| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Why don't the red states just explicitly enact laws | 2021-12-30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476697909269696513 | 1476697909269696513 |
| "health of families, communities and the nation first" | 2021-12-30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476697233739321350 | 1476697233739321350 |
| In America, anybody can run for Senate! If he's rich | 2021-12-30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476672591406329858 | 1476672591406329858 |
| Cruz thinks he's the man to beat in 2024. | 2021-12-24 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474238790461898752 | 1474238790461898752 |
| Another traditional conservative gives up on the Trumpist | 2021-12-23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473876529201381377 | 1473876529201381377 |
| Wrong direction! | 2021-12-23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473806314874703874 | 1473806314874703874 |
| Five primaries that demonstrate whether the GOP is really | 2021-12-22 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473515385160749057 | 1473515385160749057 |
| The process of how Dixiecrat thinking redefined "freedom" | 2021-12-13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470230716210286595 | 1470230716210286595 |
| Kevin McCarthy is doing his best to lead the country into | 2021-12-12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1470121532986777613 | 1470121532986777613 |
| Rand Paul is only in favor of Federal disaster relief for | 2021-12-12 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1469854822912323584 | 1469854822912323584 |
| GOP has correctly identified the most persecuted group in | 2021-12-10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469347633533620226 | 1469347633533620226 |
| Is Pence a lost cause? | 2021-12-09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1468952870837899264 | 1468952870837899264 |
| The new GOP - government as reality-TV entertainment! | 2021-12-06 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1467766717141041155 | 1467766717141041155 |
| Manliness - another GOP culture war issue for which they | 2021-12-05 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1467538510185861125 | 1467538510185861125 |
| Fifty years later, fulfilling the dreams of Strom Thurmond, | 2021-12-04 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466993516479868933 | 1466993516479868933 |
| Republican Senate primary could be nasty! So many PA | 2021-12-03 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466895067260485635 | 1466895067260485635 |
| Who knew that we would look back to W as a moral leader? | 2021-12-03 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466623562857414660 | 1466623562857414660 |
| Trump doesn't scare every Republican - just most of them. | 2021-12-03 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466614180388085771 | 1466614180388085771 |
| Who voted to shut down the government tomorrow? | 2021-12-03 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1466602818555445252 | 1466602818555445252 |
| Another traditional conservative gives up - no future in | 2021-12-03 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466595715853918209 | 1466595715853918209 |
| "Wherever Republicans are in charge, they are fully | 2021-12-02 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466507165787561988 | 1466507165787561988 |
| Don't like polarization? Don't vote GOP - it's an | 2021-12-01 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1465943922656432128 | 1465943922656432128 |
| "unfavorable economic conditions next year a gold mine | 2021-11-30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1465511172015153154 | 1465511172015153154 |
| Why regional federalism is becoming more appealing | 2021-11-29 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1465184193344720896 | 1465184193344720896 |
| Fauci tries to blast Cruz and Paul with facts. But they | 2021-11-29 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1465119777471418372 | 1465119777471418372 |
| Sounds like Christie will run against Trump in the 2024 | 2021-11-28 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1464862231334567939 | 1464862231334567939 |
| The horror! | 2021-11-26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1464120983938207746 | 1464120983938207746 |
| It's the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party now. They'll purge | 2021-11-25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463981972481474560 | 1463981972481474560 |
| Steve Scalise in 2017 and 2021 - what a difference four | 2021-11-25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463719260501381122 | 1463719260501381122 |
| GOP has no clue about the kind of inflation we have now, | 2021-11-23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463021430212202502 | 1463021430212202502 |
| Traditional conservatives still in GOP need to accept | 2021-11-22 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1462665966693740546 | 1462665966693740546 |
| The real villains here are the enablers who know better | 2021-11-20 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1461851257899929600 | 1461851257899929600 |
| Sometimes the National Guard reports to the governor | 2021-11-18 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461190893701001221 | 1461190893701001221 |
| Can the GOP blow its big chance - again? With Trump in | 2021-11-15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460081176912093188 | 1460081176912093188 |
| Is the future of GOP in the past or the future? | 2021-11-11 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1458844212858789888 | 1458844212858789888 |
| Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP show their true colors - turning | 2021-11-10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458308128680808456 | 1458308128680808456 |
| Major donors had conscience pangs after Jan 6 but have | 2021-11-10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458302541255495682 | 1458302541255495682 |
| Christie and Sununu try to talk sense to the Republican | 2021-11-10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458257248866603008 | 1458257248866603008 |
| "woke" is like "critical race theory" | 2021-11-09 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1457942688557264897 | 1457942688557264897 |
| Idealistic legislators soon get pulled into the mechanics | 2021-11-08 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457748816367550465 | 1457748816367550465 |
| How to fight back against GOP minority rule | 2021-11-07 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457398489344712706 | 1457398489344712706 |
| GOP hopes to win governor's races in swing states - so | 2021-11-07 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457351957450874881 | 1457351957450874881 |
| Bipartisanship is dead! | 2021-11-07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457219211277656068 | 1457219211277656068 |
| The GOP's KGB has been at work! | 2021-11-05 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456680727324463107 | 1456680727324463107 |
| More issues less Trump??? | 2021-11-04 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456255485141680134 | 1456255485141680134 |
| What's the Democratic response to GOP's "parental say in | 2021-11-04 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456120604579352580 | 1456120604579352580 |
| What, exactly, will Youngkin about campaign promises? | 2021-11-04 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1456117659280363529 | 1456117659280363529 |
| Mixed results for reactionary attacks on school boards. | 2021-11-04 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456114503926497284 | 1456114503926497284 |
| The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP in a nutshell - they only | 2021-11-01 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455223251571929090 | 1455223251571929090 |
| You shouldn't enroll in AP literature unless you want to | 2021-11-01 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1455019177282969603 | 1455019177282969603 |
| GOP has a simple strategy for 2022 and 2024 - oppose | 2021-10-30 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1454309078067408900 | 1454309078067408900 |
| The Trumpist Dixiecrat Republicans can proudly claim to | 2021-10-30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454307469056884740 | 1454307469056884740 |
| It's not mostly crazies or cowards. | 2021-10-29 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453942297763012616 | 1453942297763012616 |
| GOP using covid restrictions to replace local officials | 2021-10-29 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453928922932858880 | 1453928922932858880 |
| No Nazi or Klansman has ever denounced Ted Cruz! | 2021-10-28 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1453795873360547841 | 1453795873360547841 |
| It's what the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP does best - not | 2021-10-28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453789280837332995 | 1453789280837332995 |
| The historical truth is what GOP calls "critical race | 2021-10-28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453542385355419653 | 1453542385355419653 |
| Facts don't matter; GOP sees school board elections as | 2021-10-25 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452780669138989058 | 1452780669138989058 |
| The big steal - | 2021-10-25 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452622452551340033 | 1452622452551340033 |
| Will public education be the big GOP issue in 2022? | 2021-10-25 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452452628407848961 | 1452452628407848961 |
| Trump doesn't like McCarthy but puts up with him. | 2021-10-23 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1451774506205208583 | 1451774506205208583 |
| Is there a magic path to appeal to the Trump base AND | 2021-10-21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451220873705246725 | 1451220873705246725 |
| A novel Senate strategy for blocking nominations - just | 2021-10-21 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1450989074638987264 | 1450989074638987264 |
| Who's a RINO? | 2021-10-21 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1450980890352316420 | 1450980890352316420 |
| There's no permanent gap between GOP legislators and their | 2021-10-14 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448457026246348807 | 1448457026246348807 |
| Presidential nominations should be automatically confirmed | 2021-10-11 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447353564687306753 | 1447353564687306753 |
| Another traditional conservative pushed out of the GOP | 2021-10-10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447076926414225415 | 1447076926414225415 |
| 11 GOP senators who can behave responsibly. | 2021-10-09 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446709158225399815 | 1446709158225399815 |
| Texas is the national laboratory for maintaining minority | 2021-10-08 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446304401019183112 | 1446304401019183112 |
| How dumb can a nation act? | 2021-10-08 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446267583145996289 | 1446267583145996289 |
| Traditional conservatives need to realize that the Trumpist | 2021-10-07 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446175587756752897 | 1446175587756752897 |
| In December, Cornyn, Thune, and Braun said "game over". | 2021-10-06 | 215 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445896826335346689 | 1445896826335346689 |
| Republicans don't have to pass anything to preserve | 2021-10-06 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445895753411432458 | 1445895753411432458 |
| Texas GOP terrorizes even GOP elections officials. | 2021-10-06 | 212 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445891704033198087 | 1445891704033198087 |
| What does McConnell want? To wreck the economy on | 2021-10-06 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445886430983561221 | 1445886430983561221 |
| Can anybody get elected to the Senate who is not a Trumpist | 2021-10-06 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445871933883510795 | 1445871933883510795 |
| There's no penalty for being an irresponsible opposition | 2021-10-06 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445855782390558730 | 1445855782390558730 |
| Pence still thinks he has presidential prospects. | 2021-10-06 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445853280689549314 | 1445853280689549314 |
| How the defenders of the ruling class donors dumb | 2021-10-04 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445122641862357003 | 1445122641862357003 |
| What happened the last time the crazies take over a | 2021-09-29 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443064403356618754 | 1443064403356618754 |
| DeSantis is not really interested in preventing abortions. | 2021-09-29 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443060063946493958 | 1443060063946493958 |
| Is the GOP handing Democrats a handy tool for 2022? Maybe, | 2021-09-29 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443048094581493762 | 1443048094581493762 |
| Trump is trying hard to consolidate his control over GOP. | 2021-09-26 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441962997446967300 | 1441962997446967300 |
| The Republican strategy to regain power - obstruct, | 2021-09-25 | 409 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441751981190643726 | 1441751981190643726 |
| GOP has always used "socialism" to describe any proposal | 2021-09-25 | 425 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441626583769309185 | 1441626583769309185 |
| It's hard to maintain your popularity if everybody can | 2021-09-24 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441534800049827840 | 1441534800049827840 |
| Bush vs Trump - who has more pull in Wyoming? | 2021-09-24 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441402292171776004 | 1441402292171776004 |
| GOP loves the idea of wrecking the train and then blaming | 2021-09-23 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441060420572250128 | 1441060420572250128 |
| A do-nothing Congress is essential for a do-nothing | 2021-09-20 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1440092993424293894 | 1440092993424293894 |
| Lesson learned - the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is | 2021-09-20 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1440090639627001858 | 1440090639627001858 |
| It's doesn't bother McConnell to be called a hypocrite. | 2021-09-18 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439225144078000140 | 1439225144078000140 |
| Regional federalism is looking better and better. | 2021-09-17 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438993606627368962 | 1438993606627368962 |
| No good deed goes unpunished in the Trumpist Dixiecrat | 2021-09-17 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438687931699380224 | 1438687931699380224 |
| Of course the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party | 2021-09-15 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438258418893000707 | 1438258418893000707 |
| "Nothing is more important in a time of war than cutting | 2021-09-10 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1436185203781738498 | 1436185203781738498 |
| Kevin McCarthy - a "consummate adapter." In record | 2021-09-06 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1435014830797123585 | 1435014830797123585 |
| Sorry Mr Ryan! Trump is the Dixiecrat Republican | 2021-09-04 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1434153922193625091 | 1434153922193625091 |
| Abbott and DeSantis want to be Trumpist presidents. | 2021-09-02 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1433259254673149957 | 1433259254673149957 |
| If there's one thing a narcissist hates, it's no longer | 2021-08-03 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1422553846937657344 | 1422553846937657344 |
| "people find like-minded people in different social media | 2021-07-21 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417825298737860611 | 1417825298737860611 |
| More hopeful glimmers for Pennsylvania Democrats in 2022 - | 2021-07-19 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416988958152560644 | 1416988958152560644 |
| "the state spent more in federal coronavirus funds on an ad | 2021-07-19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416987265536983041 | 1416987265536983041 |
| We're reliving the 1870's. This is what the GOP is so | 2021-07-19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416960436507865099 | 1416960436507865099 |
| GOP doesn't matter much in California, and neither do its | 2021-07-19 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416954271195549697 | 1416954271195549697 |
| GOP can't get any traction against Biden. So they make | 2021-07-16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415881741193998342 | 1415881741193998342 |
| "It used to be you never challenged the incumbent governor | 2021-07-11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1414371729476972544 | 1414371729476972544 |
| Mitch McConnell's legacy - stalwart defender of minority | 2021-07-10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1413859996719226883 | 1413859996719226883 |
| "If DeSantis threatens Trump's status as the undisputed | 2021-07-09 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413494185454227463 | 1413494185454227463 |
| Sounds like a call for regional federalism. | 2021-07-09 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413359027321405441 | 1413359027321405441 |
| GOP doesn't really care that much about what happened long | 2021-07-06 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412208050564321282 | 1412208050564321282 |
| Texas lieutenant governor jumps in to insure political | 2021-07-06 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412200666538287108 | 1412200666538287108 |
| It's all about getting appearances on Fox! | 2021-07-03 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1411318046598201344 | 1411318046598201344 |
| It's never enough. You can't tell the truth AND support | 2021-06-30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410096901257498625 | 1410096901257498625 |
| Who's in favor of honoring Confederate leaders? Lots of | 2021-06-30 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410087865535451136 | 1410087865535451136 |
| Trying to wrap up GOP donors early! | 2021-06-29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1409852374324183045 | 1409852374324183045 |
| Trumpist GOP last line of defense of Constitution? | 2021-06-29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1409734825846534145 | 1409734825846534145 |
| McCarthy dodges a bullet! He was in the same room with | 2021-06-27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1409034663469883394 | 1409034663469883394 |
| "we have to get those two groups to vote for the same | 2021-06-27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1409032142634377216 | 1409032142634377216 |
| "America is in crisis" | 2021-06-18 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1405715247311192065 | 1405715247311192065 |
| Not much repentance after all! | 2021-06-15 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404659552306434048 | 1404659552306434048 |
| GOP making a case for regional federalism! | 2021-06-14 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404290408826368000 | 1404290408826368000 |
| No GOP coup in 2024? | 2021-06-13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403962032785739777 | 1403962032785739777 |
| GOP legislators want to talk about possible future | 2021-06-12 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403696226621480970 | 1403696226621480970 |
| How the GOP plans to win in 2022 and 2024 - by talking | 2021-06-11 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403364590860210177 | 1403364590860210177 |
| Anti-vaxxers will even travel to MARIN COUNTY to shout | 2021-06-10 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403133487725498370 | 1403133487725498370 |
| In the great Alabama tradition of Roy Moore! | 2021-06-09 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402519117198815232 | 1402519117198815232 |
| GOP legislators always respond to the will of The People. | 2021-06-07 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402042122467909634 | 1402042122467909634 |
| 2020 is just a dress rehearsal. GOP doesn't plan to | 2021-06-07 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402037390928089089 | 1402037390928089089 |
| Everything's coming up Milhouse for McConnell! | 2021-06-07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402034793768833024 | 1402034793768833024 |
| Not Mr Popular! | 2021-06-07 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401946334546989058 | 1401946334546989058 |
| GOP donors seem to have decided that reality-TV personality | 2021-06-07 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401754565435813892 | 1401754565435813892 |
| "The GOP's embrace of Trump's self-serving priorities | 2021-06-06 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401646302530707457 | 1401646302530707457 |
| Democrats thank Donald Trump! | 2021-06-06 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401427977477390336 | 1401427977477390336 |
| GOP doesn't have time to investigate Trump but has plenty | 2021-06-05 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401173465508376582 | 1401173465508376582 |
| The message from GOP legislatures to election officials | 2021-06-04 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400818285663248390 | 1400818285663248390 |
| Desperately seeking non-Trumpist Republicans! | 2021-06-04 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400793588896657419 | 1400793588896657419 |
| What's worse than the Bush you know? | 2021-06-03 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400439905713487879 | 1400439905713487879 |
| No party for young people. | 2021-05-31 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399444950903754753 | 1399444950903754753 |
| "students could be given a whitewashed version of the | 2021-05-30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399096370942726147 | 1399096370942726147 |
| Plenty of ignorant politicians in Minnesota, too, that | 2021-05-28 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398391801166192641 | 1398391801166192641 |
| Groucho saw it all coming! | 2021-05-28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398370135652532227 | 1398370135652532227 |
| No doubt Trump will say that Paul Ryan caused Trump's | 2021-05-28 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398339605687160838 | 1398339605687160838 |
| GOP bipartisanship in action! "One-hundred percent of | 2021-05-28 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398317119859658753 | 1398317119859658753 |
| "we gave allegiance to one political figure and weren't | 2021-05-28 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398105988331311107 | 1398105988331311107 |
| The biggest monument of all! | 2021-05-27 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397708854440300548 | 1397708854440300548 |
| Time for regional federalism? | 2021-05-26 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397420141172776964 | 1397420141172776964 |
| Kevin McCarthy has got all his moves down pat. | 2021-05-26 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397396664529285120 | 1397396664529285120 |
| "the fundamental problem lies less with the crazies than | 2021-05-26 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397395360021024768 | 1397395360021024768 |
| No doubt GOP voters would support GOP legislators if they | 2021-05-26 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397390703093714950 | 1397390703093714950 |
| Racism polls extremely well with the Trump base. | 2021-05-26 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397384041452560388 | 1397384041452560388 |
| Proud Boys help Nevada GOP purge honest officials. | 2021-05-25 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397019397647003649 | 1397019397647003649 |
| Forget the insurrection! The important thing is to | 2021-05-24 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396672550797672448 | 1396672550797672448 |
| You can't embrace both rationality and Trumpism! | 2021-05-23 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396483698388738050 | 1396483698388738050 |
| No Native American contribution to American politics? | 2021-05-23 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396477913755635717 | 1396477913755635717 |
| The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party - it's not | 2021-05-20 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1395374717691826178 | 1395374717691826178 |
| Trump is the winner AGAIN! | 2021-05-20 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1395234411189178369 | 1395234411189178369 |
| Some GOP legislators want to look forward, not back, | 2021-05-16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1393933932312236037 | 1393933932312236037 |
| Has McCarthy changed? Or did he just quit pretending. | 2021-05-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392658201707892738 | 1392658201707892738 |
| House Republicans show the courage of their convictions | 2021-05-12 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392489436370243590 | 1392489436370243590 |
| Most GOP voters already know that the Big Lie is | 2021-05-12 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392348642745356292 | 1392348642745356292 |
| Jeff Flake didn't know the half of it. | 2021-05-12 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392346914314592257 | 1392346914314592257 |
| Trump was right! Jeb Bush is completely unqualified for | 2021-05-12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392344835621679109 | 1392344835621679109 |
| "the next iteration towards crazy" - happens tomorrow. | 2021-05-12 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392343721878843392 | 1392343721878843392 |
| "Punishing the unemployed is what Republicans do - and | 2021-05-12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392342253348163589 | 1392342253348163589 |
| Good news for moral lepers everywhere! You can go to Yale | 2021-05-12 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392339118399492098 | 1392339118399492098 |
| Cheney makes her last stand. It will cost her career, | 2021-05-12 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1392312593792987136 | 1392312593792987136 |
| The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party! | 2021-05-11 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392235202429165569 | 1392235202429165569 |
| Republicans are determined to keep digging the hole deeper | 2021-05-11 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1391937873511817217 | 1391937873511817217 |
| What a brilliant diversionary tactic! | 2021-05-10 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1391750020337078282 | 1391750020337078282 |
| This day is this personality cult fulfilled in your ears! | 2021-05-09 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1391391595597991939 | 1391391595597991939 |
| Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees! for ye make one | 2021-05-07 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390801797829193729 | 1390801797829193729 |
| "the job of the Republican leader is to become speaker of | 2021-05-07 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390671161298612225 | 1390671161298612225 |
| Are you sick of DeSantis's winning yet? | 2021-05-07 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390505767761965063 | 1390505767761965063 |
| Unity behind a big lie! Is that really a viable | 2021-05-07 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390469740385079297 | 1390469740385079297 |
| Once Trump speaks, "most rank-and-file members agree with | 2021-05-07 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390468989311090688 | 1390468989311090688 |
| Ranked-choice-voting would help Wyoming voters obtain | 2021-05-06 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390363407463813120 | 1390363407463813120 |
| Insurrectionists ashamed of their own words? Trump | 2021-05-06 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390361911695331330 | 1390361911695331330 |
| What's better than a single-issue voter? A two-issue | 2021-05-06 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390351591094423552 | 1390351591094423552 |
| The anti-Trumpist Republicans in Congress are not heroes | 2021-05-06 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390175742361686016 | 1390175742361686016 |
| Liz Cheney weighs in - | 2021-05-06 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390109285972013057 | 1390109285972013057 |
| "The party does not have room for both." | 2021-05-05 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390015067379310593 | 1390015067379310593 |
| Racism is embedded in the Trumpist modern | 2021-05-05 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390002686284632066 | 1390002686284632066 |
| Traditional Republicans have lost the GOP. | 2021-05-04 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389605148947845126 | 1389605148947845126 |
| What about Trump and McCarthy's ability to do their job - | 2021-05-04 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389599944525316096 | 1389599944525316096 |
| Oppose compulsory government day care! | 2021-05-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389314831824654337 | 1389314831824654337 |
| The price of a national spotlight was that Tim Scott had | 2021-05-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389272114876743680 | 1389272114876743680 |
| GOP rank and file believe Trump won the election. | 2021-05-03 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389024525644300288 | 1389024525644300288 |
| McConnell and GOP don't like to be reminded about slavery. | 2021-05-02 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1388879818767298565 | 1388879818767298565 |
| "Are we a party of principle or a party of a person?" | 2021-05-02 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388745987716378625 | 1388745987716378625 |
| "My hope is that we rally around principles and ideas and | 2021-05-02 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388745077271396353 | 1388745077271396353 |
| "a positive agenda to the American people, grounded in | 2021-04-30 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388272894547955712 | 1388272894547955712 |
| "There's no such thing as an anti-Trump Republican" | 2021-04-30 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388269585187500032 | 1388269585187500032 |
| Trump isn't the only wishful thinker. | 2021-04-30 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388146400836284423 | 1388146400836284423 |
| More wishful thinking about GOP! | 2021-04-29 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387572773136912387 | 1387572773136912387 |
| Wishful thinking about GOP! | 2021-04-29 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387568779886960644 | 1387568779886960644 |
| Full steam ahead to benefit major donors who run cruise | 2021-04-28 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387554428182351872 | 1387554428182351872 |
| A good-faith actor in the GOP? | 2021-04-28 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1387407566263652355 | 1387407566263652355 |
| It's unfair to credit Newt Gingrich with founding the | 2021-04-27 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386890174932480008 | 1386890174932480008 |
| Poor little Marco has forgotten who pays for his campaigns. | 2021-04-27 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386888229622730754 | 1386888229622730754 |
| Trump normalized constant bald-faced lying. Many followed | 2021-04-27 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386863542393917440 | 1386863542393917440 |
| DeSantis burnishes his fascist credentials as he maneuvers | 2021-04-27 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386859831257034758 | 1386859831257034758 |
| A test of character - FAILED with flaming colors! | 2021-04-26 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386551839055781888 | 1386551839055781888 |
| Racism? Nobody looks after black folks better than | 2021-04-26 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386545197090103299 | 1386545197090103299 |
| True Texas Project and Ted Cruz - two more reasons to stay | 2021-04-25 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386354779031445504 | 1386354779031445504 |
| A perfect Dixiecrat-Republican Trumpist! | 2021-04-25 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386318496347295744 | 1386318496347295744 |
| GOP to "get back to being the ideas and the substance and | 2021-04-24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385968523424403463 | 1385968523424403463 |
| How will the ruling class maintain its minority rule? | 2021-04-22 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385332767081177090 | 1385332767081177090 |
| The new media-centric GOP has no use for ideology - just | 2021-04-22 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385317898307063808 | 1385317898307063808 |
| The big lies about "stolen election" and "voter confidence" | 2021-04-22 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385317187812958209 | 1385317187812958209 |
| Ultra-extremists normalize extremism. | 2021-04-22 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385316288583528449 | 1385316288583528449 |
| "The inmates are running the asylum". | 2021-04-15 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1382490782729261058 | 1382490782729261058 |
| Cotton, Cruz, and Hawley are opposed to debating | 2021-04-14 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1382469803147812869 | 1382469803147812869 |
| Plenty of GOP House members would filibuster this if | 2021-04-14 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1382204480683331584 | 1382204480683331584 |
| Why corporations are distancing themselves from racist | 2021-04-13 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381774997899800578 | 1381774997899800578 |
| "Mitchell believed that Negro registration benefits the | 2021-04-12 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381754545575890945 | 1381754545575890945 |
| Cornyn misses Trump already. | 2021-04-12 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381640627075522565 | 1381640627075522565 |
| Republicans for safe and sane government? | 2021-04-12 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381588421655687174 | 1381588421655687174 |
| The red states keep on their merry way. | 2021-04-12 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381462532074786820 | 1381462532074786820 |
| What's the Chamber of Commerce to do? | 2021-04-11 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381293257565478912 | 1381293257565478912 |
| Tough job market for Trump alumni! | 2021-04-09 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380561619898359808 | 1380561619898359808 |
| Amazing disgrace! | 2021-04-09 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380321379984105472 | 1380321379984105472 |
| Republican cancel culture thriving in Georgia. Have a | 2021-04-03 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378169132315643908 | 1378169132315643908 |
| Pence in 2024? Not if Trump is still in charge of GOP. | 2021-03-31 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1377129071709052928 | 1377129071709052928 |
| Have major donors lost control of GOP? | 2021-03-30 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376709932821569536 | 1376709932821569536 |
| Mazie Hirono talks about senators. | 2021-03-29 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376608520947167232 | 1376608520947167232 |
| Bush was smarter than Trump. | 2021-03-29 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376558953820119043 | 1376558953820119043 |
| The GOP quandary - how to run against Trump without | 2021-03-26 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375442712191672323 | 1375442712191672323 |
| Have Republican legislators become so intent on reality-TV | 2021-03-26 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375279763594432517 | 1375279763594432517 |
| Modern Republican scholarship. | 2021-03-20 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1373263196534960131 | 1373263196534960131 |
| Credo for a modern Republican politician - one that can | 2021-03-18 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372671877336866816 | 1372671877336866816 |
| The difference used to be between liberal ideas and | 2021-03-14 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1371124252120780804 | 1371124252120780804 |
| Wandering in the wilderness! | 2021-03-13 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1370744262518697998 | 1370744262518697998 |
| Can bipartisanship work on child tax credits? | 2021-03-12 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370187887417856002 | 1370187887417856002 |
| Biden was the old white man we needed at this moment. | 2021-03-11 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370028546454745101 | 1370028546454745101 |
| Don't like retiring GOP senators? What comes next | 2021-03-11 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1369861245050888193 | 1369861245050888193 |
| When you don't have anything constructive to offer - | 2021-03-10 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369734310144536579 | 1369734310144536579 |
| The question is not happens to Trumpists in the GOP. | 2021-03-10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369699906877722625 | 1369699906877722625 |
| Trump thinks his fundraising depends on small donors. | 2021-03-10 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369472597616852993 | 1369472597616852993 |
| Is going Trump full time a good thing - if you're not | 2021-03-10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369468364259663878 | 1369468364259663878 |
| When your voters are at cross-purposes with your donors - | 2021-03-10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369463037187428358 | 1369463037187428358 |
| The Whigs disappeared as the original Republicans | 2021-03-10 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369442288913575937 | 1369442288913575937 |
| All Trump all the time! Is this a winning platform | 2021-03-09 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369416727063367684 | 1369416727063367684 |
| Republican Party hostage to Trump? No - the Republican | 2021-03-09 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369368629247156226 | 1369368629247156226 |
| "Americans are extremely supportive of new government | 2021-03-09 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369175636921569292 | 1369175636921569292 |
| Republicans CAN'T come to their senses while Trump is | 2021-03-09 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369170559968243718 | 1369170559968243718 |
| Trump addresses misconceptions at RNC. They forgot | 2021-03-09 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369167469953216512 | 1369167469953216512 |
| More good news for Democrats. | 2021-03-09 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369162427133161472 | 1369162427133161472 |
| The GOP is the party of reactionaries, not conservatives. | 2021-03-07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368636070204567559 | 1368636070204567559 |
| Trump is not part of the Republican Party; the Republican | 2021-03-07 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368632820982194177 | 1368632820982194177 |
| There's a reason Trump moved to Florida - it's red and | 2021-03-07 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368629157043703809 | 1368629157043703809 |
| GOP politicians are in a real bind. Their VOTERS | 2021-03-06 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368016974152802306 | 1368016974152802306 |
| Republicans believe government is ineffective and do | 2021-03-05 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367949331362246656 | 1367949331362246656 |
| Trying to survive in a state run by liars, crooks, | 2021-03-05 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367862021836836870 | 1367862021836836870 |
| Which Republican governor can have the fewest laws and | 2021-03-05 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367855622322987019 | 1367855622322987019 |
| In a cult of personality, the only thing that matters is | 2021-03-04 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367487618926202883 | 1367487618926202883 |
| Sorry also-rans! There isn't a solution that doesn't | 2021-03-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367001788067442690 | 1367001788067442690 |
| A perfect Trumpist! | 2021-03-01 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366487252428222464 | 1366487252428222464 |
| No coherent message - no surprise! | 2021-03-01 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366450942523023360 | 1366450942523023360 |
| It's already clear at CPAC - the Republican priority | 2021-02-28 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365929733687402497 | 1365929733687402497 |
| Republican politicians and donors hope their 2009 playbook | 2021-02-28 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365920509011976198 | 1365920509011976198 |
| Democrats should call the GOP the Trump party. Because | 2021-02-28 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365919192994648070 | 1365919192994648070 |
| All in for Trump! | 2021-02-27 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365524265643114496 | 1365524265643114496 |
| CPAC doesn't have to pay any attention to stupid hotel | 2021-02-26 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365425518846251008 | 1365425518846251008 |
| Who's skipping CPAC? Pence, Haley | 2021-02-26 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1365373259819085826 | 1365373259819085826 |
| Michigan leads the way - the GOP becoming the Patriot | 2021-02-26 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365300956695461893 | 1365300956695461893 |
| Local and state Republicans are all on board the train to | 2021-02-26 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365299212557053956 | 1365299212557053956 |
| Sounds like all Trump all day at CPAC. | 2021-02-26 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365096303898681346 | 1365096303898681346 |
| What are the terrible things holding up Senate nominations? | 2021-02-25 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364782740743184398 | 1364782740743184398 |
| Nobody was expecting smooth sailing. | 2021-02-25 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364781243984867335 | 1364781243984867335 |
| Trump owns the GOP. | 2021-02-24 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364573846821507081 | 1364573846821507081 |
| Garland's greatest challenge - defending America from | 2021-02-24 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364377563137679362 | 1364377563137679362 |
| Benefits of zoom - the California Republican Party didn't | 2021-02-22 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363864862846197766 | 1363864862846197766 |
| Clueless Cruz! | 2021-02-21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363509961729343491 | 1363509961729343491 |
| Count me out too! | 2021-02-21 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363507264640872450 | 1363507264640872450 |
| Why McConnell and McCarthy embrace different tactics. | 2021-02-20 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362935323714408448 | 1362935323714408448 |
| There's a reason Republicans don't want to help solve | 2021-02-19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362793359853580292 | 1362793359853580292 |
| "Republicans have gotten comfortable lying to their voters" | 2021-02-19 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362791420222824448 | 1362791420222824448 |
| It won't be Ivanka vs Marco? | 2021-02-18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362492817759559680 | 1362492817759559680 |
| What Texas power outage? If you don't like it, leave! | 2021-02-18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362423686356107266 | 1362423686356107266 |
| California state Senate GOP caucus elects a non-Trumpist | 2021-02-18 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362421706871111684 | 1362421706871111684 |
| "McConnell doesn't care about being liked, he cares about | 2021-02-18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362418130681663494 | 1362418130681663494 |
| Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Trump. | 2021-02-18 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362414582606663680 | 1362414582606663680 |
| Personality cultists are working hard to drive everybody | 2021-02-18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362277695275470853 | 1362277695275470853 |
| Too late to save the GOP from Trumpism. | 2021-02-15 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361179747020017666 | 1361179747020017666 |
| McConnell tries to figure out how to regain his majority | 2021-02-15 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1361169858323308545 | 1361169858323308545 |
| NOW McConnell tells us how he really feels. | 2021-02-13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360720680971460608 | 1360720680971460608 |
| Another 2024 GOP hopeful running AGAINST Trump. | 2021-02-13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360464772420931585 | 1360464772420931585 |
| The first 2024 GOP hopeful to run AGAINST Trump. | 2021-02-13 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360397671446368258 | 1360397671446368258 |
| A missed opportunity to repent. | 2021-02-12 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360078233710911490 | 1360078233710911490 |
| Former Republican leaders discuss pros and cons of a | 2021-02-11 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359921131415687168 | 1359921131415687168 |
| Trump owns the GOP from the bottom up. | 2021-02-11 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359727629922783232 | 1359727629922783232 |
| Trump owns the California Republican Party. | 2021-02-09 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358981949600145408 | 1358981949600145408 |
| Progressive praise for a few Republicans | 2021-02-09 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358942454334951425 | 1358942454334951425 |
| Don't bother them with facts or evidence - they know | 2021-02-08 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358837153044697088 | 1358837153044697088 |
| Unclear on the concept! | 2021-02-08 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358584852463841281 | 1358584852463841281 |
| Remembering George Shultz | 2021-02-08 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358582914666008577 | 1358582914666008577 |
| Hawley is still a lawyer. | 2021-02-07 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1358552595103576064 | 1358552595103576064 |
| Always a Republican, never a Trumpist! | 2021-02-07 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1358478607098597376 | 1358478607098597376 |
| Daughters of Palin! | 2021-02-07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358465132972568576 | 1358465132972568576 |
| 2022 in Alabama - "a lot of candidates that will try to | 2021-02-07 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1358458258369835009 | 1358458258369835009 |
| Elected to tweet, not legislate! | 2021-02-07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358290688207560706 | 1358290688207560706 |
| Republicans reject bipartisanship and endorse cult of | 2021-02-07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358228671681622017 | 1358228671681622017 |
| "Republican leaders should build on Trump’s | 2021-02-06 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357851355151355910 | 1357851355151355910 |
| Where's Buckley when we need him? | 2021-02-05 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357788191118356482 | 1357788191118356482 |
| Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. | 2021-02-05 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357785338299576321 | 1357785338299576321 |
| GOP as cult-of-personality seems to be winning in red | 2021-02-05 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357697388484333568 | 1357697388484333568 |
| Minority rule doesn't work without the nut cases. | 2021-02-05 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1357694517718130694 | 1357694517718130694 |
| McCarthy so wants to be Speaker in 2023. He'll twist into | 2021-02-05 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357496964175126528 | 1357496964175126528 |
| They got 11 Republicans this time - that's one more than | 2021-02-05 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357492796945428480 | 1357492796945428480 |
| How to mislead with cartographics | 2021-02-04 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357132645054906370 | 1357132645054906370 |
| It's not easy being red! | 2021-02-03 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1356972995361730560 | 1356972995361730560 |
| How can McCarthy finesse this without splitting the GOP | 2021-02-03 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1356796804805718019 | 1356796804805718019 |
| "The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that | 2021-02-02 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1356651817606602761 | 1356651817606602761 |
| McConnell envisions a Republican Party with at least some | 2021-02-02 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1356478142500638721 | 1356478142500638721 |
| Another lost cause? | 2021-01-31 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355969771754283008 | 1355969771754283008 |
| Trump really did win the election. He owns local GOP - | 2021-01-30 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355339032163565570 | 1355339032163565570 |
| Too bad for Marco - all that self-debasement and then | 2021-01-29 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355177144582770695 | 1355177144582770695 |
| Perfect Trumpists! | 2021-01-29 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355172443984281601 | 1355172443984281601 |
| Preston Brooks would be so proud! | 2021-01-29 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355008359779323905 | 1355008359779323905 |
| GOP isn't STUCK with Greene. GOP IS Greene. | 2021-01-29 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355002274414661636 | 1355002274414661636 |
| Sounds like Thiessen's giving up on Trumpism. | 2021-01-28 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354935502315556869 | 1354935502315556869 |
| What does it take to be expelled from Congress? | 2021-01-28 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354650167115300870 | 1354650167115300870 |
| Republicans who know better decide to get all on board with | 2021-01-28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354620516800188416 | 1354620516800188416 |
| 15 Republican legislators are already dead. Will they | 2021-01-27 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354574554484543490 | 1354574554484543490 |
| RNC not 100% behind Trump? | 2021-01-27 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354512019978739712 | 1354512019978739712 |
| No need for a third party for Trump! Just the | 2021-01-27 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354437467571593224 | 1354437467571593224 |
| Republicans used to be called Dixiecrats. | 2021-01-27 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354290167289274369 | 1354290167289274369 |
| Another relatively moderate Republican senator gives up. | 2021-01-26 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1353949955363233792 | 1353949955363233792 |
| Who owns the Republican Party? The Trumpist voters who | 2021-01-24 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1353238142317301760 | 1353238142317301760 |
| "Cruz isn't stupid, he just imagines that voters are" | 2021-01-23 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352866382103252992 | 1352866382103252992 |
| How many GOP senators have half the courage of Navalny? | 2021-01-22 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352621436133797889 | 1352621436133797889 |
| Cheney and Romney revert to the same old song - cripple | 2021-01-22 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1352434251069702144 | 1352434251069702144 |
| So predictable! | 2021-01-22 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352421724072022017 | 1352421724072022017 |
| Money master McConnell puts LBJ and Jesse Unruh to shame! | 2021-01-21 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352055694854221825 | 1352055694854221825 |
| "Don't bother trying to save anyone who has supported acts | 2021-01-20 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352041302574067712 | 1352041302574067712 |
| McConnell is done with Trump, and will cooperate with | 2021-01-20 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352032699251245056 | 1352032699251245056 |
| Ungovernable? | 2021-01-20 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352029667205685248 | 1352029667205685248 |
| Pence became acting president after all! | 2021-01-20 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352019434769006594 | 1352019434769006594 |
| The eternal victims! | 2021-01-20 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352012984244027395 | 1352012984244027395 |
| Who are the radicals trying to run America? | 2021-01-19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351343441964277760 | 1351343441964277760 |
| A third of the country find 2020 presidential election | 2021-01-18 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351195905748307969 | 1351195905748307969 |
| McConnell has maintained his caucus by preventing divisive | 2021-01-18 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350987046270197766 | 1350987046270197766 |
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========== Why don't the red states just explicitly enact laws limiting unemployment benefits to GOP voters? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/republicans-subsidize-unemployment-for-unvaccinated-worker/ #PS1gop ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-30 23:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476697909269696513 ========== "health of families, communities and the nation first" Good luck with the individualist sects of the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! "frontal assault on free-market" Good luck with GOP major donors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/dont-dismiss-josh-hawley/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570549763289537 #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2021-12-30 23:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476697233739321350 ========== In America, anybody can run for Senate! If he's rich enough. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/dr-oz-senate-pennsylvania.html But look out if you are running against other richer people. And don't think that what you said before politics, or what you said in the primary, won't come back in the general. #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2021-12-30 21:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476672591406329858 ========== Cruz thinks he's the man to beat in 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/cruz-trump-2024-nomination/ Trump will run. Cruz, like the other would-be Trump successors, has to undercut Trump while appearing to support him. But every other would-be has an intense interest in undercutting Cruz. #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-12-24 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474238790461898752 ========== Another traditional conservative gives up on the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/us/politics/john-thune-senate-retirement.html #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2021-12-23 04:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473876529201381377 ========== Wrong direction! Manchin should be trying to convince McConnell to caucus with the anti-Trumpist party, which is the Democrats. Manchin voted to impeach, so has no future in the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wv-state-wire-mitch-mcconnell-joe-manchin-congress-15d178edf30bdba7764941f6fef9bb71 #PS1gop ===== impress 27 time 2021-12-23 00:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473806314874703874 ========== Five primaries that demonstrate whether the GOP is really a Trumpist cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/how-much-influence-does-donald-trump-still-have-these-five-republican-primaries-could-tell-us/ Of course, the only way a Trump-endorsed candidate could lose is by a rigged election. Democrats hope GOP uses all its money arguing about that. #PS1gop ===== impress 68 time 2021-12-22 04:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473515385160749057 ========== The process of how Dixiecrat thinking redefined "freedom" to mean "ignore laws you don't like". It started with housing and now applies to firearms and vax - but not abortion. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/12/10/how-a-california-ballot-measure-on-housing-changed-conservative-politics/ #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-12-13 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470230716210286595 ========== Kevin McCarthy is doing his best to lead the country into violence and subsequent oppression. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-12-03/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-kevin-mccarthy-congress And what will his reward be? The most fanatic in his caucus want to replace McCarthy with Trump. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/12/07/matt-gaetz-says-hes-talked-with-trump-about-making-him-speaker-of-the-house #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 22 time 2021-12-12 20:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470121532986777613 ========== Rand Paul is only in favor of Federal disaster relief for red states? https://www.newsweek.com/rand-paul-opposition-previous-disaster-relief-resurfaces-he-seeks-aid-kentucky-1658537 #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 60 retweets 1 time 2021-12-12 02:21 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469854822912323584 ========== GOP has correctly identified the most persecuted group in America - old rich white straight male rural evangelical Christians! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/09/supreme-court-crusade/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556952994649214 #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2021-12-10 16:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469347633533620226 ========== Is Pence a lost cause? Too Trumpy for anti-Trumpists, not Trumpy enough for Trumpists, Pence is cultivating donors anyway - in New Hampshire! Only one reason for a national politician to go to New Hampshire! https://apnews.com/article/mike-pence-new-hampshire-election-midterms-trump-5177af3b3090defc022368d77d1ea0c5 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1556211494723364 #PS1gop ===== impress 11 time 2021-12-09 14:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468952870837899264 ========== The new GOP - government as reality-TV entertainment! The more controversy and publicity the better - more time on Fox, more grass-roots funds raised. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-lauren-boebert-congress-d570aa1ca74c727f59e29abc42d7e6dc More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1554007131610467 #PS1gop ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-06 08:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467766717141041155 ========== Manliness - another GOP culture war issue for which they don't actually intend to do anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/opinion/josh-hawley-republican-manliness.html #PS1gop ===== impress 20 time 2021-12-05 16:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467538510185861125 ========== Fifty years later, fulfilling the dreams of Strom Thurmond, unapologetically, in plain sight. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opinion/trump-bannon-2024.html #PS1gop ===== impress 17 time 2021-12-04 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466993516479868933 ========== Republican Senate primary could be nasty! So many PA "inhabitants", so little time. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-senate-elections-mehmet-oz-congress-8ef5f11efa328d7774e6a1aff691cb98 Maybe they'll spend all their millions on the primary and the survivor won't have any left when he faces a competent and experienced actual PA resident Democrat. #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2021-12-03 22:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466895067260485635 ========== Who knew that we would look back to W as a moral leader? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/29/lauren-boebert-ilhan-omar-worst-humankind/ Who knew that his GOP successors would be such moral lepers? #PS1gop ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-03 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466623562857414660 ========== Trump doesn't scare every Republican - just most of them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/young-trump-infrastructure/2021/12/02/c6863870-52dd-11ec-9267-17ae3bde2f26_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 20 time 2021-12-03 03:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466614180388085771 ========== Who voted to shut down the government tomorrow? 28 GOP senators 212 GOP representatives https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-congress-aa30e5922cb6650e9235b0a66813b2f4 They'll all try to get on Fox. These stupid showdowns serve no good public purpose, and are strictly for show and media exposure. #PS1gop ===== engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 42 likes 1 time 2021-12-03 02:58 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466602818555445252 ========== Another traditional conservative gives up - no future in Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-health-massachusetts-election-2020-76e8d40ead284b4907a85cc0a07c739e #PS1gop ===== impress 21 time 2021-12-03 02:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466595715853918209 ========== "Wherever Republicans are in charge, they are fully committed to erecting one-party-rule systems" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/01/we-may-have-already-missed-our-last-best-chance-bolster-american-democracy/ That's just their Dixiecrat heritage. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1551771975167316 #PS1gop ===== impress 16 time 2021-12-02 20:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466507165787561988 ========== Don't like polarization? Don't vote GOP - it's an essential part of the their strategy for protecting minority rule. "The decline in competitive districts leads to more polarization and less compromise" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/30/ahead-2022-gop-advantage-grows/ #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2021-12-01 07:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465943922656432128 ========== "unfavorable economic conditions next year a gold mine for" GOP https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/29/florida-iowa-kansas-tennessee-unemployment-benefits-fired-covid-vaccine-requirements/ Of course! That's why the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is doing their utmost to support the virus and destroy the economy! If they succeed or if they fail, they blame Biden. Win-Win! #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-11-30 02:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465511172015153154 ========== Why regional federalism is becoming more appealing https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html "voters want to hand over Congress to a party that largely treats the Jan. 6 insurrectionists as heroes" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/opinion/american-democracy.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1549446195399894 #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-11-29 05:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465184193344720896 ========== Fauci tries to blast Cruz and Paul with facts. But they don't care - they are fact-proof and logic-proof. Cruz' only ambition in life is to replace Trump as Dixiecrat demagogue-in-chief. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-science-health-80ad119f24f6e7d2e1342429403fde70 #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 likes 1 time 2021-11-29 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465119777471418372 ========== Sounds like Christie will run against Trump in the 2024 primaries if he can line up enough donors. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-jersey-campaigns-barack-obama-election-2020-da8c2189595f06eb8023166efa5dfb01 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1548873785457135 #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 likes 1 time 2021-11-28 07:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464862231334567939 ========== The horror! "Bennett is lying and it is disgusting that he’d attempt to raise money off these falsehoods" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-national-committee-dismisses-call-for-ronna-mcdaniel-to-resign-as-chairwoman-over-outreach-to-lgbtq-voters/2021/11/23/a4ef6f4e-4c96-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html A Republican attempting to raise money off falsehoods? Where would he ever get such an idea? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547437308934116 #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2021-11-26 06:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464120983938207746 ========== It's the Trumpist Dixiecrat Party now. They'll purge the last traditional conservatives from the GOP in no time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/16/wyoming-republicans-disavow-liz-cheney/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1547212055623308 #PS1gop ===== impress 21 time 2021-11-25 21:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463981972481474560 ========== Steve Scalise in 2017 and 2021 - what a difference four years make. https://msn.com/en-us/news/politics/martin-schram-a-must-see-video-for-house-gop-leaders/ar-AAQTqpM More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1546719442339236 #PS1gop ===== impress 21 time 2021-11-25 04:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463719260501381122 ========== GOP has no clue about the kind of inflation we have now, nor qualms about tax cuts for the rich. That won't stop them from campaigning against Democrats for inflation and "tax cuts for the rich". https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/21/dismissing-inflation-while-cutting-taxes-wealthy-is-not-winning-strategy-democrats/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1545465589131288 #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2021-11-23 05:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463021430212202502 ========== Traditional conservatives still in GOP need to accept reality - the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is a cult of personality. The violent lunatic fringe has Trump's "Complete and Total Endorsement". https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-boebert-gosar-gaetz/2021/11/20/c77dc78a-47dd-11ec-973c-be864f938c72_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1544805275863986 #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-11-22 06:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462665966693740546 ========== The real villains here are the enablers who know better but say nothing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/opinion/trump-gop-misogyny.html You expect Trumpish behavior from his admirers, but the whole GOP? Yes - anybody who isn't willing to pretend to be a Trump admirer will soon be expelled. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 likes 1 time 2021-11-20 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461851257899929600 ========== Sometimes the National Guard reports to the governor and sometimes to the President. GOP governors can't resist the temptation to interfere in military readiness for political advantage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/11/17/vaccine-mandate-oklahoma-national-guard/ #PS1gop ===== impress 31 time 2021-11-18 04:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461190893701001221 ========== Can the GOP blow its big chance - again? With Trump in command, anything is possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-senate-candidates/2021/11/13/cbc574ee-43cf-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html He'll do anything to exact revenge on the disloyal in the primaries, even if it cost general elections. “When you do that you end up with witches.” #PS1gop ===== impress 16 time 2021-11-15 03:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460081176912093188 ========== Is the future of GOP in the past or the future? In this corner - fighting for the future - the challenger Christie. In this corner - fighting for the past - the defending champion Trump. May they both land knockout blows and never get up! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/christie-takes-a-jab-at-trump-for-losing-last-years-election/2021/11/11/8a37297a-42f1-11ec-a3aa-0255edc02eb7_story.html #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 76 likes 1 time 2021-11-11 17:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458844212858789888 ========== Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP show their true colors - turning on each other, far worse than Democrats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-infrastructure-biden/2021/11/09/cc0c4c9e-4167-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html Who said GOP doesn't belong to Trump? #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2021-11-10 05:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458308128680808456 ========== Major donors had conscience pangs after Jan 6 but have gotten over them. Many donate to both sides anyway, to maintain access. They donate through PACs, to avoid publicity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-fundraising-insurrection-january6-nrsc/2021/11/09/1e260f2a-3753-11ec-9a5d-93a89c74e76d_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1536490616695452 #PS1gop ===== impress 24 time 2021-11-10 05:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458302541255495682 ========== Christie and Sununu try to talk sense to the Republican Jewish Coalition - focus on the future, not the past. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/07/us/politics/republican-party-trump.html Cruz got a much better response by praising Trump. But Cruz twice declined to say whether Trump should be the candidate in 2024. #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-11-10 02:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458257248866603008 ========== "woke" is like "critical race theory" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/08/wake-up-these-woke-distortions/ Whatever it originally meant to its original audience, now it's a convenient label for anybody to the left of the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP. They couldn't care less what it originally meant. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 likes 1 time 2021-11-09 05:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457942688557264897 ========== Idealistic legislators soon get pulled into the mechanics of staying in Congress - "dialing for dollars". https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/08/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment-insurrection-senate/ Who's in charge of the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP - Donald Trump or McConnell's donors? More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1535502003460980 #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2021-11-08 16:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457748816367550465 ========== How to fight back against GOP minority rule https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/07/distinguished-pols-week-how-respond-gop-lies/ #PS1gop ===== impress 31 time 2021-11-07 17:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457398489344712706 ========== GOP hopes to win governor's races in swing states - so they can throw out any election results they don't like. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-election-2020-marquette-8240218cd0d94151c29d8632b8787f72 #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-11-07 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457351957450874881 ========== Bipartisanship is dead! https://www.newsweek.com/must-eliminated-trump-republicans-vow-oust-gop-members-who-voted-infrastructure-1646725 Pure Trumpists plan to purge the GOP representatives who voted for the infrastructure bill, even though it was drafted by a bipartisan Senate committee. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1534529336891580 #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-11-07 05:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457219211277656068 ========== The GOP's KGB has been at work! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/politics/project-veritas-investigation-ashley-biden-diary.html But the FBI is finally getting on the case. #PS1gop ===== impress 113 time 2021-11-05 17:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456680727324463107 ========== More issues less Trump??? Not while he's still alive! His #1 priority is revenge on disloyal Republicans. He's the Democrats' secret weapon. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-joe-biden-business-new-jersey-a3ba46211afd0c8be332982c52538d95 #PS1gop ===== impress 96 time 2021-11-04 13:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456255485141680134 ========== What's the Democratic response to GOP's "parental say in education" ploy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/parent-control-schools-republican-virginia/2021/11/03/313e8a68-3cc3-11ec-a493-51b0252dea0c_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 102 time 2021-11-04 04:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456120604579352580 ========== What, exactly, will Youngkin about campaign promises? Almost all of them require getting the legislature to act. Issues important to single-issue GOP voters will get him into trouble either with the Trump base or the persuadables. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/glenn-youngkin-virginia-trump/2021/11/03/b66bf55e-3cb9-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2021-11-04 04:34 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456117659280363529 ========== Mixed results for reactionary attacks on school boards. Nevertheless, the GOP will likely take them national, based on success in Virginia. https://apnews.com/article/election-day-school-boards-1e1f556e51de3f25c6f6eedb6f7a0ebe #PS1gop ===== impress 108 time 2021-11-04 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456114503926497284 ========== The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP in a nutshell - they only know how to preserve the status quo by opposing everything. They wouldn't fix any problems even if they knew how. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/31/rick-scotts-phony-problem-solving/ Their donors are satisfied, and what's the problem? #PS1gop ===== impress 34 time 2021-11-01 17:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455223251571929090 ========== You shouldn't enroll in AP literature unless you want to study AP literature at a college level. https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/leonard-pitts-jr-americas-nightmare-2/ Don't sign up for AP classes if you're not ready for college. But GOP candidates need to talk about SOMEthing other than Trump if they want to win. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2021-11-01 03:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455019177282969603 ========== GOP has a simple strategy for 2022 and 2024 - oppose everything in Congress and blame everything on Biden, even the stuff that Trump did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/lets-go-brandon-republican-build-back-better-response/ They have an even lower opinion of their voters than Democrats do. So what - they defend the ruling class! #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2021-10-30 04:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454309078067408900 ========== The Trumpist Dixiecrat Republicans can proudly claim to be the spiritual descendants of Preston Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks#Sumner_assault and Earl Landgrebe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Landgrebe#Watergate They'd rather fight than fact. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/republicans-insurrection-dont-confuse-them-with-facts/ #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2021-10-30 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454307469056884740 ========== It's not mostly crazies or cowards. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/opinion/republicans-vaccines.html It's worse - ambitious politicians who CHOOSE to protect their funding and careers by defending minority rule more unflinchingly than ever. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1528420390835808 #PS1gop ===== impress 41 time 2021-10-29 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453942297763012616 ========== GOP using covid restrictions to replace local officials with Trumpist hacks. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-elections-alaska-pandemics-kansas-ccff6c03533ece7c73b7aa93b5a987e1 #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-10-29 03:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453928922932858880 ========== No Nazi or Klansman has ever denounced Ted Cruz! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/28/ted-cruz-nazi-salute-senate-hearing/ He's counting on their support in his effort to succeed Trump. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 likes 1 time 2021-10-28 18:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453795873360547841 ========== It's what the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP does best - not governing, but opposing governing, all to get more exposure on Fox. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/republicans-have-mastered-politics-of-opposition/ When they get back in power, they'll resume their donors' agenda - tax cuts, deregulation, reactionary judiciary. #PS1gop ===== impress 25 time 2021-10-28 18:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453789280837332995 ========== The historical truth is what GOP calls "critical race theory". It doesn't sit well with the Trump base, and they hope to excite persuadable swing voters as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/opinion/glenn-youngkin-toni-morrison.html #PS1gop ===== impress 27 time 2021-10-28 02:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453542385355419653 ========== Facts don't matter; GOP sees school board elections as a route to control of Congress, even though Congress has little to do with public school curricula. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-elections-education-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-f3e0a8198edae71980f942f2eb5ea172 Culture wars are the ammunition the ruling class gives the masses to shoot themselves. #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-10-25 23:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452780669138989058 ========== The big steal - https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/03/26/no-more-pretending-republicans-admit-vote-restrictions-are-all-about-winning/ is the big lie - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/153536-the-victor-will-never-be-asked-if-he-told-the “The victor will never be asked if he told the truth” The GOP plans to be the victor from now on, so why bother telling the truth? Trump leads the way. #PS1gop ===== impress 60 time 2021-10-25 13:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452622452551340033 ========== Will public education be the big GOP issue in 2022? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/24/republicans-are-testing-messages-reverse-their-suburban-slide-education-is-winner/ It's perfect for GOP candidates. They can campaign on it, secure in the knowledge that it's primarily a local rather than Federal issue and they won't actually have to do anything about it. #PS1gop ===== impress 53 time 2021-10-25 01:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452452628407848961 ========== Trump doesn't like McCarthy but puts up with him. He never forgets or forgives, so he will replace McCarthy if he can. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/22/kevin-mccarthy-trump/ Trumpists believe "a new Republican Party is emerging" and many doubt McCarthy is reliable. But he knows the donors. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 140 time 2021-10-23 04:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451774506205208583 ========== Is there a magic path to appeal to the Trump base AND persuadable swing voters? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-election-republican-strategy-trump/ The best way is to sabotage the economy, which is job #1 for the GOP in Congress. #PS1gop ===== impress 79 time 2021-10-21 16:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451220873705246725 ========== A novel Senate strategy for blocking nominations - just don't show up to vote. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/19/cowardice-senate-republicans-blocking-qualified-muslims-confirmation/ #PS1gop ===== impress 82 time 2021-10-21 00:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450989074638987264 ========== Who's a RINO? Trump and all his enablers are in the Dixiecrat tradition of Strom Thurmond, not the Republican tradition of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, or Eisenhower. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/escaped-zebras-maryland-trump-rinos/ #PS1gop ===== impress 99 time 2021-10-21 00:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450980890352316420 ========== There's no permanent gap between GOP legislators and their major donors. Corporations that had reservations about Jan 6 seem to have gotten over it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/opinion/republicans-corporations-extremism.html Greg Abbott's anti-vax laws will be enforced against small businesses but not big contributors. #PS1gop ===== impress 96 time 2021-10-14 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448457026246348807 ========== Presidential nominations should be automatically confirmed unless the Senate acts in 90 days. How much time do they need? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/10/america-is-shorthanded-foreign-affairs-thanks-ted-cruz/ Of course the real question is how much Fox time Ted Cruz needs. #PS1gop ===== impress 85 time 2021-10-11 00:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447353564687306753 ========== Another traditional conservative pushed out of the GOP by Trumpism. https://apnews.com/article/joy-hofmeister-oklahoma-teacher-pay-education-6ee002e07ac9ac89b664f51e437b04b6 #PS1gop ===== impress 13 time 2021-10-10 05:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447076926414225415 ========== 11 GOP senators who can behave responsibly. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/republican-debt-ceiling-filibuster-list/index.html History suggests they usually won't, however. #PS1gop ===== impress 27 time 2021-10-09 05:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446709158225399815 ========== Texas is the national laboratory for maintaining minority rule. GOP hopes that if they can do it there, they can do it anywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/opinion/texas-politics-greg-abbott.html #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2021-10-08 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446304401019183112 ========== How dumb can a nation act? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/reconciliation-vaccines-election-america-dumb/ Can the GOP act so dumb that business starts to fund Democrats? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/republicans-are-losing-support-business-community-democrats-should-take-advantage/ Yes, it's already happening. Especially on covid and immigration, the GOP is anti-business and anti-growth. #PS1gop ===== impress 59 time 2021-10-08 00:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446267583145996289 ========== Traditional conservatives need to realize that the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party has left them behind and they have no place to go. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/advice-gop-trump-critics-democracy-lovers-leave-party/ There never were that many traditional conservative voters after all. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1513257462352101 #PS1gop ===== impress 75 time 2021-10-07 18:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446175587756752897 ========== In December, Cornyn, Thune, and Braun said "game over". After the insurrection, do they still think that? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-ffd40e9fb35a9a77bddecd2029193e14 #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 215 time 2021-10-06 23:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445896826335346689 ========== Republicans don't have to pass anything to preserve minority rule. They please their donors just by blocking progress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/24/bipartisanship-ends-where-joe-bidens-agenda-begins/ #PS1gop ===== impress 184 time 2021-10-06 23:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445895753411432458 ========== Texas GOP terrorizes even GOP elections officials. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/01/texas-election-official-hood/ Why would anybody want to move to Texas? #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 212 time 2021-10-06 23:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445891704033198087 ========== What does McConnell want? To wreck the economy on Biden's watch, to get GOP control of the Senate in 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/us/politics/mcconnell-debt-ceiling.html #PS1gop ===== impress 184 time 2021-10-06 22:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445886430983561221 ========== Can anybody get elected to the Senate who is not a Trumpist and not a Democrat? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/06/how-you-beat-trump-loyaltist-utah/ Probably not - where's he going to get the major donors he'll need? True, Utah is a little different from the rest of Trump country - but different enough? #PS1gop ===== impress 204 time 2021-10-06 22:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445871933883510795 ========== There's no penalty for being an irresponsible opposition party. The voters will blame the party in charge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/06/why-republicans-think-they-can-get-away-with-setting-fire-economy/ Just like there's no penalty for lying in politics. Democracy isn't automatic; it relies on the character of the participants. #PS1gop ===== impress 192 time 2021-10-06 20:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445855782390558730 ========== Pence still thinks he has presidential prospects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-weighing-2024-run-pence-tests-whether-there-is-political-life-after-trump/2021/10/06/523a1df2-2217-11ec-9309-b743b79abc59_story.html But Trumpists hate him - and so do the anti-Trumpists. And Trump will run - count on it. How many major donors will bet on Pence? #PS1gop ===== impress 202 time 2021-10-06 20:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445853280689549314 ========== How the defenders of the ruling class donors dumb themselves down in public. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/gop-proud-of-its-own-stupidity/ But the pretend dummies are being replaced by real dummies who see nothing wrong with insurrection, corruption, shutting down the government, or defaulting on the debt. #PS1gop ===== impress 123 time 2021-10-04 20:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445122641862357003 ========== What happened the last time the crazies take over a major party? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/opinion/trump-2024-election.html #PS1gop ===== impress 85 time 2021-09-29 04:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443064403356618754 ========== DeSantis is not really interested in preventing abortions. Only in punishing poor women and having an issue to excite the Trump base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/28/ron-desantis-florida-gop-pro-life-hypocrisy/ #PS1gop ===== impress 84 time 2021-09-29 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443060063946493958 ========== Is the GOP handing Democrats a handy tool for 2022? Maybe, but it all depends on the economy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/28/republicans-trail-destruction-may-haunt-them/ It didn't play well in California. But what about SD and WV? #PS1gop ===== impress 84 time 2021-09-29 03:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443048094581493762 ========== Trump is trying hard to consolidate his control over GOP. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-georgia-atlanta-election-2020-general-elections-16ae7dc0448e7e03a5a735513e3a47b0 No matter who Trump endorses, it's always all about Trump all the time. #PS1gop ===== impress 408 time 2021-09-26 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441962997446967300 ========== The Republican strategy to regain power - obstruct, suppress, go crazier. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/27/republicans-have-strategy-take-back-power-heres-why-it-could-fail/ #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 409 time 2021-09-25 13:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441751981190643726 ========== GOP has always used "socialism" to describe any proposal that its donors don't like, no matter what its voters prefer. That's to keep the voters voting as the donors want. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-08-02/gop-brands-everything-as-socialism #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 425 time 2021-09-25 04:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441626583769309185 ========== It's hard to maintain your popularity if everybody can see that you're making the pandemic worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/opinion/ron-desantis-florida.html But there's a way out if you can get enough donors to pay for enough broadcasting of enough lies. That's how minority rule works! #PS1gop ===== impress 132 time 2021-09-24 22:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441534800049827840 ========== Bush vs Trump - who has more pull in Wyoming? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-capitol-siege-george-w-bush-house-elections-dec5439f1a9726618ba88c40322045f6 #PS1gop ===== impress 136 time 2021-09-24 14:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441402292171776004 ========== GOP loves the idea of wrecking the train and then blaming Democrats. It's often worked before! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/22/this-is-what-broken-system-looks-like/ Unlike the Democrats, the GOP finds that a do-nothing Congress is fine with their donors. #PS1gop ===== impress 89 time 2021-09-23 15:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441060420572250128 ========== A do-nothing Congress is essential for a do-nothing government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/how-josh-hawley-ted-cruz-an-irrational-system-make-us-more-vulnerable-next-911/ If we'd had this Congress in 1941, they'd still be debating today about what to do about Pearl Harbor. #PS1gop ===== impress 53 time 2021-09-20 23:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440092993424293894 ========== Lesson learned - the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP is only interested in creating crises, for political theatre, and to get on Fox - not in preventing or resolving crises, for good government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/20/once-again-democrats-must-be-grown-ups-keep-republicans-causing-global-catastrophe/ #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 48 likes 1 time 2021-09-20 23:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440090639627001858 ========== It's doesn't bother McConnell to be called a hypocrite. His donors love him just the way he is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-debt-limit-default/2021/09/17/01fe4caa-1704-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 45 time 2021-09-18 13:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439225144078000140 ========== Regional federalism is looking better and better. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Thank GOP for that! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/16/crisis-will-get-worse-before-it-gets-better-are-democrats-prepared/ #PS1gop ===== impress 80 time 2021-09-17 22:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438993606627368962 ========== No good deed goes unpunished in the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-ohio-impeachments-trump-impeachment-a67b287348d8e4dae2546f5789b07ba6 If you're not a Trumpist and not a Democrat, there's no place left to stand. #PS1gop ===== impress 82 time 2021-09-17 02:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438687931699380224 ========== Of course the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party is a personality cult. That's what the major donors decided they really wanted as the best defense strategy for minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/post-trump-republican-party-dan-crenshaw/2021/09/13/cca47a78-14c6-11ec-b976-f4a43b740aeb_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1498496327161548 #PS1gop ===== impress 47 time 2021-09-15 21:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438258418893000707 ========== "Nothing is more important in a time of war than cutting taxes" That's all you need to know about the Trumpist Dixiecrat Republican Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/opinion/foreign-terrorists-domestic-extremists.html #PS1gop ===== impress 55 time 2021-09-10 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436185203781738498 ========== Kevin McCarthy - a "consummate adapter." In record time, he has adapted completely to Trumpism, encompassing violent insurrectionists in a major political party, hoping to lead it soon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/02/kevin-mccarthy-embraces-trumpism-republican-demagogue/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1492382454439602 #PS1gop ===== impress 37 time 2021-09-06 22:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1435014830797123585 ========== Sorry Mr Ryan! Trump is the Dixiecrat Republican Party is Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-mccarthy-ryan/2021/09/03/a0d7f194-0ce3-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html You'll have to find a conservative movement somewhere else than in a cult of personality. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 time 2021-09-04 13:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434153922193625091 ========== Abbott and DeSantis want to be Trumpist presidents. What can be done to stop them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/01/four-ways-think-about-abbotts-desantiss-2022-prospects/ #PS1gop ===== impress 45 time 2021-09-02 02:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433259254673149957 ========== If there's one thing a narcissist hates, it's no longer being the center of attention. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/02/sarah-palin-once-cutting-edge-crazy-is-now-back-pack/ But what's she got that Greene hasn't got more of? #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-08-03 13:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1422553846937657344 ========== "people find like-minded people in different social media channels and they think they're in greater numbers than they are" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-religion-government-and-politics-el-paso-texas-mass-shooting-election-2020-4f3eaae4604492fea044435f8d8351ea Trump's determined to push the national GOP over the cliff into the same irrelevance as the California GOP. #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2021-07-21 12:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417825298737860611 ========== More hopeful glimmers for Pennsylvania Democrats in 2022 - GOP primary candidates are out for each other's blood over who can be Trumpiest. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-elections-pennsylvania-campaigns-senate-elections-ce34efb5201d89392653002fafd49cf3 #PS1gop ===== impress 23 time 2021-07-19 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416988958152560644 ========== "the state spent more in federal coronavirus funds on an ad campaign inviting tourists to visit than it did on public health advertising" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-health-michael-pence-south-dakota-8f89d45581d32c5c2f2fc23fc2f439e8 But can she sideline Trump, capture his voters and donors, and blame her rivals? That's the test for 2024. #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-07-19 05:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416987265536983041 ========== We're reliving the 1870's. This is what the GOP is so exercised about - they want to protect their 19th-century rewrite of race relations and minority rule history. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/opinion/jim-crow-voter-suppression.html Appeasement will not bring peace in our time. #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2021-07-19 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416960436507865099 ========== GOP doesn't matter much in California, and neither do its fantasy wedge issues. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/17/hey-californians-why-arent-you-at-war-over-critical-race-theory-transgender-athletes-and-voting/ So Gaetz and Greene might have better luck fundraising in, say, South Dakota, or Arkansas. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-mercury-news/20210718/281603833481440 or https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-17/third-venue-cancels-america-first-rally-anaheim-gaetz-greene #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 34 time 2021-07-19 02:53 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416954271195549697 ========== GOP can't get any traction against Biden. So they make up stuff about Harris instead. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-13/kamala-harris-target-republican-attack-ads-vice-president Good practice for a Democratic politician. #PS1gop ===== impress 31 time 2021-07-16 03:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415881741193998342 ========== "It used to be you never challenged the incumbent governor within your party. That just makes you weaker as a party going into the general election" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-georgia-coronavirus-pandemic-f0ec099d019d6a30726f22ea6c8d56a1 New Trumpist rules - revenge first, no matter what. #PS1gop ===== impress 32 time 2021-07-11 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414371729476972544 ========== Mitch McConnell's legacy - stalwart defender of minority rule by the rich and powerful. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/07/mitch-mcconnell-power-senate/619350/ When you get right down to it, he's just the latest in the line that includes Calhoun and Thurmond. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 likes 1 time 2021-07-10 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413859996719226883 ========== "If DeSantis threatens Trump's status as the undisputed leader of the party, many Republicans privately expect Trump to turn on the governor" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-election-2020-b15cedaae710b234bee7c3d543b7d98c Trump's public waffling about 2024 is precisely to flush out and disable potential rivals. #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-07-09 13:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413494185454227463 ========== Sounds like a call for regional federalism. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Trump is determined to push the GOP off a cliff. The only question is whether he gets to push the rest of the country with it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/opinion/republican-party-crisis.html #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-07-09 04:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413359027321405441 ========== GOP doesn't really care that much about what happened long ago - but they are in a panic about the implications of a past that lives on in the present, to bolster minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/critical-race-theory-history/2021/07/02/e90bc94a-da75-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 19 time 2021-07-06 00:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412208050564321282 ========== Texas lieutenant governor jumps in to insure political correctness at the Alamo! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/05/texas-republicans-rush-guard-alamo-facts/ We can't have people unrewriting our rewritten history. #PS1gop ===== impress 18 time 2021-07-06 00:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412200666538287108 ========== It's all about getting appearances on Fox! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/02/paul-gosar-kevin-mccarthy-clown-show/ McCarthy won't get in the way - he's too busy looking forward to being Speaker. #PS1gop ===== impress 31 time 2021-07-03 13:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411318046598201344 ========== It's never enough. You can't tell the truth AND support Trump. You have to repeat his lies and actively promote them even if he changes them. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/us/politics/trump-wisconsin-republicans.html #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2021-06-30 04:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410096901257498625 ========== Who's in favor of honoring Confederate leaders? Lots of GOP legislators! https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-confederates-statues-house/2021/06/29/304f7960-d8db-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html Why not? They have so much in common! #PS1gop ===== impress 31 time 2021-06-30 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410087865535451136 ========== Trying to wrap up GOP donors early! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michael-pence-election-2020-campaign-2016-government-and-politics-6c670a583ea8be1b46196ec75134623c But Trump is keeping everybody guessing and off balance, to find out who's ambitious enough to betray him, so he can sideline them. Meanwhile each of them hopes one of the others will sideline Trump. #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2021-06-29 12:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409852374324183045 ========== Trumpist GOP last line of defense of Constitution? Seems they were first line of offense on Jan 6, and doubled down since. https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210625/news/306259994 It's hard to see any useful role for Pence in American politics. #PS1gop ===== impress 25 time 2021-06-29 04:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409734825846534145 ========== McCarthy dodges a bullet! He was in the same room with police officers injured in the Trumpist insurrection - yet managed to say nothing that would bother Trump! What a statesman! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-eaf81f939f397b9977f4d006b66561b7 #PS1gop ===== impress 23 time 2021-06-27 06:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409034663469883394 ========== "we have to get those two groups to vote for the same person without realizing it" That's part of the challenge of minority rule - deceiving the voters. https://apnews.com/article/herschel-walker-georgia-campaign-2016-election-2020-senate-elections-1d033027c42e44b0baeb37cfe98a00f7 Which are the worst GOP candidates - athletes, lawyers, or billionaires? #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2021-06-27 06:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409032142634377216 ========== "America is in crisis" Indeed it is - "our main crisis is we're not the majority" An honest Republican! Who'd have thought? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/house-republicans-outrage.html "The Republicans need to seed a sense of instability, overreach and fear" More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1437109789966869 #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-06-18 02:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1405715247311192065 ========== Not much repentance after all! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-greene-apologizes-for-comparing-face-masks-to-holocaust-but-stands-by-comparison-of-democrats-to-nazi-party/2021/06/14/552869f8-cd6a-11eb-8cd2-4e95230cfac2_story.html She still compares Democrats to Nazis. But Trumpism is National Socialism reincarnate - but after he came to power, Trump forgot all about socialism, just as Hitler did, to insure support from the ruling class. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 48 time 2021-06-15 04:38 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404659552306434048 ========== GOP making a case for regional federalism! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html They don't want to lose any more elections, so make those elections less important for everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-gnawing-at-the-foundations-of-americas-free-and-fair-elections/2021/06/13/3f40ffa0-cacd-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 34 time 2021-06-14 04:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404290408826368000 ========== No GOP coup in 2024? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/opinion/trump-2024.html What about 2028? The important thing is that GOP officials are normalizing unconstitutional means of gaining power. Trump might be too incompetent to fully benefit, but what about his abler bolder successor? #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-06-13 06:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403962032785739777 ========== GOP legislators want to talk about possible future inflation but voters and the right-wing media don't care. Legislators talked about fantasy issues for so long that their voter base and media think they are the only real thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-biden-culture-wars/2021/06/11/da382114-cac3-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2021-06-12 12:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403696226621480970 ========== How the GOP plans to win in 2022 and 2024 - by talking about "defund the police" and "critical race theory" - neither of which they can define, but they can run against anyway, to avoid talking about the virus and economic recovery. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/republicans-democrats-midterm-election.html #PS1gop ===== impress 81 time 2021-06-11 14:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403364590860210177 ========== Anti-vaxxers will even travel to MARIN COUNTY to shout down reason. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/10/marin-congressman-huffman-heckled-by-anti-vaccine-protesters/ The SONOMA COUNTY GOP told them to! Trumpism in action - bringing AR15's next time? If you're not from the Bay Area, you might not know how ALL-CAPS CRAZY this is. #PS1gop ===== impress 81 time 2021-06-10 23:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403133487725498370 ========== In the great Alabama tradition of Roy Moore! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/08/attack-capitol-sure-stay-out-my-garage/ #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-06-09 06:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402519117198815232 ========== GOP legislators always respond to the will of The People. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/whats-matter-with-texas-legislators/ You understand that The People are the major GOP donors and the single-issue voter blocs they rely on. Once you have those, nobody else matters. #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-06-07 23:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402042122467909634 ========== 2020 is just a dress rehearsal. GOP doesn't plan to lose any more elections, no matter what the vote. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/us/politics/republican-election-fraud-claims.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/republican-loyalty-trump-isnt-just-about-big-lie-its-much-worse/ The worst is giving blanket authority to state legislatures to disregard any election outcome they don't like. #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-06-07 22:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402037390928089089 ========== Everything's coming up Milhouse for McConnell! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/mitch-mcconnells-plan-is-coming-together-perfectly/ Bipartisanship is for two parties that both want to accomplish something. Now GOP is fine with just blocking and tackling, so no need to compromise. #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-06-07 22:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402034793768833024 ========== Not Mr Popular! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/time-call-manchins-bluff/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/07/how-joe-manchins-awful-new-stance-could-blow-up-his-face/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/06/joe-manchins-mighty-delusions/ Time for him to come up with a version of ANY of Biden's priorities that can get 10 GOP votes. #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-06-07 16:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401946334546989058 ========== GOP donors seem to have decided that reality-TV personality cults create enough distraction and diversion that it's easy to quietly enact the legislation they want. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/06/gop-superspreaders-trumps-contagion/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1429930460684802 #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-06-07 04:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401754565435813892 ========== "The GOP's embrace of Trump's self-serving priorities has consumed the party's commitment to fiscal discipline, free markets and the rule of law. " https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-campaign-2016-senate-elections-government-and-politics-861ce4d1c92c8026c5312a9ea922cf22 Give Trump credit for revealing that the only real GOP commitment is to preserving minority rule! #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-06-06 21:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401646302530707457 ========== Democrats thank Donald Trump! For doing his best to insure Republican defeat in 2022 as he pursues his vendettas. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-b0d037e6179d7205acefbd56ee70e2dc #PS1gop ===== impress 58 time 2021-06-06 06:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401427977477390336 ========== GOP doesn't have time to investigate Trump but has plenty of time to investigate Fauci. https://apnews.com/article/ap-radio-advisory-donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-health-government-and-politics-48194557d9af1a41bae9ef1495e9d37c They won't convince anybody new but they'll keep their base aroused. #PS1gop ===== impress 52 time 2021-06-05 13:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401173465508376582 ========== The message from GOP legislatures to election officials is clear - retire, get the right result, or go to jail. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/republican-state-laws-election-officials.html #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-06-04 14:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400818285663248390 ========== Desperately seeking non-Trumpist Republicans! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-philanthropy-bc0ffa18063bf6889790e8a25b30980e Sorry Pence, you aren't Trumpy enough for Trumpists and too Trumpy for everybody else. Trump will never forgive your failure on Jan 6. Everybody else will never forgive all your other failures. #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-06-04 12:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400793588896657419 ========== What's worse than the Bush you know? https://apnews.com/article/tx-state-wire-george-p-bush-donald-trump-texas-business-e6ec707f5fe306aa89a96ddf473294d2 The Bush you don't know who supports Trump. Only in Texas! #PS1gop ===== impress 55 time 2021-06-03 13:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400439905713487879 ========== No party for young people. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/opinion/elise-stefanik-trump-republicans.html To be a Trumpist you have to embrace the past - at least until somebody manages to sideline Trump. #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-31 19:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399444950903754753 ========== "students could be given a whitewashed version of the nation's history" Of course! That's the whole point. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-business-education-government-and-politics-905c354a805cec1785160cf21f04c7ec Study of past racist practices might shed an unwelcome light on present racist practices, so the GOP is opposed. #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-05-30 20:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399096370942726147 ========== Plenty of ignorant politicians in Minnesota, too, that sign things without reading them. https://www.twincities.com/2021/05/27/mn-republican-governor-candidate-scott-jensen-goes-to-court-to-stop-youth-covid-vaccinations/ #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-05-28 21:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398391801166192641 ========== Groucho saw it all coming! https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/how-mitch-mcconnell-and-the-gop-perfected-the-politics-of-no/article_2b1befb8-aecd-52e8-a90c-3debe4d75657.html Just say NO! #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-28 20:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398370135652532227 ========== No doubt Trump will say that Paul Ryan caused Trump's election loss. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paul-ryan-trump-republicans-fox/2021/05/27/f9d41b7a-bf0d-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-05-28 18:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398339605687160838 ========== GOP bipartisanship in action! "One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new administration" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/mcconnell-says-he-s-100-percent-focused-stopping-biden-s-n1266443 china https://apnews.com/article/china-science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-bills-99579596114673248a3a02e78f922cef insurrection https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-4798a8617bacf27bbb576a4b805b85d9 #PS1gop ===== impress 45 time 2021-05-28 16:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398317119859658753 ========== "we gave allegiance to one political figure and weren't loyal enough to our principles" https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-government-and-politics-569cdd527b1525a490f8a4d43937b3a3 Where's Ryan been? The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party is 100% loyal to its one principle/principal - Trump. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1423524401325408 #PS1gop ===== impress 53 time 2021-05-28 02:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398105988331311107 ========== The biggest monument of all! https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/26/georgia-stone-mountain-park-confederate/ They should carve Thurmond, Gingrich, and Trump in there with Davis, Lee, and Jackson, and then blast them all away for good. Let the dust be Gone with the Wind! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1419501368394378 #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-27 00:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397708854440300548 ========== Time for regional federalism? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html How corn country and sagebrush country have become Dixiecrat-Republican country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/03/republicans-prairie-states-are-busy-harvesting-their-gains/ #PS1gop ===== impress 41 time 2021-05-26 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397420141172776964 ========== Kevin McCarthy has got all his moves down pat. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-trump-republicans.html He won't make the Pence mistake of recalling his constitutional duties at an inconvenient moment - and thus forever forfeiting any place of power in Trumpism. #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-26 03:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397396664529285120 ========== "the fundamental problem lies less with the crazies than with the careerists; not with the madness of Marjorie Taylor Greene, but with the spinelessness of Kevin McCarthy" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/opinion/republicans-donald-trump-loyalty.html Those who know better commit the greater sin. #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-26 03:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397395360021024768 ========== No doubt GOP voters would support GOP legislators if they understood all about GOP major donors. If not, to heck with them! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/24/florida-republicans-are-trampling-wishes-locals-rush-consolidate-power/ Donors will get you through times of no voters better than voters will get you through times of no donors. #PS1gop ===== impress 43 time 2021-05-26 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397390703093714950 ========== Racism polls extremely well with the Trump base. Expect more of it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/25/republicans-spent-anniversary-george-floyds-murder-trying-vote-down-black-woman/ #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-26 02:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397384041452560388 ========== Proud Boys help Nevada GOP purge honest officials. https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-donald-trump-censures-government-and-politics-1a554f065edf11dcdf841566cff45b44 #PS1gop ===== impress 43 time 2021-05-25 02:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397019397647003649 ========== Forget the insurrection! The important thing is to regain control of Congress! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-campaign-2016-capitol-siege-election-2020-2ae07018410ef256f2c89ea20cf180ad Unfortunately, for Trump the important thing is revenge on those he feels betrayed him, and nowadays being GOP means believing and doing whatever Trump says. #PS1gop ===== impress 34 time 2021-05-24 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396672550797672448 ========== You can't embrace both rationality and Trumpism! Trump will make sure of that. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-virginia-elections-election-2020-campaign-2016-c87bf923a4ea7d04e8eb49ad683964b7 The main GOP game plan is to suppress Democrats, not convert them to GOP. Ranked-choice voting and no sore-loser laws would help moderate candidates. #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-23 15:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396483698388738050 ========== No Native American contribution to American politics? https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/democracy-and-iroquois-constitution Ignorant racists belong on Fox, Newsmax, or OAN, not CNN. https://apnews.com/article/rick-santorum-arts-and-entertainment-ac0286f31d77ca62ba02958b2945d58e But Santorum's remarks always poll well with the Trump voter base. #PS1gop ===== impress 45 time 2021-05-23 14:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396477913755635717 ========== The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party - it's not how many laws you pass, but how often you appear on Fox! Those are the only ratings that matter in the reality-TV party. https://apnews.com/article/ga-state-wire-health-government-and-politics-96cc0798ea87065705563caa67c85ade Symbol is substance; gilt is as good as gold. #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2021-05-20 13:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395374717691826178 ========== Trump is the winner AGAIN! He converted McCarthy and McConnell from enemies to faithful stooges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/19/when-next-attack-comes-blood-will-be-gops-hands/ #PS1gop ===== impress 45 time 2021-05-20 04:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395234411189178369 ========== Some GOP legislators want to look forward, not back, but Trump says everybody keep looking back, so they do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccarthy-stefanik-cheney-trump/2021/05/15/c0cc23aa-b4b7-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-16 14:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393933932312236037 ========== Has McCarthy changed? Or did he just quit pretending. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/12/barabak-the-agony-and-ecstasy-of-kevin-mccarthy/ #PS1gop ===== impress 55 time 2021-05-13 01:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392658201707892738 ========== House Republicans show the courage of their convictions once again - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-liz-cheney-house-elections-election-2020-government-and-politics-db885d0a6b28f12d733da54dbae617fa by voting in secret, by voice, off the record. #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-05-12 14:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392489436370243590 ========== Most GOP voters already know that the Big Lie is objectively false. They don't care about any truth except their feelings. That's just one of Trump's crimes. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html That doesn't stop wishful thinking on the right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/how-liz-cheney-can-combat-donald-trumps-lies/ #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2021-05-12 05:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392348642745356292 ========== Jeff Flake didn't know the half of it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/jeff-flake-liz-cheney-republican-party/ #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-05-12 05:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392346914314592257 ========== Trump was right! Jeb Bush is completely unqualified for public office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/10/republicans-worse-state-level/ As are the other former GOP leaders denying reality. #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-12 05:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392344835621679109 ========== "the next iteration towards crazy" - happens tomorrow. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Actually it's not crazy. It's a rational attempt to defend minority rule against demographics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/10/kevin-mccarthy-hits-bottom-barrel/ #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-12 04:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392343721878843392 ========== "Punishing the unemployed is what Republicans do - and uniformly oppose Biden's proposals to target revenue sheltered overseas by multinational corporations and tax investment income more equivalently to labor income" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/jim-banks-gop-spin-liz-cheney/ #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-12 04:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392342253348163589 ========== Good news for moral lepers everywhere! You can go to Yale Law without compromising your ambitions and non-values! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/11/senator-josh-hawley/ "Many of the people who populate these movements are not right-wing pro-assault weapons freaks" More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1412699645741217 #PS1gop ===== impress 42 time 2021-05-12 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392339118399492098 ========== Cheney makes her last stand. It will cost her career, but conserve her honor and integrity. That's more than her opponents can claim. https://apnews.com/article/liz-cheney-donald-trump-democracy-government-and-politics-e9b924475dd68695f8aa6934d4b570ec Democrats should remember that, despite their differences, she is on the side of facts over fantasy. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 50 time 2021-05-12 02:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392312593792987136 ========== The Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Like a scene from Borat, but minority rule is deadly serious. https://ajc.com/news/luckovich-blog/511-mike-luckovich-cant-lose/QPSY5WFRSJEBRFPRHRDOGQYCHE/ #PS1gop ===== impress 47 time 2021-05-11 21:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392235202429165569 ========== Republicans are determined to keep digging the hole deeper until they find the bones of the Whigs - whose internal contradictions created the original Republican Party. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article251240779.html The Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party owes more to Thurmond and Gingrich. #PS1gop ===== impress 55 time 2021-05-11 02:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391937873511817217 ========== What a brilliant diversionary tactic! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-hampshire-campaign-2016-election-2020-house-elections-e50dfae66446197767bd255882d19439 Get the voters fired-up all the time about election recounts, and voters won't have time to think about what the legislators did, are doing, or will do while voters aren't looking. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop ===== impress 54 time 2021-05-10 13:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391750020337078282 ========== This day is this personality cult fulfilled in your ears! https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-0c07947f9fd2b9911b3006f0fc128ffd https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-1d5f980f186ddcf1680fbc720a9fc70a Donors can get you through times of no votes better than votes can get you through times of no donors! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/democracy.html#corporate%20donations Fits the Trumpist GOP! #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-05-09 13:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391391595597991939 ========== Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees! for ye make one proselyte, and make him twofold more the child of hell than you. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-election-2020-government-and-politics-463d871700b3825998fcdeb6b3da38b4 Applies to legislators and media stars, too! It's bad enough to be ignorant, but to know better and repeat lies anyway? #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 66 time 2021-05-07 22:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390801797829193729 ========== "the job of the Republican leader is to become speaker of the House" #1 job is not to to defend the Constitution? https://apnews.com/article/trump-cheney-mccarthy-republicans-84cb83aeab7833218537a174e2c2d437 McCarthy wants a "big tent" to win the House - Confederate flags and Camp Auschwitz shirts are welcome, but Trump critics are not. #PS1gop ===== impress 72 time 2021-05-07 14:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390671161298612225 ========== Are you sick of DeSantis's winning yet? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ron-desantis-wants-to-deny-800000-floridians-representation-for-nine-months/2021/05/06/b07c2f74-adcb-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html Anything to hinder the Democrats! It seems he forgot to rein in executive over-reach in his big "voter integrity" bill that he signed on Fox. #PS1gop ===== impress 64 time 2021-05-07 03:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390505767761965063 ========== Unity behind a big lie! Is that really a viable long-term strategy? https://apnews.com/article/wy-state-wire-donald-trump-elections-government-and-politics-55e1f5345ff41dfdbac57932550a13c2 The heretics need to unite elsewhere. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408449849499530 #PS1gop ===== impress 64 time 2021-05-07 00:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390469740385079297 ========== Once Trump speaks, "most rank-and-file members agree with whatever he is saying." https://apnews.com/article/wy-state-wire-donald-trump-elections-government-and-politics-55e1f5345ff41dfdbac57932550a13c2 Even if it's wrong. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-michael-pence-electoral-college-elections-health-2d9bd47a8bd3561682ac46c6b3873a10 And they are going after the heretics that won't endorse the false dogma https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-liz-cheney-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-7ab83561d3c708f2786bf0f545eb782f #PS1gop ===== impress 69 time 2021-05-07 00:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390468989311090688 ========== Ranked-choice-voting would help Wyoming voters obtain stable outcomes. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv Right now, running for office in Wyoming is a crap shoot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/trump-vs-cheney-fight-here-wyoming-is-battle-soul-republican-party/ #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-05-06 17:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390363407463813120 ========== Insurrectionists ashamed of their own words? Trump isn't ashamed of his words or actions! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/06/rep-zoe-lofgren-embarrassed-republicans-with-their-own-words-now-they-seek-silence-her/ Isn't there some kind of law against remembering and reporting a politician's words? #PS1gop ===== impress 47 time 2021-05-06 17:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390361911695331330 ========== What's better than a single-issue voter? A two-issue voter! Anti-abortion and pro-guns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/us/politics/hispanic-republicans-texas.html #PS1gop ===== impress 49 time 2021-05-06 17:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390351591094423552 ========== The anti-Trumpist Republicans in Congress are not heroes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/opinion/liz-cheney-republicans.html and their days are numbered. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/politics/liz-cheney-elise-stefanik.html The rest of the GOP has painted itself into a corner - disgrace now as an anti-Trumpist, or disgrace forever as a Trumpist. #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-06 05:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390175742361686016 ========== Liz Cheney weighs in - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/liz-cheney-republican-party-turning-point/ And the Post editorial board - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/liz-cheney-told-the-truth-republicans-must-decide-whether-they-value-trump-over-it/2021/05/05/7449c0cc-adc9-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html GOP members can oppose Trump and end their careers. Or support Trump and leave an ignominious legacy. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408449849499530 #PS1gop ===== impress 52 time 2021-05-06 01:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390109285972013057 ========== "The party does not have room for both." https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-39442b6fc9e6eafb24ba1c55e8ec9797 What are the dozen or so Republicans in Congress, who won't kneel before Trump's lies, going to do instead? Become Independents caucusing with the Democrats. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1408449849499530 #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-05-05 18:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390015067379310593 ========== Racism is embedded in the Trumpist modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party. It will remain embedded as long as the racist elements of its coalition remain essential components - in most places the GOP can't win without them. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1407156632962185 #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-05 17:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390002686284632066 ========== Traditional Republicans have lost the GOP. https://apnews.com/article/campaign-2016-election-2020-government-and-politics-3e0aaf0b8a5dfc825dc0ae1f3d30d4dc Wafflers can't have one foot on the train and one foot in the station.Get on board with Trump or get off the train.Trump is not as interested in winning control of Congress as in punishing the disloyal. #PS1gop ===== impress 49 time 2021-05-04 15:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389605148947845126 ========== What about Trump and McCarthy's ability to do their job - to defend the Constitution of the United States? https://apnews.com/article/politics-election-2020-government-and-politics-4b57608e163597af9d5f33fa2dbecec1 Abandon hope, ye traditional GOP who remain in there. #PS1gop ===== impress 62 time 2021-05-04 15:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389599944525316096 ========== Oppose compulsory government day care! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lefty-social-engineering-gop-launches-cultural-attack-on-bidens-plan-for-day-care-education-and-employee-leave/2021/04/30/38983b6e-a9bc-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html Nobody's proposing that but GOP is against it anyway. Instead vague proposals for welfare payments to families with children. No details since they know it will never pass their caucus, much less Congress. #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-03 20:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389314831824654337 ========== The price of a national spotlight was that Tim Scott had to say that America is not a racist country - https://apnews.com/article/scott-republican-response-Biden-8f8b4a3adab6329447e778684a8bd508 An odd stance for a politician mainly known for championing police reform. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1407156632962185 #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-03 17:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389272114876743680 ========== GOP rank and file believe Trump won the election. GOP leaders say the same, regardless of what they believe. Trump wants to purge all the opposition out of the GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-election-falsehood/2021/05/01/7bd380a0-a921-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html Only the major GOP donors can do anything about this - do they even want to? #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-03 01:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389024525644300288 ========== McConnell and GOP don't like to be reminded about slavery. It reminds them too much of their voter suppression efforts. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-1619-project.html #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 70 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-05-02 15:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388879818767298565 ========== "Are we a party of principle or a party of a person?" You have to ask? Only 798-711 in Romney's home state? https://apnews.com/article/trump-impeachment-impeachments-government-and-politics-d8de662875265ffb6069d3684cd82c83 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1406159289728586 #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-05-02 06:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388745987716378625 ========== "My hope is that we rally around principles and ideas and policies, not a specific person." Did you read the 2020 GOP platform? Cult of personality is not about principles, ideas, and policies. https://apnews.com/article/paul-ryan-michael-pence-election-2020-government-and-politics-a26bbff0f5feceec0a57cb167ef1f985 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1406159289728586 #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-05-02 06:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388745077271396353 ========== "a positive agenda to the American people, grounded in our highest ideals" https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-health-coronavirus-campaign-2016-election-2020-f45ebb649f61a2cc878297539d9ae49c Which ideals are those? Slavery, segregation, suppressing voters, to support minority rule? Tax cuts, deregulation, reactionary judges, to support billionaires? #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-04-30 23:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388272894547955712 ========== "There's no such thing as an anti-Trump Republican" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-adam-kinzinger-elections-illinois-political-organizations-4a8ca7b3e66818622c146c7b65f04aaf Kinzinger, Bush, and other traditional Republicans who don't like the outrage-fantasy reality-TV Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party need to find a new party. #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-04-30 23:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388269585187500032 ========== Trump isn't the only wishful thinker. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-government-and-politics-b641c552e92bf0a7a207aea83360b829 "substance and policy - the party of responsible, conservative leadership. On those we've got real unity". That's not the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party! Its real unity is cult of personality. #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-04-30 15:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388146400836284423 ========== More wishful thinking about GOP! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/republican-party-joe-biden.html Policy is passé in the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party. It's all about individual brand and theatre to get the most Fox appearances and the most donor support for an eventual run for president. #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-04-29 01:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387572773136912387 ========== Wishful thinking about GOP! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/republican-party.html But group policy making is passé in the Trumpist Dixiecrat-Republican Party. It's all about individual brand and theatre to get the most Fox appearances and the most donor support for an eventual run for president. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 48 time 2021-04-29 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387568779886960644 ========== Full steam ahead to benefit major donors who run cruise lines! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/desantis-cruise-lines-covid.html #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-28 23:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387554428182351872 ========== A good-faith actor in the GOP? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-tim-scott-racial-injustice-south-carolina-d72e6968bd07d9f20c54b4f6d0d29ac9 How long can he keep swimming upstream against that current? #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2021-04-28 14:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387407566263652355 ========== It's unfair to credit Newt Gingrich with founding the modern Dixiecrat-Republican Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/mark-mccloskey-senate.html That credit belongs to Strom Thurmond, who REALLY knew how to obstruct progress. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop ===== impress 61 time 2021-04-27 03:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386890174932480008 ========== Poor little Marco has forgotten who pays for his campaigns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/marco-rubio-woke-corporations-republicans.html That's OK, they don't care what he SAYS, only what he DOES. Tax cuts, deregulation, reactionary judiciary to support them! #PS1gop ===== impress 58 time 2021-04-27 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386888229622730754 ========== Trump normalized constant bald-faced lying. Many followed his example. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/technology/alt-right-youtube-algorithm.html It doesn't matter if it's true as long as it's outrageous! And now even Republicans formerly considered conservative have embraced the vice, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-burger-falsehood/2021/04/26/9afca0be-a6a2-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 62 time 2021-04-27 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386863542393917440 ========== DeSantis burnishes his fascist credentials as he maneuvers for 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/floridas-new-anti-riot-law-is-vague-draconian/ #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2021-04-27 01:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386859831257034758 ========== A test of character - FAILED with flaming colors! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/politics/mccarthy-trump.html It's bad enough to be stupid and ignorant and repeat lies. How much worse to KNOW BETTER but behave the same, all for political ambition. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1402227216788460 #PS1gop ===== impress 84 time 2021-04-26 05:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386551839055781888 ========== Racism? Nobody looks after black folks better than vote-Suppressing Dixiecrat-Republicans, just like their forebears the Segregationist Dixiecrats, and their forebears the Slavery Dixiecrats. https://apnews.com/article/politics-death-of-daunte-wright-race-and-ethnicity-government-and-politics-george-floyd-98504669d2baac0f061ca920a52d6ab2 #PS1gop ===== impress 77 time 2021-04-26 04:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386545197090103299 ========== True Texas Project and Ted Cruz - two more reasons to stay away from Texas! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/ted-cruz-maintains-ties-to-right-wing-group-despite-its-extremist-messaging/2021/04/23/64387376-8e58-11eb-aff6-4f720ca2d479_story.html "To grow the GOP, we can't be using rhetoric that most people find offensive" Unclear on the concept! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1401897140154801 #PS1gop ===== impress 57 time 2021-04-25 16:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386354779031445504 ========== A perfect Dixiecrat-Republican Trumpist! He fires up the racist base and then says he's not a racist. And he's not even from the South! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-capitol-siege-race-and-ethnicity-senate-elections-wisconsin-5a6bfac4f1e9ea86944561b933a97bcf But minority rule is built on lies from top to bottom. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2021-04-25 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386318496347295744 ========== GOP to "get back to being the ideas and the substance and the policy of conservatism" ? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/cheney-trump-mccarthy-orlando/2021/04/23/0b41df94-a3a4-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html Sorry, Trump has driven out GOP voters interested in ideas, substance, policy, or conservatism. It's not Trump vs Cheney, but policy vs personality. #PS1gop ===== impress 31 time 2021-04-24 14:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385968523424403463 ========== How will the ruling class maintain its minority rule? Trump and McConnell can't "put their differences aside". It's between Trump's goal of personality cult and the ruling class goal of maintaining power. https://apnews.com/article/gop-leaders-diverge-trump-3eb9635a76bdb26613030eb3772dd23c More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1399739950370520 #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-04-22 20:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385332767081177090 ========== The new media-centric GOP has no use for ideology - just fantasy outrage reality-TV antics and personality cult. https://apnews.com/article/politics-government-and-politics-f99f90d003a5a3ce3fe087b798208043 That's fine with the ruling class - conservative ideology wasn't working any more to distract the masses. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-04-22 19:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385317898307063808 ========== The big lies about "stolen election" and "voter confidence" are beginning to make some GOP legislators nervous. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/22/republicans-chris-carr-running-from-big-lie/ But they'll have to choose - get all the way on board or get off the train. Most of the GOP has embraced Trumpist outrage fantasy. #PS1gop ===== impress 47 time 2021-04-22 19:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385317187812958209 ========== Ultra-extremists normalize extremism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/20/what-anglo-saxon-traditions-controversy-says-about-our-current-moment/ It's how the GOP got from conservative to reactionary to personality cult. #PS1gop ===== impress 45 time 2021-04-22 19:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385316288583528449 ========== "The inmates are running the asylum". https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-will-keep-up-the-craziness-until-they-pay-a-real-price/2021/04/14/8180f684-9d5c-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 43 time 2021-04-15 00:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382490782729261058 ========== Cotton, Cruz, and Hawley are opposed to debating a bill against racism. Is anybody surprised? Their position polls well with Trumpists. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-filibusters-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-hate-crimes-460b93649ee991260a2872180969cbf4 #PS1gop ===== impress 53 time 2021-04-14 23:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382469803147812869 ========== Plenty of GOP House members would filibuster this if they could. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-filibusters-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-hate-crimes-460b93649ee991260a2872180969cbf4 But what about GOP senators? Would they dare? And kill the filibuster for good? #PS1gop ===== impress 54 time 2021-04-14 05:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382204480683331584 ========== Why corporations are distancing themselves from racist voter suppression - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-corporate-america-is-declaring-independence-from-the-gop/2021/04/11/a472bf90-9af2-11eb-8005-bffc3a39f6d3_story.html and what Republicans could do if they REALLY didn't want corporations in politics - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/republicans-fake-war-against-woke-capital.html but the bottom line is, GOP still depends on dark money. #PS1gop ===== impress 57 time 2021-04-13 01:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381774997899800578 ========== "Mitchell believed that Negro registration benefits the Republicans because it drives the Southern whites out of the Democratic Party. A reporter asked ´What of the party of Lincoln?' The answer - ´It has put on a Confederate uniform.'" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/opinion/tucker-carlson-white-replacement.html #PS1gop ===== impress 63 time 2021-04-12 23:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381754545575890945 ========== Cornyn misses Trump already. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/04/12/cornyn-echoing-right-wing-pundits-questions-if-biden-really-in-charge/?sh=7cb6648c343e But when the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. But Republicans don't dare talk about the issues. #PS1gop ===== impress 69 time 2021-04-12 16:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381640627075522565 ========== Republicans for safe and sane government? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-ap-top-news-raleigh-north-carolina-7858050374c244239578f00745ba4450 There aren't enough to win anything on their own, but they might make a difference in close races. Not necessarily a good difference if they run for a third party and enable the GOP nut wing. #PS1gop ===== impress 52 time 2021-04-12 12:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381588421655687174 ========== The red states keep on their merry way. https://apnews.com/article/mlb-arkansas-legislature-legislation-asa-hutchinson-92740d28be22459fc494072b9303f055 Maybe it's time for the blue states to quit subsidizing them. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1gop ===== impress 57 time 2021-04-12 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381462532074786820 ========== What's the Chamber of Commerce to do? https://apnews.com/article/business-legislature-voting-elections-bebf2e47ba46a28d4905906265e54fe7 Lots of the executives of their corporate members are fine with maintaining minority rule by any means available, but lots of the consumers those corporations depend on are not. #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-11 17:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381293257565478912 ========== Tough job market for Trump alumni! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/07/former-trump-cabinet-officials-corporate-seats/ Mike Pence seems to think he has something to offer to somebody. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-michael-pence-stephen-miller-84b3a12599aec7b8b668ba71fd63814f But he's either too close to Trump or not close enough, depending on your point of view. #PS1gop ===== impress 65 time 2021-04-09 16:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380561619898359808 ========== Amazing disgrace! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/us/politics/trump-fund-raising.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/politics/republicans-donations-trump-defector.html And not a hint of shame. #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-09 00:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380321379984105472 ========== Republican cancel culture thriving in Georgia. Have a Pepsi and fly United! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/gop-war-on-voting-georgia-delta/ Don't expect many Silicon Valley firms to relocate to Atlanta! #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-03 02:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378169132315643908 ========== Pence in 2024? Not if Trump is still in charge of GOP. https://apnews.com/article/mike-pence-groundwork-2024-presidential-run-df46fb0af0c353a2f13d265bd041cffe What could convince Trump to forgive Pence for failing to perform on Jan 6? He doesn't appeal to Trumpists, nor to anti-Trumpists, so... #PS1gop ===== impress 57 time 2021-03-31 05:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1377129071709052928 ========== Have major donors lost control of GOP? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/opinion/republicans-populism.html Unlikely - next time GOP controls Congress, it will be more billionaire tax relief, deregulation, reactionary courts - and stirring the culture wars to conceal the man behind the curtain. #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-03-30 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376709932821569536 ========== Mazie Hirono talks about senators. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/29/magazine/mazie-hirono-interview.html She wonders how they can live with themselves - and answers the question - it's all about the money. Many GOP senators need the unlimited dark money to generate enough confusion to distract voters. #PS1gop ===== impress 42 time 2021-03-29 18:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376608520947167232 ========== Bush was smarter than Trump. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-03-25/republicans-make-newsom-recall-a-national-fight In CA, GOP is third behind "no party preference". They've even alienated Arnold the Governator. Newsom would love to make the recall about the national GOP rather than about him. #PS1gop ===== impress 52 time 2021-03-29 15:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376558953820119043 ========== The GOP quandary - how to run against Trump without appearing to run against Trump? https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-des-moines-elections-iowa-mike-pompeo-dc85426cae010d9d050767144d523c9e There are plenty of would-be candidates trying to solve that puzzle. Maybe Trump is going to let them all declare themselves, then purge them for disloyalty. #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-26 13:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375442712191672323 ========== Have Republican legislators become so intent on reality-TV legislating that they've forgotten how to do the real thing? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/opinion/republicans-biden-stimulus.html Or are they stuck because Democratic proposals are so popular with GOP voters? #PS1gop ===== impress 45 time 2021-03-26 02:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375279763594432517 ========== Modern Republican scholarship. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pennsylvania-kentucky-new-brunswick-gary-cooper-96db4958d0caeb992347d9b83198084f #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 69 time 2021-03-20 13:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373263196534960131 ========== Credo for a modern Republican politician - one that can be sworn to on a stack of holy books with a completely straight face! "I promise to faithfully defend and enhance the political and economic power of the ruling class." More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1376797479331434 #PS1gop ===== impress 54 time 2021-03-18 22:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372671877336866816 ========== The difference used to be between liberal ideas and conservative ideas. Now it's the difference between reality league and fantasy league. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/14/heres-difference-between-democrats-republicans/ What hasn't changed? Protecting minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-14 15:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371124252120780804 ========== Wandering in the wilderness! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/13/how-chamber-commerce-ceo-suzanne-clark-plans-navigate-polarized-washington/ The Chamber of Commerce joins 7 GOP senators and 10 GOP representatives searching in vain for a conservative party. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative The legislators might classify themselves as independents for a while. #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 51 time 2021-03-13 14:31 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370744262518697998 ========== Can bipartisanship work on child tax credits? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-child-tax-credit-is-a-conservative-dream-fulfilled-lets-help-make-it-permanent/2021/03/11/db349bd0-82a5-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html Or will Republicans continue to oppose any proposal from Democrats, even proposals with Republican roots? #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-03-12 01:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370187887417856002 ========== Biden was the old white man we needed at this moment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/joe-biden-is-kryptonite-republican-culture-war/ It's harder to get old white men GOP voters stirred up about an old white man. Now GOP politicians have to recruit Dr Seuss to defend their GOP billionaire donors. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop ===== impress 49 time 2021-03-11 15:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370028546454745101 ========== Don't like retiring GOP senators? What comes next might be worse! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/wave-republican-senate-retirements-is-bad-news-all-us/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/roy-blunt-wanted-compromise-cordiality-he-couldnt-survive-trump-gops-descent/ Trump is glad to be rid of them. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 65 retweets 1 time 2021-03-11 04:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369861245050888193 ========== When you don't have anything constructive to offer - throw sand in the gears for everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/greene-adjourn-house-republicans/2021/03/10/e4a50854-80ec-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 47 time 2021-03-10 19:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369734310144536579 ========== The question is not happens to Trumpists in the GOP. The GOP -IS- Trumpism now. The question is what happens to the GOP outliers that don't want to participate in a cult of personality. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/10/trump-against-republicans-rinos/ Thus minority rule leads to rule by a minority of 1. #PS1gop ===== impress 60 time 2021-03-10 17:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369699906877722625 ========== Trump thinks his fundraising depends on small donors. But GOP senators depend on major donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/us/politics/trump-republican-fundraising.html Trump's strategy is to get all the small donor money and dole it out to GOP candidates so that HE becomes the major donor they cater to. #PS1gop ===== impress 66 time 2021-03-10 02:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369472597616852993 ========== Is going Trump full time a good thing - if you're not Trump? Ron Johnson seems determined to find out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-has-gotten-into-ron-johnson/2021/03/09/e98f11ca-8038-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 44 time 2021-03-10 02:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369468364259663878 ========== When your voters are at cross-purposes with your donors - you try to talk about something else. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-meghan-markle-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-dr-seuss-2d2833016a4816eb42be3d7390ac1305 But everybody who voted against the recovery bill will hear about it for the next two years. #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-03-10 01:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369463037187428358 ========== The Whigs disappeared as the original Republicans prospered. A century later, Dixiecrats took over the Republican name. Now the Republican name represents the Trump cult of personality, which seems to encompass a third of voters - no majority. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/opinion/republican-party-trump-split.html #PS1gop ===== impress 55 time 2021-03-10 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369442288913575937 ========== All Trump all the time! Is this a winning platform for a whole party? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/roy-blunt-not-running-shows-gop-old-guard-disappear/ #PS1gop ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-09 22:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369416727063367684 ========== Republican Party hostage to Trump? No - the Republican Party IS Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/08/sen-lindsey-graham-describes-gop-hostage-trump/ Some Republicans might feel like hostages, but they can walk out the door any time. They CHOOSE to stay and be part of Trump. #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-03-09 19:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369368629247156226 ========== "Americans are extremely supportive of new government infrastructure legislation" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/opinion/biden-economy-stagnation.html But major GOP donors are not, unless it's profitable for them and doesn't raise their taxes. That's why Trump's "infrastructure weeks" were a standing joke. #PS1gop ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-09 06:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369175636921569292 ========== Republicans CAN'T come to their senses while Trump is in charge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-shouldnt-wait-for-republicans-to-come-to-their-senses/2021/03/08/5fac222a-8044-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-03-09 06:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369170559968243718 ========== Trump addresses misconceptions at RNC. They forgot they work for him now. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-db4b80536ac8571d2c0786e227822bf8 No GOP money for people who opposed Trump! #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-09 06:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369167469953216512 ========== More good news for Democrats. https://apnews.com/article/senate-elections-michael-brown-todd-akin-rick-tyler-elections-755ac1dbd8c7dd6219af73f1b185d49a The more nut cases Trump endorses in primaries, the better for Democrats in the general election. Perhaps they should help Trump fund his favorites. #PS1gop ===== impress 27 time 2021-03-09 05:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369162427133161472 ========== The GOP is the party of reactionaries, not conservatives. Let the GOP voters whine about stopping and going back to a mythical golden age; the GOP donors are fine with just stopping and opposing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/07/i-get-indignation-where-are-ideas-republicans/ #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2021-03-07 18:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368636070204567559 ========== Trump is not part of the Republican Party; the Republican Party is part of Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/06/trump-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-gop-organizations-stop-fundraising-off-his-name/ He expects his party to follow orders - or else! #PS1gop ===== impress 27 time 2021-03-07 18:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368632820982194177 ========== There's a reason Trump moved to Florida - it's red and getting redder. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-ron-desantis-florida-60debc6e6b0bcd285d3533a441c3bd69 #PS1gop ===== impress 58 time 2021-03-07 18:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368629157043703809 ========== GOP politicians are in a real bind. Their VOTERS favor most of the Biden recovery bill. Their DONORS are opposed. So what do they do? Talk about anything else! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-seuss-muppets-neanderthal/2021/03/05/9d4e92b6-7dd8-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html "Neanderthals" was too nice. "Potato Heads" would be more like it. #PS1gop ===== impress 32 time 2021-03-06 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368016974152802306 ========== Republicans believe government is ineffective and do everything in their power to make that become true - even when they are in power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/what-ron-johnsons-latest-stunt-tells-us-about-next-four-years/ #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-05 21:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367949331362246656 ========== Trying to survive in a state run by liars, crooks, and crazies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/living-texas-right-now-feels-like-an-exercise-survival/ #PS1gop ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-05 15:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367862021836836870 ========== Which Republican governor can have the fewest laws and the highest death rate! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-mask-mandate-abbott/2021/03/04/ceec92bc-7d12-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html "If the government said you don't have to wear your seat belt, we wouldn't stop wearing seat belts" Why not no more seat belt laws in Texas and South Dakota! #PS1gop ===== impress 42 time 2021-03-05 15:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367855622322987019 ========== In a cult of personality, the only thing that matters is what you SAY about the Leader. Nobody cares as much about what you DO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cawthorn-trump-burr-republicans/2021/03/03/c34c5f88-7c3a-11eb-b0fc-83144c02d676_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-03-04 14:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367487618926202883 ========== Sorry also-rans! There isn't a solution that doesn't eventually encompass you getting blamed and discarded. Just ask Pence. It's Trump's party, and he doesn't like competitors for attention. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/cpac-trump-tom-cotton-kristi-noem.html #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-03-03 06:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367001788067442690 ========== A perfect Trumpist! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/01/is-there-anyone-more-pathetic-than-nikki-haley/ #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-01 20:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366487252428222464 ========== No coherent message - no surprise! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/01/republicans-have-no-coherent-message-oppose-covid-relief/ GOP donors want one thing, GOP voters want the opposite, so talk about stolen election instead. The last thing GOP legislators want is for GOP voters to find out what GOP donors want. #PS1gop ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-01 18:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366450942523023360 ========== It's already clear at CPAC - the Republican priority for 2022 will be to purge those who aren't enthusiastic Trumpists. They think that having a smaller party will enable them to regain control of Congress. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/politics/CPAC-republicans-pompeo.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cpac-trump-election/2021/02/27/669c1ab2-791f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 59 time 2021-02-28 07:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365929733687402497 ========== Republican politicians and donors hope their 2009 playbook will work again. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-politics-pandemics-coronavirus-pandemic-barack-obama-07fec15628ceee80cb702089287d3aa4 But back then they didn't have to worry about Trump, whose 2022 playbook is strictly revenge against Republicans. #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-28 07:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365920509011976198 ========== Democrats should call the GOP the Trump party. Because it is. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-ohio-elections-f39b9370f14fd698a76285b83a2ef4c6 #PS1gop ===== impress 41 time 2021-02-28 06:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365919192994648070 ========== All in for Trump! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ted-cruz-elections-c5273f2cf5e1c478dd0d9b11b902bdf9 If you were a Republican and Trump is not your cup of tea, you need to find a new home. #PS1gop ===== impress 54 time 2021-02-27 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365524265643114496 ========== CPAC doesn't have to pay any attention to stupid hotel mask rules! https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/2021-cpac-covid-restrictions/index.html They're preserving their freedom to infect and be infected! #PS1gop ===== impress 113 time 2021-02-26 22:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365425518846251008 ========== Who's skipping CPAC? Pence, Haley https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/trump-cpac-2024-candidates.html Who's showing up to pledge loyalty to Trump, while somehow superseding him without anybody knowing it, while accusing the others of doing the same thing? DeSantis, Cruz, Hawley, Cotton, Scott, Pompeo, Noem #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 98 time 2021-02-26 18:48 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365373259819085826 ========== Michigan leads the way - the GOP becoming the Patriot Militia Party. Will other states follow - or will the Patriot Militias take over the GOP and kick out everybody else? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-george-romney-michigan-lansing-d5e0b7626e0adaf07e6edf088e25e043 #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-02-26 14:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365300956695461893 ========== Local and state Republicans are all on board the train to Fantasyland. Anybody who wants to remain anchored in reality better get off before getting thrown off. Trump is planning to turn it up higher on Sunday at CPAC. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-conspiracy-theories-media-0ef88e6f3b2b418ae07b214131d7f128 #PS1gop ===== impress 63 time 2021-02-26 13:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365299212557053956 ========== Sounds like all Trump all day at CPAC. https://apnews.com/article/cpac-false-trump-claims-40eeace4eec6a286dc6e8fb50f0afd5b #PS1gop ===== impress 40 time 2021-02-26 00:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365096303898681346 ========== What are the terrible things holding up Senate nominations? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/24/what-terrible-things-did-neera-tanden-tweet-truth/ Democratic female nominees' pale imitations of Republican male nominees! #PS1gop ===== impress 58 time 2021-02-25 03:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364782740743184398 ========== Nobody was expecting smooth sailing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/many-of-bidens-nominees-of-color-run-into-turbulence-in-the-senate/2021/02/24/1af0832c-76b4-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html Opposition to women and minorities polls well with the Trump base. #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2021-02-25 03:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364781243984867335 ========== Trump owns the GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-would-like-trump-to-fade-away.html But he will probably fly it into the ground as he did with most of his businesses. McConnell is trying to minimize the damage to his caucus while Democrats hope Trump backs as many nut cases as possible in primaries. #PS1gop ===== impress 49 time 2021-02-24 13:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364573846821507081 ========== Garland's greatest challenge - defending America from opportunistic populist politicians like Hawley and Cruz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/22/merrick-garland-lets-domestic-terrorists-know-theres-new-sheriff-town/ #PS1gop ===== impress 41 time 2021-02-24 00:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364377563137679362 ========== Benefits of zoom - the California Republican Party didn't self-destruct more! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/22/in-post-trump-convention-california-republicans-keep-calm-and-carry-online/ Or maybe it's already self-destructed as much as possible, ranking third behind "No Party Preference". #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2021-02-22 14:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363864862846197766 ========== Clueless Cruz! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/20/ted-cruz-wants-be-populist-he-cant-get-it-right/ But if he can satisfy his donors, maybe he can stay in the game for a while longer. #PS1gop ===== impress 34 time 2021-02-21 15:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363509961729343491 ========== Count me out too! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump/2021/02/20/178afc0a-72ca-11eb-a4eb-44012a612cf9_story.html Count me out on any more Lindsey Graham unprincipled toadying to Trumpism and insurrection! He's got six more years in the Senate - too bad for South Carolina and America and the free world. #PS1gop ===== impress 42 time 2021-02-21 15:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363507264640872450 ========== Why McConnell and McCarthy embrace different tactics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mcconnell-and-mccarthy-are-playing-different-games-with-trump-they-might-both-win/2021/02/19/6a54866a-72dc-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-02-20 01:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362935323714408448 ========== There's a reason Republicans don't want to help solve problems. They need unsolved problems to blame on Democrats, since Republicans lack policies that they would dare tell their voters about. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/republicans-biden-closed-schools-pandemic/ An unbeatable foe is a pillar of minority rule. #PS1gop ===== impress 41 time 2021-02-19 15:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362793359853580292 ========== "Republicans have gotten comfortable lying to their voters" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mainstream-republicans-have-tolerated-extremism-for-years-can-they-finally-control-it/2021/02/18/f3c2cd72-722c-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Of course! It's a pillar of minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The GOP appeals to gullible voters who can be manipulated on issues that don't matter to the ruling class. #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-19 15:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362791420222824448 ========== It won't be Ivanka vs Marco? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/ivanka-trump-florida-senate.html It wouldn't be that interesting since they're both Trumpists. #PS1gop ===== impress 32 time 2021-02-18 20:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362492817759559680 ========== What Texas power outage? If you don't like it, leave! What better place to observe Lent than Cancun? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-airport-power-crisis-texas #PS1gop ===== impress 30 time 2021-02-18 15:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362423686356107266 ========== California state Senate GOP caucus elects a non-Trumpist leader! https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-15/skelton-scott-wilk-california-senate-republican-leader-shannon-grove-trump Is there a path forward from third choice behind "No Party Preference"? Not if Trump has anything to say! Fortunately he's obsessed with McConnell at the moment. #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-18 15:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362421706871111684 ========== "McConnell doesn't care about being liked, he cares about winning. Trump cares about being liked; he cares much less about winning." https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-mcconnell-clash-threatens-to-settle-into-a-cold-war-as-gop-eyes-midterms/2021/02/17/3c156db6-7136-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html McConnell is the soul of self-restraint, Trump the opposite. Trump has the voters, McConnell the donors. #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2021-02-18 15:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362418130681663494 ========== Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Trump. Better Democrats control Congress than anti-Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-senate-elections-elections-mitch-mcconnell-6737e14155cf65b6fc68d7ae5c3ceb5f Democrats should fund both sides of bitter GOP primaries. Putin will! Will the new third party be Trumpists or anti-Trumpists? #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-02-18 14:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362414582606663680 ========== Personality cultists are working hard to drive everybody else out! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/politics/michigan-republicans-trump.html If their candidates lose elections in 2022 they'll just get more extreme, all the way to oblivion. #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2021-02-18 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362277695275470853 ========== Too late to save the GOP from Trumpism. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/opinion/trump-impeachment-trial-republicans.html GOP minority rule IS Trumpism - it started before Trump with Thurmond and took off with Gingrich. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html The question is what happens to the leftovers who don't want to be Trumpists? #PS1gop ===== impress 43 time 2021-02-15 05:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361179747020017666 ========== McConnell tries to figure out how to regain his majority despite Trump's hopes to run loser fringe revenge candidates - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/now-begins-mcconnells-project-to-shrink-trumps-gop-influence/2021/02/14/ff7201de-6eed-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html McConnell has no mass appeal; he has to work through donors. #PS1gop ===== engage 3 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 46 likes 1 time 2021-02-15 04:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361169858323308545 ========== NOW McConnell tells us how he really feels. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell-0a14d2e41e376331580b98a992f7d856 Will he need a new political home too? It's hard to imagine where he expects to go with this. Does he really think he can reclaim the GOP from the Trump base? #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-13 22:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360720680971460608 ========== Another 2024 GOP hopeful running AGAINST Trump. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-censures-omaha-ben-sasse-a9af5767d6c7e1b6cc8912a60aeda8af #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2021-02-13 05:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360464772420931585 ========== The first 2024 GOP hopeful to run AGAINST Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/us/politics/nikki-haley-trump.html What took her so long? Trump will always be the same as he's always been. #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2021-02-13 01:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360397671446368258 ========== A missed opportunity to repent. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/trump-impeachment-trial-republicans.html The trial should be over by Ash Wednesday. They can repent then. "Remember man that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return." After celebrating their part in Trump's acquittal on Mardi Gras. #PS1gop ===== impress 53 time 2021-02-12 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360078233710911490 ========== Former Republican leaders discuss pros and cons of a new party - presumably conservative and factual, not reactionary and fantastic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/11/gop-meeting-new-party-trump/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1353303558347493 #PS1gop ===== impress 62 time 2021-02-11 17:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359921131415687168 ========== Trump owns the GOP from the bottom up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-loyalty-trump/2021/02/10/f3f87e4c-6bc2-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html It's a waste of time to argue facts with fantasists. #PS1gop ===== impress 62 time 2021-02-11 04:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359727629922783232 ========== Trump owns the California Republican Party. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/30/no-party-preference-overtakes-republican-in-democrat-dominated-california/ Unfortunately it's not as valuable as the "no party preference" party which has more adherents than the GOP. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/08/most-california-republicans-would-support-a-trump-presidential-run-in-2024/ #PS1gop ===== impress 42 time 2021-02-09 03:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358981949600145408 ========== Progressive praise for a few Republicans https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-progressives-should-be-celebrating-liz-cheney-and-ben-sasse-right-now/2021/02/08/29581fa2-6a3d-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html But what's to become of those few? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#conservative #PS1gop ===== impress 42 time 2021-02-09 00:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358942454334951425 ========== Don't bother them with facts or evidence - they know what happened. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/07/one-gop-principle-protect-donald-trump/ But in a personality cult, it doesn't matter what happened or why, only who did it. And what the penalties are for disloyalty. #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2021-02-08 17:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358837153044697088 ========== Unclear on the concept! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/07/republicans-stop-fighting-among-yourselves/ In a cult of personality, exterminating disloyalty is job #1. Stalin might cut a deal with FDR and Mao with Nixon, but no such pragmatism for internal opposition. Trumpists tolerate no Republicans In Name Only! #PS1gop ===== impress 42 time 2021-02-08 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358584852463841281 ========== Remembering George Shultz https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-shultz-the-man-who-spoke-truth-to-power/2021/02/07/7698a0b8-3491-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html He was never a media personality. #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-02-08 01:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358582914666008577 ========== Hawley is still a lawyer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/josh-hawley-made-his-choice-and-cast-his-lot-he-deserves-his-fall-from-grace/2021/02/05/671939ea-67fc-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html Maybe he can make a living defending insurrectionists in court. If any of them can afford him. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 likes 1 time 2021-02-07 23:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358552595103576064 ========== Always a Republican, never a Trumpist! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-censures-wyoming-liz-cheney-impeachments-d65d65b10763462a4a1dc0f65a85a36d Sagebrush country produces some feisty Republican women who can do more than pose for photo-ops with assault weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 29 likes 1 time 2021-02-07 18:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358478607098597376 ========== Daughters of Palin! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-women.html Performance artists all! Influencers of legislation - none. #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2021-02-07 17:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358465132972568576 ========== 2022 in Alabama - "a lot of candidates that will try to be as loud or as dumb as possible because they think that is what plays to 50% or more of the Republican electorate" https://apnews.com/article/alabama-3da7dc8dadb6918ad6f0dcfc4fe125a8 Not just Alabama, of course. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 33 time 2021-02-07 16:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358458258369835009 ========== Elected to tweet, not legislate! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/marjorie-taylor-greene-isnt-here-to-legislate-shes-here-to-live-stream/2021/02/05/a64c8044-675d-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html A true Trumpist! #PS1gop ===== impress 29 time 2021-02-07 05:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358290688207560706 ========== Republicans reject bipartisanship and endorse cult of personality In Colorado https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-gun-politics-scott-tipton-colorado-denver-91a7ed33a50dcccca7b944dd1f8416b3 In Wyoming https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-censures-rawlins-wyoming-3d2a5ad3377bb748c22f632642ba23f1 #PS1gop ===== impress 33 time 2021-02-07 01:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358228671681622017 ========== "Republican leaders should build on Trump’s conservative-populist alliance rather than circular firing squads." Firing squads are what cult of personality is all about! - from Trump on down. There is no conservative-populist alliance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/05/new-poll-there-is-no-singular-trump-voter/ #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-06 00:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357851355151355910 ========== Where's Buckley when we need him? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-extremism.html The new Buckley won't arise until the Republicans have another 1964 event. Maybe in 2024? #PS1gop ===== impress 26 time 2021-02-05 20:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357788191118356482 ========== Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-trump-republicans/2021/02/05/f3e0a7be-67cf-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2021-02-05 20:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357785338299576321 ========== GOP as cult-of-personality seems to be winning in red states. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/ben-sasse-nebraska-gop-censure/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 34 time 2021-02-05 14:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357697388484333568 ========== Minority rule doesn't work without the nut cases. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Until Trump, GOP was able to get nut votes without giving them control of the party. No more. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-conspiracy-theories-impeachments-john-thune-5f4b9e7f7a4a20894905981817c47011 #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 40 time 2021-02-05 14:16 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357694517718130694 ========== McCarthy so wants to be Speaker in 2023. He'll twist into any contortion to get there! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-midterms-extremists/2021/02/04/a9a23be4-6596-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html But is there a contortion that solves his problems? #PS1gop ===== impress 37 time 2021-02-05 01:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357496964175126528 ========== They got 11 Republicans this time - that's one more than last time! https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-votes-greene-d00c46241478d39db3996a36f5cbf91e #PS1gop ===== impress 55 time 2021-02-05 00:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357492796945428480 ========== How to mislead with cartographics https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/03/recent-polarization-republican-counties-visualized/ Republicans just need to amend the constitution so voting is by cattle. Then these maps would mean something. #PS1gop ===== impress 62 time 2021-02-04 01:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357132645054906370 ========== It's not easy being red! "The worst-case scenario is to take this to the floor" Vote against Trump and lose the primary, or "Democrats see Greene as a political bonanza heading into the midterms" Vote for insurrection and lose the general! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-house-republicans-rift/2021/02/02/08348d40-6567-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 likes 1 time 2021-02-03 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356972995361730560 ========== How can McCarthy finesse this without splitting the GOP caucus? Maybe the crazies will force the issue by trying to make Greene, Boebert, and Jordan, leader, whip, and chair. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-mitch-mcconnell-liz-cheney-0dca1beb85f006a3e0ee84ed05fbb6db #PS1gop ===== impress 49 time 2021-02-03 02:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356796804805718019 ========== "The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/01/rob-portman-has-done-more-damage-america-than-marjorie-taylor-greene/ #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-02-02 17:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356651817606602761 ========== McConnell envisions a Republican Party with at least some fact-based politicians and few crazy extreme Trumpists. It's the kind of Republican Party he can lead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/01/house-gop-faces-decision-its-future-mcconnell-defends-cheney-rebukes-greene-rare-set-statements/ https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-conspiracy-theories-shootings-las-vegas-mass-shooting-steny-hoyer-d0622c86db9d67dff60a5d9511801795 But what about crazy extreme Trumps? Do they belong? #PS1gop ===== impress 60 time 2021-02-02 05:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356478142500638721 ========== Another lost cause? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/31/gop-rep-kinzinger-start-new-pac-challenge-partys-trump-supporters/ The majority of Republican voters seem to have gone over to fantasy. The exiles like Kinzinger will have to call themselves independents. It's no longer liberal vs conservative, but fact vs fantasy. #PS1gop ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-31 20:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355969771754283008 ========== Trump really did win the election. He owns local GOP - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-washington-impeachments-c83fe958e624c1ead5301407eb8a0347 He's discouraged non-Trumpists into retirement - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-mcconnell-portman-toomey-kinzinger-republicans/2021/01/29/a71efed4-60f0-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html He's put every non-Trumpist in government in fear for their lives - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/29/civil-war-soul-of-gop-over-trump-won/?arc404=true #PS1gop ===== impress 59 time 2021-01-30 02:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355339032163565570 ========== Too bad for Marco - all that self-debasement and then primaried by Ivanka? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/sunday/marco-rubio-ivanka-trump.html Maybe he'll luck out and she'll run for president or VP instead. And then he'll get primaried by somebody else. #PS1gop ===== impress 57 time 2021-01-29 15:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355177144582770695 ========== Perfect Trumpists! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/republicans-trump-capitol-riot.html Like Trump, they've perfected "to be AND not to be" - encouraging violent extremists AND pretending they are not encouraging violent extremists. They're the Republican Party now. Too many to expel. #PS1gop ===== impress 55 time 2021-01-29 15:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355172443984281601 ========== Preston Brooks would be so proud! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hostility-between-congressional-republicans-and-democrats-reaches-new-lows-amid-growing-fears-of-violence/2021/01/28/28c8cde8-61a5-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html Brooks could still be elected in any red district today! As a Republican now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks #PS1gop ===== impress 53 time 2021-01-29 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355008359779323905 ========== GOP isn't STUCK with Greene. GOP IS Greene. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/28/gop-struck-bad-bargain-thats-how-it-got-stuck-with-marjorie-taylor-greene/ She could move to Bakersfield and primary McCarthy! #PS1gop ===== impress 53 time 2021-01-29 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355002274414661636 ========== Sounds like Thiessen's giving up on Trumpism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/28/liz-cheney-republicans-capitol-riot/ Jan 6 was an epiphany all right - a shining forth to the world what Trumpism was all about. Most Republican voters were thrilled! And most Republican leaders go along for the thrill. #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-01-28 23:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354935502315556869 ========== What does it take to be expelled from Congress? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/26/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-violence/ If the GOP can't fault Trump for insurrection, they can't fault Greene either. #PS1gop ===== impress 50 time 2021-01-28 04:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354650167115300870 ========== Republicans who know better decide to get all on board with Trump and the lunatic fringe. Will that result in lunatic fringe candidates in the primaries that Democrats can more easily defeat in the general election? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/riot-republicans-trump-impeachment/2021/01/27/b13633fe-60b6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-01-28 02:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354620516800188416 ========== 15 Republican legislators are already dead. Will they be able to make anything of it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/adam-kinzinger-republican-impeach-trump-capitol/2021/01/26/c544cc1e-55fa-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 49 time 2021-01-27 23:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354574554484543490 ========== RNC not 100% behind Trump? https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-elections-only-on-ap-michael-pence-8c87215b20a50f58a18f8406cf49e75f The donors must have had a little chat with the RNC. Maybe Trump will need to start another party after all. #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-01-27 19:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354512019978739712 ========== No need for a third party for Trump! Just the threat was enough to make the GOP his. He will expel everybody that doesn't belong any more. 5 senators and 10 representatives will need a new party. Insurrectionists pardon in four years. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-politics-impeachments-edeed40444c700ccc53ed4ffc4e89f4d #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-01-27 14:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354437467571593224 ========== Republicans used to be called Dixiecrats. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/opinion/democrats-schumer-mcconnell-filibuster.html Minority rule attitudes are the same, only the party label changed. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1gop ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-27 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354290167289274369 ========== Another relatively moderate Republican senator gives up. All he'd have to look forward to is character assassination from Trumpists, which Ohio is full of, and another term of a do-nothing Congress. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-biden-cabinet-elections-impeachments-ohio-8b30bc6332e7b980c543c1e94fb11093 #PS1gop ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 52 likes 1 time 2021-01-26 06:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353949955363233792 ========== Who owns the Republican Party? The Trumpist voters who elect legislators or the conservative donors who pay for elections? Is it a personality cult or an ideology cult? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republican-split/2021/01/23/d7dc253e-5cbc-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html When the impeachment trial is over, expect Trump to wreak revenge. #PS1gop ===== impress 62 time 2021-01-24 07:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353238142317301760 ========== "Cruz isn't stupid, he just imagines that voters are" No surprise, that's a defining feature of minority rule! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Are any GOP senators actually interested in bipartisanship? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/biden-republicans-stimulus.html #PS1gop ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-23 06:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352866382103252992 ========== How many GOP senators have half the courage of Navalny? https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/alexei-navalny-putin-biden-trump-capitol-insurrection-20210119.html Putin claims democracy is impotent against chaos. Will the Senate prove it? #PS1gop ===== impress 47 time 2021-01-22 14:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352621436133797889 ========== Cheney and Romney revert to the same old song - cripple the Democratic president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/rainbows-vs-play-ball-bidens-call-for-unity-faces-test-in-fractured-congress/2021/01/21/8e1a6816-5c3a-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html They have to worry about primaries. #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 48 time 2021-01-22 01:53 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352434251069702144 ========== So predictable! If GOP senators cared about deficits, they wouldn't vote for billionaire tax cuts and pretend they'd pay for themselves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/right-on-schedule-republicans-pretend-to-care-about-deficits-again/2021/01/21/a749e500-5c17-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html It's just the same old story of sabotage-the-Democratic- president in hopes of gains in 2022 and 2024. #PS1gop ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-22 01:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352421724072022017 ========== Money master McConnell puts LBJ and Jesse Unruh to shame! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-mitch-mcconnell-became-trumps-enabler-in-chief He got re-elected with support from his donors and by supporting Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/good-riddance-leader-mcconnell.html True to form, his decision to turn on Trump came after consultation with his donors. #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2021-01-21 00:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352055694854221825 ========== "Don't bother trying to save anyone who has supported acts of sedition" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/arizona-republicans-trump.html That seems to include almost all of the Arizona Republican Party. When fanatics encounter setbacks, they don't learn from them, they just redouble their fanaticism. #PS1gop ===== impress 99 time 2021-01-20 23:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352041302574067712 ========== McConnell is done with Trump, and will cooperate with Democrats when it suits him, but will charge a high price. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/mcconnell-trump-capitol-riot.html #PS1gop ===== impress 46 time 2021-01-20 23:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352032699251245056 ========== Ungovernable? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/opinion/joe-biden-inauguration.html Even if the majority of GOP donors steer clear of Trump, Hawley, and Cruze, they still want to preserve minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html and they don't have a problem with a paralyzed Congress - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html #PS1gop ===== impress 52 time 2021-01-20 23:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352029667205685248 ========== Pence became acting president after all! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pence-president/2021/01/19/503ea3e2-59bd-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html #PS1gop ===== impress 48 time 2021-01-20 22:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352019434769006594 ========== The eternal victims! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/19/republicans-discover-that-private-sector-can-bite-them-too/ 1984? "Perhaps there was a deleted chapter in which he is forced to endure the suffering of having his book published by a second-tier conservative press and then complains about it in dozens of TV interviews." #PS1gop ===== impress 51 time 2021-01-20 21:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352012984244027395 ========== Who are the radicals trying to run America? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/opinion/minimum-wage-us.html #PS1gop ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-19 01:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351343441964277760 ========== A third of the country find 2020 presidential election fraud as real at Mt Rushmore. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/supporters-of-donald-trump.html The 2020 election overall was a victory for Trumpism, so no fraud concerns about the other results. Most GOP leaders and media stars encourage the fantasy. #PS1gop ===== impress 56 time 2021-01-18 15:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351195905748307969 ========== McConnell has maintained his caucus by preventing divisive votes, perhaps subordinating his preferences to the caucus. But Trump subordinates himself to nobody - that means the end of McConnell's caucus. https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-trials-0537f114e8574bd39dcfa45f22730a7a More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1337563986588117 #PS1gop ===== impress 39 time 2021-01-18 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350987046270197766