Posted on 02/13/2022 3:17:02 AM PST by cotton1706
PHOENIX — For more than a year, former President Donald Trump has berated Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, savaging him for refusing to overturn the state’s presidential results and vowing to oppose him should he run for the Senate this year.
In early December, though, Mr. Ducey received a far friendlier message from another former Republican president. At a golf tournament luncheon, George W. Bush encouraged him to run against Senator Mark Kelly, a Democrat, suggesting the Republican Party needs more figures like Mr. Ducey to step forward.
“It’s something you have to feel a certain sense of humility about,” the governor said this month of Bush’s appeal. “You listen respectfully, and that’s what I did.”
Mr. Bush and a band of anti-Trump Republicans led by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are hoping he does more than listen.
As Mr. Trump works to retain his hold on the Republican Party, elevating a slate of friendly candidates in midterm elections, Mr. McConnell and his allies are quietly, desperately maneuvering to try to thwart him. The loose alliance, which was once thought of as the G.O.P. establishment, for months has been engaged in a high-stakes candidate recruitment campaign, full of phone calls, meetings, polling memos and promises of millions of dollars. It’s all aimed at recapturing the Senate majority, but the election also represents what could be Republicans’ last chance to reverse the spread of Trumpism before it fully consumes their party.
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I was there in 2013
The event scared the hell out of the Democrats.
The event provoked massive opposition that was unopposed.
A similar process is ongoing. There is no willingness to oppose the Democrat creation of a January 6 insurrection and the prohibition of Americans and especially conservatives from gathering on the Mall.
If conservatives were worth a damn they would assemble on the Mall in spite of the Capital Police gestapo
“but that’s not who we are” is the wimpy reply
To Politpost:
You wish. We have no use for "Republicans" like GWB, etc.
Really? So what was that huge crowd on the Washington Mall on January 6th?
That was anomaly.
Where is it now? At home posting whining’s.
Did or are you going to DC soon like we did before?
I will be.
Just not at events that are setups like J6.
That is rich coming from a classic 90's Bushie globalist Free Traitor!!!
At 20% approval, McConnell’s name will be kryptonite associated with anyone, tons of money or not.
McConnell cannot be allowed to regain Senate Leader. If it comes down to it vote for democrats for people like Thune. We need to do this in only a few races I’m sure but it must be done. Giving them rino control of The Senate will be used to sabotage Trump or DeSantis.
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