Posted on 08/08/2022 4:21:51 AM PDT by cotton1706
Michigan Republican Peter Meijer said Sunday that his primary defeat last Tuesday reflects the worst aspects of the "dark and cynical" nature of American politics today.But
"We are dealing with a politics that does not reward substance, that does not reward, you know, reality," the congressman said on CBS' "Face the Nation."
Meijer was defeated by John Gibbs, a 2020 election denier backed by former President Donald Trump. Gibbs will face Democrat Hillary Scholten in the general election.
Gibbs benefited both from Trump's support and from ads funded by House Democrats, presumably because Democrats thought him to be a more beatable candidate than Meijer, who was one of only 10 House Republicans to vote in favor of Trump's impeachment. The district in Western Michigan is a priority for Democrats because, as it is now drawn, it is one of the few House districts in the country represented by a Republican that President Joe Biden won in 2020
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Now his ass is out on the street and he's bitter.But
It's always "dark" when the people replace one representative with another.
“Democracy dies in darkness” when you’re on the losing end of the stick. This is Cheney-esque, at this point.
All RINOs need to be removed from public office.
Another egotistical narcissistic freak exposed for public viewing. How do they all wind up in politics??
That dark comment has racialistic overtOnes.
Dems and rinos are the same flavor ice-cream just labeled differently.
Just like the GOP-e.
They have forgotten that The People are in charge.
You work for The People, not your big buck donors.
What would he know about substance or reality.
I think funding other party candidates is illegal in some states. Not in Michigan, but in several others.
Trump is RINO kryptonite.
No, it's not dark and cynical, it's long overdue positive actions to remove filth like him.
He should go out and get a real job instead of grifting the folks for his 175K Government teat.
Most losers would go back and try to figure out why they were defeated, and learn from it.
Not make an ass of themselves on national news.
Being an egotistical narcissistic freak is a requirement for politics.
The goal is to get the egotistical narcissistic freak that has a benevolent form of narcissism.
“Election denier” appears to be the new phrase that the Ministry of Propaganda has directed the MSM to start using.
Election Fraud Deniers.
“Election Denier”
The MSM’s latest pejorative for us ‘Basket of Undesirables”.
My guess is by the November election, many MAGA-Republican candidates will be wearing that tag like a Badge of Honor.
Nonsense!
Republicans wouldn't vote for Meijer in November and neither would Dems, so where would Meijer’s votes have come from? Usual spin from fake news? Yup.
you are either with us or against us Meijer!
so at present, politic rewards loyalty and punishes traitors like you.
Is it really all that cynical to watch a pattern of behavior over the course of decades and decide to either have nothing to do with it, or to try to change it for the better?
Cynical is not the term I would choose.
Dark? The Russians are cleraly dumping fentanyl in the swamp water these folks are drinking. This is total looney paranoid delusion.
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