Posted on 02/01/2022 2:46:42 PM PST by NoLibZone
A baffling Trump endorsement in Tennessee has caused quite a stir in MAGA country. If you haven’t been paying close attention to political minutiae lately, Politico has the story:
Former President Donald Trump is facing serious backlash from die-hard loyalists over his decision to intervene in a Tennessee House race, with his supporters accusing him of spurning a staunch Republican ally who’s running. Trump on Tuesday evening endorsed Morgan Ortagus, who served as a State Department spokesperson during his administration and is pondering a run for a Middle Tennessee-based congressional district. The announcement has caused a firestorm, with far-right, high-profile backers ranging from North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn to conservative activist Candace Owens taking to social media to voice their support for Robby Starbuck, a rival candidate who’s been a mainstay of the pro-Trump movement. [Politico] Is this all just a tempest in a teapot? Our research indicates this Trump endorsement is even worse than you might have thought at first glance. Megan Ortagus might be President Trump’s former State Department spokesperson, but she holds GOP establishment neocon views that are diametrically opposed to the America First, MAGA-movement.
Mere hours after Trump’s endorsement, The National Pulse publicized statements Ortagus had made vowing to “faithfully [serve] the incoming Biden Administration,” and trashing Trump back during the 2016 race. It turns out that, in 2016, she dutifully repeated all of the Never Trump talking points of the GOP establishment:
“You have somebody who makes fun of people with mental and physical disabilities. That’s disgusting; there’s no other way around it,” remarked Ortagus in January 2016 during an interview with Fox News. Ortagus, while working for a super PAC associated with Trump’s primary opponent former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, said she “fundamentally disagree[d]” with Trump’s approach to foreign policy. “In his gut, he does not think that Americans should be, quote unquote, the policemen of the world,” she said during a 2016 panel discussion dissecting Trump’s foreign policy speech. “I don’t see it that way. I think that America is the glue that holds the world together. … So there were points that I agreed with him today, but overall, I fundamentally disagree with his isolationist approach to foreign policy,” she added. Ortagus and her second husband were married by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in 2000. [National Pulse] Getting married by Ruth Bader Ginsburg might simply reflect a profound lack of taste in Ortagus’ personal life that can be overlooked, but championing America as the “policemen of the world,” casting President Trump’s policies as “isolationist,” and stating that she “fundamentally disagrees” with Trump’s America First, Jacksonian approach to foreign policy are political sins that cannot be forgiven.
Of course, many people criticized Donald Trump in 2016, and later came around on the importance of the political realignment he led. The issue with Ortagus, however, isn’t limited to her criticism of Trump—it’s her clear failure to have learned anything after serving in his administration.
If Ortagus is elected to the House, she will become one of the most extreme warhawks in the Republican Party—a natural ally of figures like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. Her Twitter timeline features a cascading list of demands that America get involved in a dizzying array of foreign entanglements.
Ortagus calls for the US government to ship more weapons to Ukraine, immediately:
There’s something rotten in Mar-A-Lago. Endorsement in SC-7 today is NOT a good one, either.
I doubt that many conservatives are “blowing up” over this. It’s the usual click-me blogger hype.
“Trump is going to make a mistake here and there.”
Too many...Sessions, Barr, Wray ...etc.
The National Pulse is the original source of the story of her pledging to faithfully serve the Biden administration. The only evidence they produced is a collage of edited screenshots. That a insider would give such a site that kind of info is low, and National Pulse isn't Drudge. A lot of the lower web traffic conservative press panders to fear mongering and making accusations that doesn't pan out.
As far as getting married by RBG, I don't think that means much. As much as people on left/right political forums go at each other, in real life politicians, judges, public employees all have to work together. Much of what we see on camera for the news is for show. The more political active on both sides tend to forget that real life isn't a internet shouting match all the time.
She's a active member of the U.S. Navy Reserve. She legally has to faithfully serve the President, no matter who occupies the office. "Faithfully serve" is open to interpretation.
He’s making a stronger case for DeSantis.
This endorsement is a bit of a head-scratcher, but I assume Trump had his reasons.
Exactly. Trump is a great campaigner not as great of an executive in Gov’t.
DeSantis is a terrible campaigner, but an amazing executive.
My guess is it’s a favor to Mile Pompeo
You might say she should abort her candidacy.
State department bureaucrat? No thanks. Can’t get more establishment than that.
For four years Trump demonstrated good policy and good communication, but horrendous enemy recognition.
Trump is being an idiot here. Do not vote for this evil woman.
National vs local Politics. Then the dirt BS came out and then ninnies ran from Roy. Like dougie was somehow better. I’m still embarrassed we elected dumb azz Dougie Jones. Pathetic. Sorry from AL
lets see, Biden or trump hmmmm, its like having a choice between liver disease or terminal brain cancer
It seems to be a pattern.
We are alone. We need to ignore who Trump endorses and research the crap out of all candidates. Trump isn’t even paying attention to who he endorses, like linda gramisty, chuck grassly, mitt and the turd-le. For someone that was the star of the Apprentice, he sucks ass at hiring. Ask Amarosa, or Tillerson, or Sessions, or Scaramoochie, or Pence, etc. Whoever he endorses, I tend to go the opposite direction. The only way the swamp can be drained and MAGA can survive by not voting for the MAGAGOTS, and Trump is endorsing alot of them!
I smell a whiff of son-in-law with these endorsements...
So Revolver is pimping the story.........
Trump would not be smart to do a live appearance with her
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