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Report: GOP Establishment Plotting to Oust Conservative Leader Sen. Mike Lee
breitbart.com ^ | 12/23/14 | Tony Lee

Posted on 12/23/2014 12:32:01 PM PST by cotton1706

Some prominent moderate establishment Republicans in Utah are plotting to target conservative icon Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) with a primary challenge in 2016.

Lee’s offense? He didn’t drink the Washington Kool-aid and see the D.C. cesspool as a jacuzzi after he ousted incumbent Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT), who had supported the TARP bailouts, in 2010.

When Lee prevailed over Bennett, he gave other conservatives across the country hope that they could also defeat entrenched incumbents who cared more about preserving the status quo above all else. Once Lee arrived in Washington, he didn’t turn his back on the base, which angered some prominent establishment Republicans.

According to a report in Politico, moderate GOP billionaires like Jon Huntsman Sr. and “some powerful establishment Republicans in Utah are tired” of Lee’s conservatism and willingness to live up to his campaign promises instead of letting the D.C. establishment co-opt him.

During his first Senate term, Lee has established himself as one of conservatism’s leading voices. As Politico implies, establishment Republicans do not like him because he stood with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to defund Obamacare and has supported defunding Obama’s executive amnesty with Sens. Cruz and Jeff Sessions (R-AL). Most recently, Lee has offered positive solutions via his conservative reform agenda that specifically focuses on improving the lives of working Americans with conservative policies.

Huntsman, the father of President Barack Obama’s former Ambassador to China and failed 2012 GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, reportedly has refused to meet with Lee because of his “extremely radical” positions against Obamacare and executive amnesty. Huntsman said the government shutdown cost his cancer research foundation millions in federal taxpayer dollars, and he predicted “a major primary challenge” against Lee, telling Politico that Lee is an “embarrassment” and “an extremist.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Utah
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1 posted on 12/23/2014 12:32:01 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706
The expulsion of all things Conservative continues from the GOP-E.

Long live mammon!

2 posted on 12/23/2014 12:34:41 PM PST by TitansAFC (2016: 1. Palin, 2. Cruz, 3. Huckabee (to make the GOP-E see what WE go through) 4. Walker)
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To: cotton1706

But hey, just keep holding yer nose and voting republican, right? =D


3 posted on 12/23/2014 12:34:58 PM PST by dware ("White Privilege" stems from one's ability to lace up work boots and read a work schedule)
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To: cotton1706

There is no doubt that the Huntsman-Romney-Hatch Klan will oppose Lee, both in the primary and general elections.


4 posted on 12/23/2014 12:36:40 PM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: cotton1706
According to a report in Politico, moderate GOP billionaires like Jon Huntsman Sr. and “some powerful establishment Republicans in Utah are tired” of Lee’s conservatism and willingness to live up to his campaign promises instead of letting the D.C. establishment co-opt him.

"Resistance is futile."


5 posted on 12/23/2014 12:38:01 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are not inclined to commit crimes.)
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To: cotton1706

Hope they enjoy being the New Whig Party


6 posted on 12/23/2014 12:39:25 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cotton1706

Why RINOs are no better than Dems - and sometimes WORSE.


7 posted on 12/23/2014 12:39:29 PM PST by ZULU (Quo usque tandem abutere Obama patientia nostra?)
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8 posted on 12/23/2014 12:40:02 PM PST by gaijin
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To: cotton1706

Well, MR. Huntsman. We’ll see about that. Everything these GOPes do just strengthens my resolve to oust their sorry butts.


9 posted on 12/23/2014 12:40:56 PM PST by stilloftyhenight (...shut it down)
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To: gaijin

That’s right where the Rino Republicans should be in a deep hole somewhere.


10 posted on 12/23/2014 12:42:34 PM PST by Rappini (Veritas Vos Liberabit)
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To: cotton1706
Mike Lee is a true conservative. And the GOP-e just can't stand that.

From yesterday...

They’re Coming for Mike Lee

Monday, December 22, 2014 3:13:54 PM · by cotton1706 · 30 replies
redstate.com ^ | 12/22/14 | Erick Erickson

 

11 posted on 12/23/2014 12:43:14 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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You do the same thing, d. At least the new TEA Rs are gaining in number, at state levels as well.


12 posted on 12/23/2014 12:43:19 PM PST by stilloftyhenight (...shut it down)
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To: cotton1706

Not happening.


13 posted on 12/23/2014 12:43:33 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: glock rocks; Utah Binger; colorcountry; Rad_J; cotton1706

FYI to some Utah FReepers!


14 posted on 12/23/2014 12:44:04 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Let them spend their money, I think Utahans will see through it.
15 posted on 12/23/2014 12:45:56 PM PST by DAC21
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To: cotton1706; Norm Lenhart; All

DEMOCRAT TICKET......

O’CONNELL/BOEHNER 2016!

Let’s get it OVER with!


16 posted on 12/23/2014 12:50:05 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: cotton1706

What happened to Congressional good guy bad guy to fool the rubes?....

Starting to look like BAD guy , BAD guy..
The “good guy” has pecker breath and a sore keister..


17 posted on 12/23/2014 12:53:06 PM PST by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: DAC21

I wish we had more true conservatives in the position that Jeff Sessions was in this election. No primary opponent and no dem dared to run against him in the general. Talk about a safe seat. Of course we Alabamians have always been an embarrassment to the elites.


18 posted on 12/23/2014 12:53:18 PM PST by Himyar (Sessions: the only real man in D.C.)
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To: cotton1706

Sounds more like Huntsman is a run of the mill Democrat.

Why not just switch parties and support a Dem? Not sure I understand what this old tool is going for here.

Sounds like he is pretty liberal to use those descriptions about Sen. Lee and his normal, majority, American opinions about the related issues.

Then again, I was sure their family were super communists when I first heard the Jr. talk about any topic whatsoever.

They don’t belong in the party.


19 posted on 12/23/2014 12:56:50 PM PST by Individual Rights in NJ (I don't even know what to say anymore..)
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To: cotton1706

Its all about greed and power


20 posted on 12/23/2014 12:58:01 PM PST by Sybeck1
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