WTF!

[homoe]

Donald Trump met with Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago yesterday to discuss “taking back the House” during 2022 midterm elections, signaling the former president’s critical role in the fractured GOP’s future after it lost a Senate majority and the White House.

“President Trump’s popularity has never been stronger than it is today, and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time,” according to a statement from the former president’s political action committee Save America.

"His popularity has never been stronger" how can this be!?

The former president has “agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House," according to the statement. “The work has already started.”

Congressman McCarthy flip flopping on the riot! First he said....

“He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding,” he said in remarks to the House. “These facts require immediate action by President Trump: accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest and ensure [then-President-elect] Biden is able to successfully begin his term."

Congressman McCarthy later backtracked, telling reporters that he does not believe the former president “provoked” the insurrection, and that he believes “everybody across this country has some responsibility.” Kevin McCarthy now says all Americans are culpable for Capitol riot.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around why ANYONE would want an endorsement from that ex-president or even want their name mentioned with Trump's if they are running for office!

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by homoe

[Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy] “President Trump’s popularity has never been stronger than it is today . . .”

I'm still trying to wrap my head around why ANYONE would want an endorsement from that ex-president or even want their name mentioned with Trump's if they are running for office!

More lies. T***p's popularity rating is 38.6% today, according to fivethirtyeight.com. But he has solidly got 1/3 of the country who will do anything he says in his back pocket. That's a lot of voters to bring to the polls. Even if he gets impeached and can't run for public office again, there's still the problem of his endorsement. He can endorse whoever he wants. Somebody's going to have to think of something to pull that 1/3 of the country back to the center, or toward someone else on the far right. We can talk all day about how stupid they are, but that won't make them vote any differently.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

Donald Trump met with Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago yesterday to discuss “taking back the House” during 2022 midterm elections, signaling the former president’s critical role in the fractured GOP’s future after it lost a Senate majority and the White House.

“President Trump’s popularity has never been stronger than it is today, and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time,” according to a statement from the former president’s political action committee Save America.

"His popularity has never been stronger" how can this be!?

The former president has “agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House," according to the statement. “The work has already started.”

Congressman McCarthy flip flopping on the riot! First he said....

“He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding,” he said in remarks to the House. “These facts require immediate action by President Trump: accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest and ensure [then-President-elect] Biden is able to successfully begin his term."

Congressman McCarthy later backtracked, telling reporters that he does not believe the former president “provoked” the insurrection, and that he believes “everybody across this country has some responsibility.” Kevin McCarthy now says all Americans are culpable for Capitol riot.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around why ANYONE would want an endorsement from that ex-president or even want their name mentioned with Trump's if they are running for office!

Excuse my language but now thanks to this fuckface McCarthy, we'll never stop hearing about 45!

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by homoe

Excuse my language but now thanks to this fuckface McCarthy, we'll never stop hearing about 45!

Oh, come now, homoe. We all know 45's not the type to go quietly into the night. If it wasn't McCarthy, it would be someone else sticking their nose up his knickers.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

Excuse my language but now thanks to this fuckface McCarthy, we'll never stop hearing about 45!

Rep. Kinzinger: They claim 'I'm possessed by the devil'

Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday offered a glimpse of what it’s like being one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump: Friends and family turned against him, and he was told he’s “possessed by the devil."
Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday offered a glimpse of what it’s like being one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump: Friends and family turned against him, and he was told he’s “possessed by the devil.”

“Look it’s really difficult. I mean, all of a sudden imagine everybody that supported you, or so it seems that way, your friends, your family, has turned against you. They think you're selling out,” the Illinois congressman said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“I've gotten a letter, a certified letter, twice from the same people, disowning me and claiming I'm possessed by the devil.”

In the days after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, it appeared Republican leaders had decided to take a stand against Trump, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying Trump bore “responsibility” and that he must accept blame for the riot.

But GOP members have begun heading back to the former president. On Thursday, McCarthy met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, in a meeting that was later described as “very good and cordial.” The readout was released with a photo of the two men smiling.

“I was disappointed over the last few weeks to see what seemed like the Republican Party waking up and then kind of falling asleep again and saying, ‘Well, you know, what matters if we can win in two years and we don't want to tick off the base,’” Kinzinger said.

“The photo," he added, "shows that the former president is desperate to continue looking like he’s leading the party.”

Kinzinger has launched a website, Country1st.com, as an effort to refocus the Republican Party’s “conservative principles.”

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Senator Lindsey Graham was immediately fact checked after he suggested he doubted Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene had made a number of unhinged statements supporting a variety of conspiracy theories.

"Are these postings accurate?" Mr Graham asked reporters. "I want to hear from her before I judge what to do about her, I want to know what the facts are. If these are not accurate postings, [and] they've been manipulated, I'd like to know that. If they are accurate, does she still hold these beliefs, so I'm going to wait for her to come forward and tell us exactly what's real and what's not, what she believes, then we'll have more information."

In response, a reporter pointed out that many of the comments were made on video.

Rather than adjusting his position, Mr Graham dodged the question and insisted he would have to speak with her before he could pass judgement on her statements.

"She'll have to tell me, is it accurate," Mr Graham said. "I don't know, I haven't seen the video, what's accurate, what's not. What position do you have today, and if your position is different today, why?"

[C0LLETTE]

Was Lindsy Graham always such a treacherous asshole or did all this start when Trump threatened to out him with photos, videos, emails and texts.?

All his adult life, Trump has followed and fed on "celebrity" gossip. There is no way he doesn't have a huge file on Lindsay Graham.

I believe Trump can destroy Graham with the release of this stuff and he reminds Lindsay often. South Carolina is not a socially liberal State.

Is this really so difficult to believe?

And how many other members of Congress does Trump have files on?

His hero is Lawyer Roy Cohn who weilded these kinds of files like a beheading sword for Joseph McCarthy...until Joseph Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Army, finally asked McCarthy: “Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?"

And that was the beginning of McCarthy's house of cards crumbling.

Maybe Lindsay Graham should take a lesson from Arthur Wellesley,
Duke of Wellington, who famously responded in 1824, when the courtesan Harriette Wilson threatened to publish her memoirs and his letters to blackmail him , wrote back "Publish and be damned!".

Today, no one remembers Harriette Wilson.

[homoe]

I'm imposing a moratorium on networks, shows, and pundits who continue with their endless blather on Trump! Obliviously they hate his guts, as do I, however giving him more airtime is playing right into what he thrives on!

It was just announced that he accepted the invitation, and of course he would because it's another 5 minutes in the limelight, from C.P.A.C. to speak. I can just imagine the feeding frenzy that'll occur!

Sidebar: Others who accepted are Ben Carson, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, actor Jon Voight, Donald Trump Jr. and Sen. Ted Cruz.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

I'm imposing a moratorium on networks, shows, and pundits who continue with their endless blather on Trump! Obliviously they hate his guts, as do I, however giving him more airtime is playing right into what he thrives on!

It was just announced that he accepted the invitation, and of course he would because it's another 5 minutes in the limelight, from C.P.A.C. to speak. I can just imagine the feeding frenzy that'll occur!

Sidebar: Others who accepted are Ben Carson, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, actor Jon Voight, Donald Trump Jr. and Sen. Ted Cruz.

Former President Donald Trump and his future with the GOP was the subject of an awkward clash Wednesday between two House Republican lead
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy was unequivocal when asked if Trump should be speaking this Sunday at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference -- the large gathering of GOP and conservative leaders.

House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the third-ranking House Republican, who voted to impeach Trump and became his target, gave a different answer.

"That's up to CPAC ... I don't believe that he should be playing a role in the future of the party or the country," Cheney said as she stood behind McCarthy.

a group of people standing next to a person in a suit and tie: Rep. Liz Cheney, the House Republican Conference chair, joined from left by Rep. Jason Smith, top Republican on the House Budget Committee, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 24, 2021.© J. Scott Applewhite/AP Rep. Liz Cheney, the House Republican Conference chair, joined from left by Rep. Jason Smith, top Republican on the House Budget Committee, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 24, 2021.

Rep. Steve Scalise, the second-ranking House Republican, who also has visited Trump in Florida, shook his head.

McCarthy, who was at the microphone, had a pained look on his face when Cheney made her comment.

"On that high note, thank you!" McCarthy said to end the news conference.