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GOP Moderates Are Learning the Wrong Lessons from 2024—and Risk Losing Everything in 2026
RedState ^ | 5/17/2025 | Joe Cunningham

Posted on 05/17/2025 12:18:57 PM PDT by Signalman

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1 posted on 05/17/2025 12:18:57 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

The phrase “moderate Republicans” is a euphemism for testicularly- and spinally-challenged RINOcrats.


2 posted on 05/17/2025 12:26:17 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: Signalman

Any Moderate is a fool. We want extreme change. The Progressives have controlled both parties since 1988. It’s time for the pendulum top swing wildly to the Conservative side. No half measures.


3 posted on 05/17/2025 12:26:54 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (People who receive less results for effort will naturally put in less effort when the game is rigged)
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To: Signalman
'What the GOP Needs Is a Backbone'

This is an important article.
4 posted on 05/17/2025 12:27:23 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Signalman

Trump won by a landslide—especially considering those who would vote for him if not for the lies. He has a mandate. Standing in the way of that is political, fiscal, and cultural suicide.


5 posted on 05/17/2025 12:27:32 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: Signalman

red state and it’s sister sites (Townhall, etc) are the biggest rhinos on the planet. These politicians aren’t moderate and they’re not looking for compromise.
They are on the other team, playing the long con on naive conservatives who want to believe “our” guys are just misled or some such.
Nothing will change till we make it very hard for lousy politicians to do the wrong thing, continually.


6 posted on 05/17/2025 12:33:41 PM PDT by Arkady
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To: Signalman

I use the term Divas singing arias to describe some Republicans as no matter what the Party’s push is there are always some of them that try to block whatever the party is pushing for. The Democrats may support lame agendas but they almost always get their agenda passed because of majority support of the members of their party.


7 posted on 05/17/2025 12:38:07 PM PDT by antidemoncrat ( )
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GOP Moderates Are Learning the Wrong Lessons from 2024—and Risk Losing Everything in 2026

They don't care - for the RINOs, losing the House majority in 2026 is worth it if they can impede Trump.

GOP "moderates" and neocons need to be come part of the GOP's history - the alternative is that the GOP will become history. There's no future in playing Democrat-Lite.
8 posted on 05/17/2025 12:39:36 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Signalman

Trump ought to go directly to states of Senators and House districts of these useless RINOS and tear them a new one by name.

Shame them with their voters.

Haer that Rand? Mess-in-pants Massie? Collins? Lisa Cowbimbo?

To hell with the party.


9 posted on 05/17/2025 12:39:39 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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The phrase “moderate Republicans” is a euphemism for testicularly- and spinally-challenged RINOcrats.

ie. —- Cucks.

10 posted on 05/17/2025 12:41:21 PM PDT by rhinohunter (I don’t know if God is a Republican, but I am metaphysically certain that satan is a democrat)
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To: Signalman

I hate pussies.


11 posted on 05/17/2025 12:56:18 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: Arkady

Interesting thoughts you have. Can you dispute Cunningham’s facts and premise without the ad hominem comments?

Gwjack


12 posted on 05/17/2025 12:56:19 PM PDT by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: Jamestown1630

We have a back bone “Trump” the problem we have no supporting structure. The Republican Congress all turned against the President and the citizens of the UNITED STATES.


13 posted on 05/17/2025 1:00:48 PM PDT by Ronald77
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To: ClearCase_guy

True, true, and true. But how do you fight the squishes who enjoy the D.C. cocktail parties and will do anything to get sent back to D.C. every two years?


14 posted on 05/17/2025 1:01:20 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: Ronald77

I think the Republicans in Congress are what the author is addressing.


15 posted on 05/17/2025 1:03:11 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Signalman

A moderate Republican is half a Democrat. Primary every single one. Your vote in the primaries is worth 10 times more because only 10% of eligible voters show up


16 posted on 05/17/2025 1:05:10 PM PDT by Mr. K (no consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Signalman

Once upon a time in 2012, I evaluated 4,442 essays submitted by elementary-school students. I can’t divulge the prompt — that’s a trade secret protected by ferocious blood oaths. To loosely paraphrase, though, it was — “Which public figure do you respect most?”

As may be expected, 25-35% of the kids respected Barack or Michelle.

The number of Romney admirers was much easier to count. One (1). NOT 1%. Not even 42 of those kids could muster up any enthusiasm for Mitt.

At that point, I knew that the fight was fixed, the game was rigged, and the previously-selected candidate had already been chosen to win. And Mitt Romney had volunteered to serve as the chump, the patsy, the LOSER.


17 posted on 05/17/2025 1:42:52 PM PDT by TomEd (Her şey hazır! Buyrun, şölene!)
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To: Signalman

Do keep in mind a historic first occurred the last day- the first time in US history our Treasury Debt instruments were downgrade below AAA- by the three major agencies.

Means nothing to the average Joe- but an earthquake in the financial industries.
Many sovereign funds ( and Pension funds) prohibit “ investing” in anything less than AAA.

AA1 ratings are not junk, but very important to the world investors. Pull up Moody’s clear warning, we are in a debt spiral.


18 posted on 05/17/2025 1:50:42 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Signalman

Moderate Republicans= Jr. Democrats


19 posted on 05/17/2025 1:50:56 PM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rulsh!!!!!)
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To: Signalman

Just ending the tax on social security would win them 80% of the house and Senate in the midterms


20 posted on 05/17/2025 2:00:10 PM PDT by Mr. K (no consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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