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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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To: Carl Vehse

The world’s shortest book: “Great Moderates In History”


21 posted on 05/17/2025 2:02:42 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Ah, good ol Rush


22 posted on 05/17/2025 2:03:36 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Signalman

“moderate republican” is spelled DEMOCRAT. Change my mind.


23 posted on 05/17/2025 2:10:22 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

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

Exactly right. They all both left and right work for the NWO anyhow. They have a common goal and that goal is hamper or eliminate any threats to their Global Order. Trump is the biggest threat right now.


24 posted on 05/17/2025 2:18:18 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Signalman

Everything about this article is wrong.


25 posted on 05/17/2025 2:18:45 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Signalman

“Moderate Republicans” actually benefit from the corruption in DC.


26 posted on 05/17/2025 2:21:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Signalman

The feckless Republicans in Congress are dithering while a constitutional crisis has emerged. It is time for the
creation of a new party, and send the Republican Party the way of the Whigs and No-Nothings.


27 posted on 05/17/2025 2:23:53 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Signalman
Some, reportedly including President Donald Trump himself, have suggested tax hikes on the rich.

The exceptionally rich hide their income in tax-exempt "charitable" foundations not available to the middle class. Said foundations are often used for profitable purposes putting their competitors out of business with regulations foisted by the activist groups they support. I exposed the process with my first book and made a habit of exposing the practice in the early days of FR. Today, they launder the money first through intermediary foundations such as Tides.

28 posted on 05/17/2025 2:25:59 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Signalman

“Moderate” conservatives are Democrat deep state plants.


29 posted on 05/17/2025 3:08:19 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Carl Vehse

Was the first Moderate Republican Alf Landon of KS? Or was there one sooner?


30 posted on 05/17/2025 3:12:12 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Signalman

The problem? There really isn’t much evidence in the past several years to justify their fears.

Indeed incompetence cost everyone involved or not in controlling decisions.


31 posted on 05/17/2025 3:13:47 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Signalman
The author left out the most important point: voters say they are supporting President Trump because he does what he promised.

The squishy moderates should be embracing Trump's agenda because the voters have said it's what they want. The voters have moved past appeasing the Democrats.

It's time for the moderates to do the same.

-PJ

32 posted on 05/17/2025 3:28:14 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Theodore R.

One of the founders of the Republican Party, Horace Greeley (publisher of Karl Marx in his New York Tribune), was a Leftist even by today’s standards. Does that count as a Republican moderate?


33 posted on 05/17/2025 3:33:40 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Signalman

I heard that the Rhinos tried to clean that they voted no because it didn’t go far enough for conservatives. That is absolute and total b*******.

We need to make a list of those and begin vigorously targeting them for primary defeats.

Primaries are where change can take place because you only need 10% of the eligible voters. Just a few dozen people can toss out an incumbent. That’s how AOC got elected.


34 posted on 05/17/2025 3:54:33 PM PDT by Mr. K (no consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Signalman

A lot of “Rah rah git the tar and feathers” here but too many have conveniently forgotten how omnibus bills have gotten us to where DOGE and more are needed today. ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ sounds catchy but, like all other omnibus bills, is laden with compromises and pork. It was probably great when it left President Trumps desk but now...

Congress spends too much time grandstanding and campaigning than buckling down on their responsibilities to their constituents. And ‘bill-writer aides’ from contributors do not proper staff make.

They should at least break bills down into categories (infrastructure, crime, etc.) and complete in-party debates prior to voting. Otherwise we have national embarrassments like this while the Evil Party gets to hoot again at our expense.


35 posted on 05/17/2025 6:24:21 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Listen to me now, think about it later and cry about it some other day.)
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