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1 posted on 01/25/2021 9:25:24 AM PST by CptnObvious
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“ Now the RINOs and weenies are out of power and are hurting.”

I see no evidence that they are hurting and did not want this to happen.

Please provide such evidence.


2 posted on 01/25/2021 9:27:07 AM PST by stanne
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw


3 posted on 01/25/2021 9:27:17 AM PST by PGalt
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For me this has become like watching a high school football game between two schools I never heard of. i.e. I really don’t care who wins. Both teams suck.


4 posted on 01/25/2021 9:28:00 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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For America to have a chance at rebirth, the GOP must die.

They have been intentionally importing a permanent Democrat majority for 30 years.

They obstructed the one man who wanted to do something about it and then colluded with the Democrats to cheat him out of office.

GOP - RIP


5 posted on 01/25/2021 9:29:02 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents{}Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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I believe there are many GOPe types who like to be in the minority of the Senate. Less work and more money for them with Trump gone.


6 posted on 01/25/2021 9:29:10 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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secession.

I am gonna keep saying that. Up until the supreme court failed in its duty to uphold what was left of the constitution I would never have said that. But the TX case took care of that thought.


9 posted on 01/25/2021 9:33:02 AM PST by crz
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Ripping out their jugular would be more desirable.


18 posted on 01/25/2021 9:42:24 AM PST by Howie66 (I Weep For Our Republic )
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I believe this as well. I think the left told the GOPe not to fuss about the theft of the election from Trump. They told them if they would all go along with the “safe and secure election” narrative, the GOP would be allowed to win at least one of the Senate seats in Georgia. (I suspect Perdue). That is why the Perdue & Loeffler didn’t speak out much regarding the election theft or election security for the run-off and also ran such lackluster campaigns during the period leading up to the run-off election. Then, surprise, surprise, they find out the Dems lied!


20 posted on 01/25/2021 9:44:12 AM PST by CFW
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Too weird. I thought the exact same thing. I really thought that before the election Mitch cut a sweetheart deal to shut down the presidential election fraud in exchange for keeping control of the Senate via Georgia. I have absolutely no proof and it is all conjecture on my part, but the same thing sure crossed my mind as well.
22 posted on 01/25/2021 9:51:25 AM PST by Obadiah (I will no longer be the battered spouse of the Republican Party. I'm out.)
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The previous Majority leader will make more money, power and influence as the Minority leader selling the 9 or 10 needed votes, rather than having to be buy them.

Funny how most things are not as they first appear. They are in it for them selves and are the uniparty. No matter who is in what position, they will go the way they are told.

25 posted on 01/25/2021 9:53:18 AM PST by MAAG (Tetelestai, paid in full. You are as righteous as God is. Double jeopardy is forbidden.)
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The GOP threw thew house elections in 2018 so they could sit back and let the dems be the ones to take the point in blocking Trump. A ton of safe members suddenly retired (prime example being Paul Ryan but there were others) and then many others mailed it in on the campaign trail. They wanted the dems to win so Trump would be blocked and it wouldn't have their fingerprints on it, make no mistake.

They held the Senate but I see no reason to believe that they wouldn't throw it so they had the luxury of having to do no work but get all the graft. Especially since the only way to keep the Senate was to support Trump's assertions that the elections in GA were fraught with issues. No way, they'd rather lose the Senate than that. If you still doubt it, their stubborn refusal to up the payments from $600 to $2,000 as urged by Trump should make it crystal clear. They suddenly remembered for this one item that the reckless spending is bad, after all this time? Nope, they threw it.

27 posted on 01/25/2021 9:54:45 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Why does McConnell prefer the minority position?

"The answer is where you have had to actually follow Mitch McConnell closely to see how he works. When the Majority has around 52 to 55 seats, they need McConnell to give them 8 to 9 votes to overcome the three-fifths (60 vote) threshold for their legislative needs. It is in the process of trade and payment for those 8 to 9 votes where McConnell makes more money, and holds more power, than as a sitting Majority Leader.

The 60 vote threshold, and McConnell’s incredible skillset in the minority, is where he shines. Each of the needed votes to achieve sixty is worth buckets of indulgence to the minority leader and those on K-Street who need the Senate to support their legislative constructs. The votes to get to sixty are worth a lot of money.

This institutional dynamic is the currency of affluence and influence in the Senate; this is why Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell never changed the Senate rules for legislative passage. This is why the filibuster was retained and why the 60 vote threshold was always beneficial to both parties. The color of the flag atop the spire matters not."

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/01/19/mitch-mcconnell-blames-president-trump-says-mob-was-provoked-by-the-president/

32 posted on 01/25/2021 9:58:38 AM PST by vg0va3
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What are you talking about?

The RINOs got exactly what they wanted. It was their plan, too.

And now, all is well in their world again. ... well, almost ...

All will be well again once that bad orange man is impeached ... AGAIN!!!

“I did batten them down.”
“Well, batten ‘em down again! We’ll teach those hatches.”

39 posted on 01/25/2021 10:23:51 AM PST by GBA
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