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Pearl Clutcher
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Post by trollie on Jan 30, 2021 15:11:22 GMT
good to see you ... it’s been a while 😊 Thank you! Good to see everyone. Hotel California and all that. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2021 6:23:06 GMT
"The challenges facing Cheney and Greene encapsulate the raging battle for the control of the GOP between orthodox conservatives and pro-Trump radicals who are viewed by the establishment as a "cancer" and "wacky weeds." Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney is the epitome of the old school, ultra-conservative but internationalist Republican Party that disdains Trump's assault on democracy. Greene is a proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory and is an avatar of the wild fringe welcomed into the GOP by Trump. McCarthy's painstaking effort to walk a line between the wings of the party represented by the two lawmakers was made immeasurably more difficult when, according to Greene, she and Trump spoke in a recent phone call, The former President's power play came after he received McCarthy for an audience at his Florida resort. The visit was a stunning indication of how Trump is still calling the shots for much of the House GOP -- even after his mob invaded the Capitol in a January 6 insurrection... The challenge for the broader Republican Party, however, is that there is plenty of evidence that the party's activist base is not excited by small government, debt reduction, globalization and a hawkish foreign policy -- four pillars of the Republican Party for decades between Ronald Reagan and Trump." www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/politics/republican-party-marjorie-taylor-greene-liz-cheney/index.html |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2021 2:51:31 GMT
"There is a sickness that has overtaken the Republican Party. Much like any cancer, it started small. A few white supremacists here, a couple conspiracy theorists there. Now, the virus has spread out of control, and the vast majority of the party is either on board with it or too frightened to fight it. It’s a fever that will not break. The extremist element has become the Republican mainstream, and there is a crisis of courage among those who would stand opposed to it. The few who have bravely stuck to their principles, like Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, have been rewarded with a ruthless onslaught of attacks against their character and threats to their personal safety. At the same time, Representatives like Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, Colorado’s Lauren Boebert, Florida’s Matt Gaetz and Ohio’s Jim Jordan, who in a different time would have been met with universal scorn, derision and ridicule, have been encouraged to spread their baseless bile. Anti-democracy senators, like Texas’s Ted Cruz and Missouri’s Josh Hawley, are given endless amounts of attention, airtime and exposure in the right-wing media. Instead of writing off a defeated, twice-impeached Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy traveled to Mar-a-Lago this week to strategize with him. Instead of turning the page on one of the most vile chapters in American history, Republicans seem poised to prolong it. " www.maxnewstoday.com/post/a-fever-that-will-not-break |
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