Posted on 11/25/2022 9:14:07 AM PST by Dr. Franklin
McConnell’s sabotage of his own side in the Senate races won’t come as a surprise to most Republicans, but many are unaware that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy used similar tactics in several House races during the same period. McCarthy’s behavior is even worse than McConnell’s in light of the extremely underwhelming House election results. Although observers expected a “red wave” that would yield a strong Republican majority in the House, Republicans are likely to have just a five-vote advantage in the end.
...[t]he political machine around McCarthy directed millions to be spent against Republican candidates in GOP primaries associated with the America First movement. Yes, you read that correctly. McCarthy surrogates, including Amazon lobbyist Jeff Miller, directed four political action committees to attack key candidates to McCarthy’s right in primary elections around the country.
Here are just a few examples: $1.7 million against Freedom Caucus member Madison Cawthorn in NC-11; $2 million in WA-3 against Joe Kent, and $2 million to prop up Kent’s primary opponent; $1.5 million spent against Carl Paladino in NY-23; $1 million against Christian Collins in TX-8; at least $1 million against Karoline Leavitt in NH-1; various amounts against J. R. Majewski in OH-9 and David Giglio in CA-13; and finally, $1.5 million against me in FL-7, a safe Republican seat, where McCarthy surrogates ran false and negative ads through “American Liberty Action PAC,” one of the four McCarthy attack PACs controlled by his surrogates...
...McCarthy’s main focus was not always on defeating Democrats, but to safeguard himself against challenges to his leadership within the GOP from incoming America First candidates. It is hard to escape the conclusion that, had these resources been spent on helping instead of undermining anti-establishment Republican candidates, the GOP would have won a stronger hold over the House.
(Excerpt) Read more at chroniclesmagazine.org ...
These people you (rightly) despise are a majority of all Republicans. THEY are the real Republicans. THEY represent what the GOP REALLY stands for.
"It's time to clean them out"?
And just who do you imagine is going to take that on?
And when they, and their millions upon millions of voters are gone, you do realize tey will have to be replaced with Democrats, right? And what will you give up to get them?
“Check out Alaska with its protect-the-moderate, ranked-choice voting system (RCV). Of course RCV ensures the moderates retain power as neither left nor right has a greater than 50% majority, so the 2nd choice votes go to the middle.”
I think that system can be defeated by running a 2nd lefty candidate in the same way they burned us running two R candidates.
Their plan worked because the Ds pick the RINO as #2 (appropriately, har har.) If the Ds have another choice they might pick more-left-D and secondly less-left-D instead the-only-D and the-RINO.
Puke McCarthy is just another paul ryan. If it all goes as planned we will get nothing once again, nothing
As long the moderate Republicans refuse to vote for the conservative, a MAGA candidate can’t win, and the more candidates in the race, the less chance a MAGA has of winning 50% in the first round. RCV ensures moderates have a greater chance of getting elected than anyone left or right, as they are acceptable—even if not preferred—to more voters.
They killed off the TEA Party now Maga. After Donald (AD) I will no longer particpate in politics or vote. No point.
Is liz paying you to post?
Oh shut up.
This article fails to recognize that MAGA is already a third party - it’s just that its adherents have so far been running for office under the label of one of the other two. When they start running under both labels, we will be getting somewhere.
Gee, Trump is supported by such intelligent people....
chgogal posted:
Which POTUS was as successful as Trump? Look at what Trump accomplished:
Who the heck can accomplish the above in four years while being impeached twice and investigated by Obama's Weaponized Agencies?
Trump is running in '24. Desantis will get crushed if he tries to go against Trump.
I predict that you will be voting for Trump in Nov. ‘24.
Get used to the idea.
Where else are you going to go?
Trump was great in 2016 and his term in office. I would never disparage that Trump.
But that is not the Trump who is running now.
He is smarter and even better now.
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