Free Republic

The House speaker’s comments wrecked one of the far right’s most ridiculous, reprehensible tropes.It was a remarkable moment: After introducing a package of bills that includes military aid to Ukraine, Mike Johnson flatly told reporters on Wednesday that enabling Ukraine to defend itself is in the best interests of America and the world. This surprised a lot of people who had wrongly assumed the House speaker was effectively functioning as a stooge for Vladimir Putin—and Donald Trump—and would thus slow-walk Ukraine aid to death before ever allowing a vote on it.Johnson’s new stance has attracted a good deal of positive...

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene aired speculative concerns regarding Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent political actions, suggesting a potential blackmail situation to explain what she perceives as a radical departure from his known conservative stances.It can be recalled that the Georgia Congresswoman filed a motion to vacate the chair and remove Mike Johnson as House Speaker thanks to his actions over the House Omnibus bill, which will fund the government until September 30.The legislation passed by a 286-134 vote, achieving the necessary 2/3 vote to avoid a government shutdown. Democrats bailed out Johnson after over 100 members of his caucus rebelled.During an...

While serving on the board of Boeing in 2020, GOP presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley helped kill an initiative designed to force the company to more comprehensively disclose its spending to influence politicians and safety regulators, government filings show. Haley joined the company’s board of directors after the two fatal 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Amid allegations of fraud and a coverup of safety problems following the disasters — resulting in a $243 million fine and $3 billion in compensation to airlines and victims’ families — Haley served on the board’s audit committee, according...

Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) said Monday on FNC’s “Your World” that Republicans are being “irresponsible” with national security” by killing the bipartisan border deal because of former President Donald Trump’s criticisms. Anchor Neil Cavuto said, “You know, Donald Trump has famously said that Republicans should be ashamed of themselves. We’re going to have Senator Lankford with us shortly, who’s amazed at the response it’s getting and wondering if maybe that could be because Republicans, might feel that they’re in a better position not to have something like this, that it could help Joe Biden. It wouldn’t...

The live audience let out a whoop when Haley stood up on stage and began asking "Trump," played by James Austin Johnson, questions at a faux CNN town hall in South Carolina after other people in the audience had their turn...A beaming Haley also delivered the signature line, "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" at the end of the skit.

Ron DeSantis has further alienated the America First conservatives he hoped to win over from Donald Trump’s base by disparaging January 6th protestors, denying they were motivated by patriotism.Speaking at a CNN town hall, the Florida Governor was asked if “the January 6th insurrections display[ed] patriotism, as some of them claim they did” by an audience member.“No, of course not,” DeSantis replied immediately. “I mean, that was not a good day for the country. I think the media has taken that, and I think the left has taken that, and really tried to politicize it, but it was not a...

Speaker Mike Johson (R-LA) backtracked and caved to the deep state and Democrats, moving to slip a deep state authorization into the defense bill. Reports say that congressional leaders, including Johnson, agreed to put an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill would extend Section 702 until April 19. This frustrated many conservatives, including those who were supposed to be instrumental in crafting the final texts for the NDAA. Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) released a video statement after she said that leadership asked conferees, which includes...

Musician Kid Rock said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” that he did not want the Republican Party to be all about “cancel culture and boycotts.”The entertainer helped incite a boycott after Bud Light sent a personalized case of beer to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.He said he believed in forgiveness, adding that the makers of Bud Light had “made a mistake.”

A top Democrat in the House has detailed how her caucus is prepared to help Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy keep his job in exchange for ending the impeachment inquiry he launched into President Joe Biden’s actions just weeks ago. Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA), the minority whip, promised she could marshal the votes to help McCarthy avoid an attempt by conservative Republicans to vacate the speaker’s chair which would require near-unanimous support from Democrats as well. Rep. Clark told POLITICO that she also intends to force McCarthy into a corner on aid to Ukraine and his ongoing negotiations with the White...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has gently nudged his Republican counterparts in the House of Representatives to pump the brakes on chatter of impeaching President Biden. “I said two years ago, when we had not one but two impeachments, that once we go down this path it incentivizes the other side to do the same thing,” McConnell told the New York Times in an interview published Tuesday. “Impeachment ought to be rare,” he added. “This is not good for the country.” A growing number of House Republicans have called for Biden’s impeachment, with most of them citing the border...

DeSantis sold his soul to the swamp! pic.twitter.com/BF7C80u7X3— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) August 7, 2023

Megadonor Tells DeSantis to Get Moderate or Else, Within Hours DeSantis Dismisses 2020 “Stolen Election Theories” as False August 4, 2023 | Sundance | 24 Comments These two events are not coincidental. Ron DeSantis megadonor Robert Bigelow (below right) is already into the failing DeSantis campaign for $20 million. Billionaire donor Bigelow tells Reuters that he has told the DeSantis managers the candidate needs to take moderate positions, or he will not donate any more money {LINK HERE}. Ron DeSantis is then questioned by reporters in Iowa about the Trump indictment and the claims of the 2020 election being stolen....

As my colleague Nick Arama pointed out, former Vice President Mike Pence’s tweet commentary on the latest Trump indictment pretty much finished his campaign and sealed his fate. Pence has made himself unlikeable, and he will never be president—at least not of these United States of America.Way to sink your campaign still further. Somehow, even the random person on the street knows that we are at a precarious time with the government being weaponized against us—and that we need to stand together against it if we are to uphold the rule of law and the protections of the Constitution. But...

We are entering unchartered territory with political advertisements these days, presenting serious moral and ethical questions.Politico recently reported about a new anti-Trump TV advertisement funded by ‘Never Back Down,’ a pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC that has used AI (artificial intelligence) technology.The advertisement focuses on President Trump’s criticism of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in an attempt to push two narratives.The first is to imply that President Trump has disdain for conservatives.The second is to suggest he disrespected the highest elected official of the first caucus state of the primary, and thus disrespected Iowans, too, since she was their choice.A section of...

RNC Research @RNCResearch BIDEN (last week): "I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things..." 4:01 PM · Jun 26, 2023

Over the last two weeks, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has been sounding more and more like an establishment Republican. During the House Speaker voting sessions, MTG emphatically called Rep. Gaetz and Rep. Lauren Boebert along with 18 other Republican lawmakers “destructionist” for voting against McCarthy. Here’s the video for context: Now when a reporter asked MTG if Biden is the legitimately elected President of the United States, she responded “Of course Joe Biden’s the president. That’s always a silly question.” Just watch:

A small but vocal group of Republican senators is furious with GOP leadership over the agreement with Democrats to approve a massive year-end spending bill that will fund the federal government through next September. The bipartisan deal has created a schism between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican colleagues in both chambers — including House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy — who accuse Mr. McConnell and his leadership of rolling over to help Democrats pass a major budget on the brink of a government shutdown and the holidays without knowing what’s in it. “I don’t see any reason why Republicans...

Senate Republicans, who overwhelmingly re-elected Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to leadership, appear ready to pass immigration reform that will not come with added border security during the lame-duck session.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) pledged on Tuesday to sell out the American people by trying to advance amnesty for illegal aliens after striking a deal on gun control. After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tapped Cornyn to negotiate a deal on gun control, he now promised to move forward on a deal on amnesty. “First guns, now it’s immigration,” Cornyn told Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA). “That’s right, we’re going to do it,” said Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). Andrew Surabian, a former Donald Trump administration official, said in reaction to Cornyn’s pledge for amesty, “From selling out on gun control to...

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: Senate GOP and Democrats have signed off on a bill to provide funding to states for nationwide Red Flag Laws 6:19 PM · Jun 21, 2022