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GOP Rep. Upton Knocks 'MTG Element,' Says They Make It 'Hard' to Govern
newsweek.com ^ | 4/17/22 | Jason Lemon

Posted on 04/17/2022 3:46:51 PM PDT by cotton1706

Representative Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, criticized Sunday the "MTG element," a reference to GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, saying she and others make it "hard" to govern.

Upton was among the 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. After more than three-decades serving in Congress, the Michigan Republican announced his retirement on April 5 in the face of a Trump-endorsed opponent as well as redistricting that significantly changed his constituency.

In an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press, the GOP lawmaker said that he is confident his party will take back control of the House after the midterms later this year. Upton added, however, that whether Republicans will be able to govern effectively will depend on the kind of majority they hold.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: elections
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To: x

Nice hair, how is what’s underneath it?


41 posted on 04/17/2022 5:23:24 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: cotton1706

What a class A richardhead...

Since when does a congresscritter “govern”?
Maybe he should take some courses at nearby Hillsdale College...


42 posted on 04/17/2022 5:26:01 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: WinstonSmith1984
Like you said Cotton, MTG makes it hard for RINOs to pretend to be Republicans and makes it hard for them to go along with rigged elections.

+1

43 posted on 04/17/2022 6:07:50 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of a USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Macoozie

Niece.


44 posted on 04/17/2022 6:10:38 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Is that you, Upton?


45 posted on 04/17/2022 6:14:15 PM PDT by Pelham (Q is short for quack )
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

They understood quite well what government run amok meant and would mean. We the people failed to check it going back many decades.


46 posted on 04/17/2022 6:14:59 PM PDT by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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To: bigbob
Upton's niece used to be famous.


47 posted on 04/17/2022 6:16:46 PM PDT by x
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To: cotton1706

You don’t “govern,” you low-IQ, Marxist dictator wannabe.

You REPRESENT the people who elected you.


48 posted on 04/17/2022 6:17:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Depopulate the depopulationists. --FJB)
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To: bigbob

Mrs Justin Verlander.

Kate Upton has graced many a swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated.


49 posted on 04/17/2022 6:22:22 PM PDT by Pelham (Q is short for quack )
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To: cotton1706

Sometimes it’s hard to be a dictator.


50 posted on 04/17/2022 6:50:50 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
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To: cotton1706

This guy has been a totalitarian creep since he arrived in the swamp. The only beneficial item related to him is his niece.


51 posted on 04/17/2022 6:50:52 PM PDT by crusher (GREEN: Globaloney for the Gullible)
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To: cotton1706

Please Michigan voters, send this guy packing!


52 posted on 04/17/2022 6:53:10 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: cotton1706

She’ll be re-elected. You wouldn’t have been. That’s why you “retired”.


53 posted on 04/17/2022 7:08:05 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: cotton1706

A case of the pot calling the kettle black.


54 posted on 04/17/2022 8:10:51 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: cotton1706

Upton is the asshole that made it illegal to buy a lightbulb. Obviously he’s not a conservative. And I understand he’s resigning rather than getting primaried , Like the loser RINO he is.


55 posted on 04/17/2022 8:34:31 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: EEGator

Knock it off.


56 posted on 04/18/2022 12:16:10 AM PDT by WWG1WWA (Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden )
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To: WWG1WWA

That’s the only thing redeeming about this thread.


57 posted on 04/18/2022 1:32:44 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: WWG1WWA

No.


58 posted on 04/18/2022 4:08:02 AM PDT by EEGator
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