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  • Hutchinson says decision not to endorse Trump ‘costly and difficult’

    03/18/2024 9:02:37 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 39 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/18/2024 | ELIZABETH CRISP
    Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who ran for the GOP presidential nomination this year, says he won’t back former President Trump in 2024, but also won’t vote for President Biden. “I get asked a lot if I believe Trump is a threat to our democracy,” he writes in a USA Today op-ed. “I am not good at predicting the future, but we can learn from history and we should take heed when politicians tell us what they are going to do.” Hutchinson says in the piece that he voted for Trump twice, but that insight gleaned from former Rep. Liz...
  • Sen. Bill Cassidy: Presidential race is 'a sorry state of affairs' (Know thine enemy)

    03/17/2024 9:30:57 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 43 replies
    nbcnews.com ^ | Alexandra Marquez
    Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Sunday criticized his party’s presumptive presidential nominee, saying that former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about illegal immigrants “reflected poorly” and that he’s spoken about migrants in a “dehumanizing fashion.” Asked about Trump’s recent comments that not all undocumented immigrants are people, Cassidy told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” “The president’s rhetoric has reflected poorly ... regarding folks who are coming here illegally — illegally — and they shouldn’t be, but in a dehumanizing fashion. And that’s why again, many people continue to have reservations.” “The best thing going for Donald Trump running for president...
  • Florida's former GOP chair compares Trump's Republican National Committee takeover to 'a funeral' after daughter-in-law Lara fired more than 90 staff - and claims millions are being spent to 'perpetuate the fallacy of election fraud'

    03/17/2024 1:36:16 PM PDT · by backpacker_c · 77 replies
    Dailymail ^ | Mar 17, 2024 | Stephen M. Lepore
    The former chair of the Florida Republican Party compared the bloodbath of firings at the Republican National Committee under new chair Lara Trump is like 'a funeral' and leading the party the wrong way. Al Cardenas, who runs the GOP in the Sunshine State and is the husband of prominent anti-Trump 'The View' co-host Ana Navarro, told MSNBC Friday that this is being done in order to use the national party's funds to fight former President Trump's election grievances. 'This is nonsense, I mean, it's only spending millions to perpetuate the fallacy that there was election fraud in 2020,' he...
  • Former VP Mike Pence: It's “Unacceptable” for President Trump to Refer to J6 Defendants as “Hostages” (VIDEO)

    03/17/2024 2:28:14 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 120 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | March 17, 2024 | David Greyson
    Former Vice President Mike Pence was on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday morning. He told moderator Margaret Brennan that the use of the term hostages for January 6th defendants was “unacceptable.” “What do you think when you hear him refer to those people facing charges as hostages and patriots?” Brennan asked Pence. “Well, I think it’s unfortunate at a time that there are American hostages being held in Gaza that the President or any other leaders who would refer to people that are moving through our justice system as hostages and it’s just, it’s just unacceptable,” Pence responded.
  • DeWine on Endorsing Trump: ‘I Will Support the Republican Nominee’

    03/17/2024 12:13:58 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 9 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/17/2024 | Pam Key
    Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) SAID Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he will support the Republican nomination when asked about endorsing former President Donald Trump. Anchor Dana Bash said, “We saw that the former president earned enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination this past week, you have not endorsed him yet. Will you?”
  • Cassidy: Won’t Commit to Voting for Trump, ‘I Plan to Vote for a Republican’

    03/17/2024 1:02:55 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 22 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/17/2024 | Pam Key
    Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he would vote for a Republican when repeatedly asked if he would endorse former President Donald Trump. Anchor Kristen Welker said, “Let me ask you about former Vice President Mike Pence. As you know he made a lot of headlines at the end of this week when he said he would not endorse his former boss Donald Trump. It comes as a number of trump critics from Mitch McConnell to Chris Sununu and Brian Kemp said they are going to endorse Donald Trump. I know you’ve gotten this...
  • The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage

    01/11/2010 6:23:41 PM PST · by steve-b · 142 replies · 4,112+ views
    Newsweek ^ | 1/9/10 | Theodore B. Olson
    Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies, I am attempting to persuade a federal court to invalidate California's Proposition 8—the voter-approved measure that overturned California's constitutional right to marry a person of the same sex.... Many of my fellow conservatives have an almost knee-jerk hostility toward gay marriage. This does not make sense, because same-sex unions promote the values conservatives prize. Marriage is one of the basic building blocks of our neighborhoods and our nation. At its best, it is a stable bond between two individuals who work to create a loving household and a social...
  • Republican Rep. Ken Buck is leaving Congress, further eroding GOP majority

    03/12/2024 11:21:48 AM PDT · by CFW · 65 replies
    NBC ^ | 3/12/24 | staff
    Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said Tuesday he will resign from Congress later this month rather than serve out the remainder of his term through 2024. Why it matters: The surprise announcement will cause House Republicans' already razor thin majority to dwindle even further
  • Mitt Romney Issues Complete and Total Endorsement of Katie Britt as Vice Presidential Pick

    03/10/2024 11:30:48 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 129 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/10/2024 | Nick Gilbertson
    Retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) endorsed Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) for vice president Sunday, contending the “media overreaction” she received following her highly scrutinized and oddly delivered State of the Union rebuttal “tells us who liberals most fear as VP nominee.” The failed 2012 Republican presidential nominee took to X to defend Britt following a wave of criticism over her rebuttal, which was described by some as “cringe.”
  • Kinzinger blasts Trump for calling US third-world country: ‘Eat dirt scumbag’

    03/06/2024 11:24:34 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 50 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/06/2024 | LAUREN IRWIN
    Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) took to social media to tell former President Trump to “eat dirt” after Trump called the United States a third-world country in his Super Tuesday victory speech. “Trump just called America a ‘third world’ country.’ With all due respect (which is none), eat dirt scumbag,” Kinzinger posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “This is the best country on earth. You, are our biggest embarrassment and stain. But you’ll be over in a year. In a roughly 20-minute speech from his Mar-a-Lago estate after winning more than 10 primary contests, Trump highlighted a...
  • Fox News host urges Trump to show ‘humility’ after Supreme Court ruling

    03/04/2024 2:57:05 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 118 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/04/24 2:29 PM ET | DOMINICK MASTRANGELO
    Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) urged former President Trump not to take a victory lap after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot bar him from the ballot in this fall’s presidential election. “I would encourage him to do something that he doesn’t often do, which is show humility because there are other decisions that are coming that he may not agree with,” Gowdy said on Fox. “I don’t think he’s going to win the presidential immunity case before the court.” Gowdy’s comments were first highlighted by Mediaite.The court voted Monday, by unanimous decision, to...
  • Ken Buck says he’s ‘not going to lie’ on behalf of GOP

    03/04/2024 12:52:36 AM PST · by RandFan · 54 replies
    MSN/The Hill ^ | March 3 | Story by Lauren Sforza
    Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said he is not “going to lie” on behalf of the Republican Party when asked why he decided to not seek reelection. Buck, who announced last November that he will not be running for reelection, said on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” that while his goals for the country have not changed, the world around him “has changed dramatically.” “We’ve gone from a time when the Tea Party stood for conservative principles, for constitutional principles, to a time where the [populists] have taken over the Republican Party and are really advocating things that I believe are very...
  • Congress Unveils Appropriations Bills to Avoid Partial Government Shutdown

    03/03/2024 5:06:16 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/03/2024 | Sean Moran
    Congress unveiled the first six appropriations bills on Sunday to fund the government for most of 2024. The rollout of the appropriations bills follows Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other congressional leaders striking a deal to avert a government shutdown and fund the government for most of 2024. The six appropriations bills would fund the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs, Justice, Commerce, and Energy. The bipartisan package amounts to 1,050-pages and includes more than $450 billion in funding for the fiscal year 2024.
  • Rounds: McConnell Successor Needs to ‘Stand His Own Ground’ with Trump

    03/03/2024 10:13:51 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 44 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/04/2024 | Pam Key
    Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)’s successor needed to be independent from former President Donald Trump. Partial transcript as follows: JON KARL: By the way, I should point out that the former president’s had some choice words for you as – as you no doubt know. I think he called you – or questioned whether or not you were crazy or just stupid, a jerk, a RINO, a weak – anyway, we could go on. But – but how important is it for whoever the Senate leader is to...
  • Murkowski backs Haley in GOP primary

    03/01/2024 3:03:34 PM PST · by cotton1706 · 85 replies
    The Hill ^ | 3/1/24 | Caroline Vakil
    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced Friday she is endorsing former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in the GOP presidential primary against former President Trump. “I’m proud to endorse Gov. Nikki Haley,” Murkowski said in a statement. “America needs someone with the right values, vigor, and judgment to serve as our next President—and in this race, there is no one better than her,” she continued. “Nikki will be a strong leader and uphold the ideals of the Republican Party while serving as a President for all Americans.” Murkowski, the first GOP senator to endorse Haley in the race, was among seven Republican...
  • Haley on Trump Immunity Claims: ‘No President Should Ever Be Above the Law’

    03/01/2024 12:03:29 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 60 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/01/2024 | Pam Key
    Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) said Friday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that “no president should ever be above the law” when asked about the Supreme Court hearing arguments on former President Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity. Anchor Dana Bash said, “I want to start with what’s happening with Donald Trump today. He’s back in Florida for one of the federal cases against him. Meanwhile, in another, the January 6, case, the Supreme Court announced this week that it would hear arguments in April about whether or not he will get his push for immunity. This means...
  • BREAKING: Texas RINO John Cornyn Declares His Candidacy to Succeed Mitch McConnell as GOP Senate Leader

    02/29/2024 2:58:51 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 70 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | February 29, 2024 | Cullen Linebargar
    Senator John Cornyn (RINO-TX) has officially entered the race to succeed Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (RINO-KY). As The Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, the 82-year-old McConnell announced he would be stepping down as leader of the Senate GOP in November. Cornyn, in a statement, explained why he decided to run to succeed McConnell. “I am asking my Republican colleagues to give me the opportunity to succeed Leader [Mitch] McConnell. I have learned a lot during my time both in and out of Senate leadership. Throughout my time, I’ve built a track record of listening to colleagues and seeking consensus while leading...
  • JUSTIN AMASH launches GOP U.S. Senate bid in Michigan

    02/29/2024 9:10:32 AM PST · by RandFan · 19 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/29/24 12:00 PM ET | BY CAROLINE VAKIL
    Former Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) announced Thursday that he’s launching a long-shot bid for retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-Mich.) seat. Amash left the Republican Party in 2019 following his criticism of former President Trump and switched to independent, however he is running in the GOP primary for the Senate seat. “Regardless of who wins the White House and Congress, the United States will remain deeply polarized,” Amash wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, as he announced his candidacy. “What we need is not a rubber stamp for either party, but an independent-minded senator prepared to challenge...
  • Mitch McConnell's Retirement Announcement has Neutered Him Politically and He Must Go Away Now

    02/28/2024 11:46:03 AM PST · by wildcard_redneck · 42 replies
    Free Republic ^ | Feb. 28, 2024 | Wildcard_redneck
    Sen. Mitch McConnell's retirement announcement has rendered him into a lame duck that cannot effectively fight for America and stop the totalitarian "Democratic" Party. Who is going to try to make a deal with Mitch McConnell unless the deal entails McConnells preemptive surrender? This act of unnecessary self-castration by McConnell is emblematic of the disease epitomized by the Bush, Romney, and Cheney crime families. Only someone who wanted to lose would come up with a stupid stunt like this. The dirty fingerprints of the quisling wing of the Uniparty are all over this mess. As useless as McConnell already was...
  • McConnell Will Step Down As The Senate Republican Leader In November

    02/28/2024 9:37:49 AM PST · by Enlightened1 · 135 replies
    AP ^ | 02/28/24
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November.McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where he looked in awe from its back benches in 1985 when he arrived and where he grew increasingly comfortable in the front row seat afforded the party leaders.“One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on...