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Trump endorses McCarthy as ‘strong and fearless’ House GOP leader
The hill ^ | 06/05/2022 | Brad Dress

Posted on 06/05/2022 11:58:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: VF-51vnv

Agree...


61 posted on 06/05/2022 1:47:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Fury

Read post #29 and learn something abot strategies.


62 posted on 06/05/2022 1:47:42 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: Freee-dame

I think Georgia played us...lotsa new residents for the runoff.


63 posted on 06/05/2022 1:49:47 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Freee-dame

https://www.ajc.com/politics/75k-new-georgia-voters-registered-before-us-senate-runoffs/H3CXAFIKFVCKHJNW5MBFZKQDZU/


64 posted on 06/05/2022 1:52:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

It’s not Trump’s fault nobody challenged him in the primary. Now we’re stuck with him.


65 posted on 06/05/2022 1:53:16 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whatever keeps the train on the track and gaining speed.


66 posted on 06/05/2022 1:55:20 PM PDT by Az Joe (Biden & ChiComs are the enemy, not Putin.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McCarthy is the new Graham!


67 posted on 06/05/2022 1:56:01 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

He’s pretty consistently a conservative. Nothing wrong with that. Why go after a seat that he’s more than likely to win.


68 posted on 06/05/2022 1:56:23 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: entropy12
"Lefty Democrats thank you."

Since downstate New York State electors always go to the Democrat Presidential candidate, elect our Democrat U.S. Senators, and our Democrat Governors, not to mention creating the Democrat-run State Legislature, despite the fact that I live in a red county, and the majority of the State counties are Red, it doesn't matter whether I vote or not. My vote won't ever be missed. I like myself better when I'm not compromising my values in order to make someone else happy.

69 posted on 06/05/2022 2:00:12 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Southnsoul

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/kevin-mccarthy/


70 posted on 06/05/2022 2:05:17 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: frog in a pot
"In any event, how will you know when such fraud is eliminated to make it safe for you to vote again?"

I won't have to worry about that, because the Republicans will never do anything to eliminate it, and since I've already outlived everyone else in my family, the odds of me living long enough to actually see it happen, is slim to none. I might not even be alive in 2024 to vote for Trump, if he even runs. In truth, I hope he doesn't run again, because the constant abuse and harassment he, and everyone who supports him will be subjected to, will be 100-fold of what it's been these past 6 years.

71 posted on 06/05/2022 2:09:58 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They made a deal.


72 posted on 06/05/2022 2:10:43 PM PDT by crz
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To: enumerated
Anyone in President Trump’s position - wishing to establish himself as “kingmaker” of the Republican party, is wise to endorse likely winners wherever possible.

Endorsing candidates with virtually no chance of losing is meaningless. He can't claim credit for making a difference. He's just going along for the ride.

He figures McCarthy is going to win anyway, so why not have that win improve his own win/loss record.

The large majority of his endorsements are for candidates who would have won anyway, endorsement or not. Where is there any credit in that for him?

73 posted on 06/05/2022 2:12:53 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Charlie McCarthy would be a better choice.


74 posted on 06/05/2022 2:13:17 PM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.l)
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To: DoodleDawg

Because it builds momentum, increases the perception of the power of his endorsement. So, when the endorsement grows in perceived power, at some or several points its ‘power’ will tilt the balance somewhere critical. In politics perception is almost everything!


75 posted on 06/05/2022 2:19:51 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Freee-dame

“We needed Republican to vote in order to overcome the cheating but too many Republicans stayed home.”

Why don’t you point the finger at the GOP establishment? They’re the ones who keep pushing moderates and RINOs onto the electorate.

I’m sure a lot of Georgia voters were tired of being betrayed. The Governor, Secretary of State and state legislature were instrumental in stealing the election.


76 posted on 06/05/2022 2:22:04 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Reily
Because it builds momentum, increases the perception of the power of his endorsement.

What power of his endorsement? McCarthy is going to win this overwhelmingly with or without Trump's endorsement. If anything it makes Trump look a bit pathetic. Like he's jumping on the McCarthy bandwagon instead of the other way around.

77 posted on 06/05/2022 2:24:48 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All
Dumb move by Trump for backing a spineless dope, Kevin McCarthy.

Jim Jordan should be speaker. He’s smart and tough.

78 posted on 06/05/2022 2:45:04 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Jim Jordan.


79 posted on 06/05/2022 2:45:48 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: DoodleDawg

“Where is there any credit in that for him?”

High information voters like you and me ignore endorsements altogether - we think for ourselves rather than let someone else tell us who to vote for. But 80% of voters are not high information voters, so the endorsement “game” is very real.

In 2024, the down-ticket Republican candidates and party leaders are going to make a calculation regarding which Presidential candidate will have “coattails”. That calculation won’t be based on what they think of Trump - it will be based on what they believe the 80% think of Trump.

It’s the same with product endorsements - if you are William Shatner and you want to keep getting paid the big $$$ for your product endorsements, you will probably want to decline endorsement gigs for products you believe are going to fail, because otherwise your “brand” as an endorser would also suffer.


80 posted on 06/05/2022 2:50:12 PM PDT by enumerated
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