Posted on 04/06/2022 6:18:41 AM PDT by cotton1706
There has been a storyline kicking around of late that Donald Trump is losing sway within the Republican Party, noting that his Senate picks in places like Alaska and North Carolina appear to be underperforming.
While that may be true in specific circumstances, Trump's death grip on the GOP more broadly doesn't appear to be relaxing much.
The latest evidence of that reality came Tuesday morning when Michigan Rep. Fred Upton announced he would not run for a 19th term against fellow Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga this year.
"Even the best stories have a last chapter," Upton said on the House floor. "This is it for me."
While Upton made no mention of Trump, it's impossible to avoid seeing his decision to retire through that lens.
Upton had angered Trump by being one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the then-President for his role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. Trump also endorsed Huizenga last month.
With his announcement, Upton is now the fourth of those 10 members to opt against seeking reelection, joining Reps. John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio on the sidelines.
"UPTON QUITS! 4 down and 6 to go. Others losing badly, who's next?" Trump said in a statement Tuesday.
Among the other six, Trump has endorsed five of their GOP primary challengers.
* Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney: Trump has endorsed Harriet Hageman.
* Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer: Trump has endorsed John Gibbs.
* Washington Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler: Trump has endorsed Joe Kent.
* South Carolina Rep. Tom Rice: Trump has endorsed Russell Fry.
* Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse: Trump has endorsed Loren Culp.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I am a Trumplican.
Good chance that Trump boots 9 or 10 out of these 10.
I’d say he still has a firm grip and is doing a great job booting RINO’s.
Donaldus Tyranosaurus Trump!
No one is close.
He fights.
Savagely when needed!
Viciously.
He has our vote.
He’s wrong. Ted Budd is leading the RINO McRory by double digits in North Carolina.
He’s wrong. Ted Budd is leading the RINO McRory by double digits in North Carolina.
The Democrat, themselves will force Fake, Illegal, Criminal, Democrat, Joe Biden to quit the POTUS Slot. The Obama visit yesterday confirmed it. Biden was like a lost child, going nowhere, he was completely avoided by all Democrats there...who hugged & cheered ex POTUS, Barack Hussein Obama!!! Face the truth folks....The Democrat Party has already said goodbye to failed, incompetent Democrat, Joe Biden!!! The Biden family, including all of them, Joe, Drug addict, woman abuser, Criminal, Hunter, Criminal, James do seriously have somewhere of importance to go to....It’s Called Prison!!!
news so nice, we read it twice.
RINOs are filthy traitors of the worst magnitude.
RINOs are the reason for the woke clown world we must now endure.
RINOs are the reason we now will get an ultra-left addition to SCOTUS.
Make them pay in the primaries this year. Vote every one of them out and replace them with constitutional conservatives.
No more RINOs = No more stolen elections.
I’m voting for Trump and anyone he endorses.
“I’d say he still has a firm grip and is doing a great job booting RINO’s.”
RINOs and assistant Democrats.
If anybody doubts the allegiance of these 10 turds, consider that it is CNN lamenting the resignation of supposed Republicans. Think about that.
Any “Republican” supported or endorsed by CNN is a Democrat in disguise.
Agreed
I don't have the time to check out candidates- and he is doing it for us.
He had some bad picks in the past, but I think he's still better source of voter info than anyone else in the media
Yep, the leftist activist media supports any Republican who fights Republicans and doesn't support the party line, i.e. McCain
What the Lamestream media and Dems fear the most is Republican lawmakers who are constitutional conservatives.
The coming primary cull of RINOs has them TERRIFIED. They won't be able to steal elections in Republican-controlled state legislatures if the RINOs are gone. They won't be able to have RINO traitors to help them pass their agenda in Congress if they are gone.
Expect lots of stories from CNN/MSN about "righteous republicans" "trying to keep the party honest" in the face of losing their primary to "extreme right-wing crazies."
It has never been Blue VS Red.
It has always been Blue VS Red with Blue infiltrators.
The Left is scared that the infiltrators are about to get the boot.
Let 2022 be the beginning of the RINO purge.
“..What about the potential for Trump’s Mean Tweets™? We can’t have that again....”
I’ll take a few “mean tweets” and $2/gal gas again.
The moronic left and those brain-dead soccer moms across the fruited plain can all go screw themselves and each other...a lot.
I am a Trumplican
* * *
Yeah, me too.
Just like the fearsome prehistoric huge creatures
we now have our MAGA-DON fire breathing Dragon.
I hope that State Republican parties do like they
did to Cheney and kick Murky, Mitt and Sue Collins
out of the Republican party in their states.
Trump’s rally last week in Michigan had a crowd
of 7,000 inside the Arena, and 21,000 outside
watching Trump speak.
Who is this nutjob that says Trump is losing
his following. Remember this is 3 years before
the next Presidential Election and Trump is
motivation not just his base but indies also.
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