. You know, he raises money, and he hands it out to senators, and that's how he keeps his power."
McConnell's SLF pulled roughly $8 million in ad buys from the Arizona Senate race for September, a race that Trump-endorsed Blake Masters has a chance at flipping the seat of incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.
McConnell has influence over the SLF coffers, but Trump recalls McConnell once asked him for help to win reelection against Democrat Amy McGrath in Kentucky.
"He's such a negative for the party," Trump said of McConnell. "He's a guy that — I'm embarrassed to tell you — he was losing to somebody named Amy McGrath in Kentucky. I did very well in Kentucky as you know, by a lot."
DIY-HP-LED
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With Biden going after MAGA republicans, it must look like Mitch and Joe are ganging up on him. Maybe Joe should have a few meetings with Mitch, invite him to the WH for diner, just to talk over old times in the senate and let Donald's paranoia do the rest.