Posted on 08/17/2022 6:10:11 AM PDT by cotton1706
Representatives who voted for the J6 Committee:
Florida: Maria Salazar Carlos Giminez
New York: Andrew Garbarino
(Excerpt) Read more at ballotpedia.org ...
Who do we like in NY?
And yet Trump has *again* endorsed ultra-RINO Gimenez for re-election against actual conservative opposition.
That’s either very magnanimous and forgiving of Trump, or perhaps it could just be the fact that the token conservative opposition in Gimenez’ district is split between two candidates who, between them, don’t have a dollar to spend on their campaigns while the incumbent has over 1 million dollars in the bank.
Also, the Democrats aren’t even seriously contesting the election in November. Because Gimenez is basically a Democrat anyway, so why make any effort to oust him?
It would be nice to see the Republican voters of south Florida do the right thing and stomp on this RINO in the primary.
It’s less about who we like than why the district is having a special election to fill out the rest of Reed’s term.
Back in ‘09 there was a vacancy in what was then the 23rd that was open for months. Paterson refused to call a special election and the district was denied representation for the vote on Obamacare.
Fast forward to 2022 and the district gets a special election to fill a seat that’s up for election again in November.
What gives, eh?
“And yet Trump has *again* endorsed ultra-RINO Gimenez for re-election against actual conservative opposition.”
Yeah, I don’t understand that at all.
What’s the deal with NY-23?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Gee NY has 2 primaries this year.
Back in June, Zeldin wrapped up the GOP race for governor.
Also, was taken aback to see Rubio trailing Demmings.
Hard to imagine Marco losing in November,
From a demoKKKrat side i can tell you this, in CD 17 we want Biaggi to beat Maloney. Biaggi is a far left squad member in what’s a pretty conservative area. Conservative Mike Lawler should beat Maloney but he’ll crush Biaggi
Paladino, Elise Stefanick and Claudia Tenny
What? Salazar is a traitor!
My opinion (not very popular on FR) is that Trump’s endorsement strategy is mostly “window dressing” for his 2024 campaign, rather than really trying to affect who wins the primaries.
According to this theory, the cause-and-effect relationship between Trump endorsing a candidate, and that candidate winning their primary - is often appearance only. So picking the winner is often the best strategy, because it makes Trump appear to be the Republican “Kingmaker”, which makes him strong for 2024.
In other words, if a MAGA candidate is considered a lost cause and the non-MAGA is sure to win, and Trump feels his endorsement won’t change anything, he may as well go with the winner.
A lot of people don’t like this because it implies Trump
Is helping RINOs - I disagree.
It’s like betting on a horse race, knowing who you bet on will not affect the outcome - so you make money by betting on the horse you EXPECT to win, not the horse you WISH would win.
Flame away..
It sure would be nice to see that Humpty Dumpty lap-banded Jerry Nadler go down, even if it is to another Democrat.
The NY GOP is full of incompetent fools who seem to have permanent jobs running it.
All, do not believe the polls, Demmings is not going to beat Rubio.
I agree with you about Trump’s desire to boost his winning percentage. He has endorsed well over 100 Republican members of the U.S. House who are in safe districts and aren’t facing any real challenge in either the primary or general elections and those are therefore all automatic wins for Trump.
Most of those representatives, however, couldn’t really be described as RINOs. So the endorsement isn’t a *bad* thing for the most part, it’s just unnecessary window dressing, as you said.
But cozying up to THIS guy (Gimenez) is going too far.
Not only is he probably the single most liberal member of the GOP House caucus, he backstabbed Trump by voting for the J6 Kangaroo Kourt Kommittee.
It’s not like Gimenez represents some D+20 district and is therefore the best we can do because otherwise some 100% liberal Rat would certainly take the seat. His district now leans slightly right (if not more than slightly) and the Rats aren’t even contesting it in 2022.
So why invest at all in Gimenez? Trump seems to have learned a small lesson about “loyalty” from the other 15 Republicans who, like Gimenez, backstabbed him EVEN AFTER HE ENDORSED THEM in 2020, and he isn’t endorsing those cowards again.
So what makes Gimenez special, aside from “muh precious winning percentage?” Almost 100% of those other 15 quislings are in safe districts too, after all.
I agree - I am in PA.
I was a very outspoken advocate for Kathy Barnette and of course voted for her in the primary. I was very disappointed that Trump endorsed Oz, who I have every reason to believe will be another RINO.
In that case, I really think he might have tipped the scales against her - the week before the primary polls showed Barnette within a couple points of Oz and closing - like 28-30 - and McCormick 9 points behind.
Trump’s Oz endorsement enabled Hannity and the GOP establishment machine to launch a smear campaign against Barnette - mostly claiming “she has no chance of winning in November” which was pure BS. Then there were the 8 year old tweets taken out of context - days before the election - giving her no opportunity to set the record straight.
I think Trump made a huge mistake in endorsing Oz, but then Oz squeaked by and Trump could claim another “win”. Then anti-Barnette people could say “see we were right - Trump was right - she lost - so she’s a loser.”
So, I’m not supporting Trump’s RINO endorsements -just saying I get why he’s trying to rack up the wins. Politics is about winning - you can’t do any good as a politician if you can’t get yourself elected.
If President Trump can get 51% of the vote in 2024, that will include a hell of a lot of voters who I would disagree with about various things. I understand he has to build a coalition - a big tent.
So, I’ll trust Trump to figure out how to win - he’ll do some things and say some things I disagree with. But I know he’ll be a great POTUS, because I’ve already seen him do it.
I’ve fallen behind in tracking House primaries ... Maybe at work tomorrow I’ll look at it.
I’m busier when I’m not at work.
NY Aug 23
CD#1, 4 candidates
Michelle Bond, businesswoman[4]
Raised 380k in Quarter 2, spent half
800k cash on hand, 650k is loan
Anthony Figliola, former deputy supervisor of Brookhaven[5]
Raised only 14k
Nick LaLota, chief of staff to Suffolk County legislator Kevin McCaffrey[6]
Raised 120k, spent half
320k on hand
Edward Francis Moore Jr.,
Didn’t file
NY CD#2
Robert Cornicelli, veteran of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army National Guard, Town of Oyster Bay Sanitation Inspector Supervisor[45]
46k raised, 100k on hand
Cait Corrigan, pastor[46]
10k raised, 2k on hand
Andrew Garbarino, incumbent U.S. representative[47]
450k raised in quarter, 1.6 million on hand
Mike Rakebrandt, combat veteran and NYPD
Only 6k raised
Only 1 legit challenger
NY #17
5 candidates
Charles J. Falciglia
Didn’t file
Michael Lawler, New York State Assemblymember from the 97th district (2021–present)[303]
Raised 350k, 330k on hand
Jack W. Schrepel
Raised 3k
Shoshana M. David
Didn’t file
William G Faulkner
Raised 2k, loaned campaign 200k
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