Tweets on gop-2023

Columns of Tweet Tables

The table above has these entries:

• "Title" is the first line of the tweet.
• "Date" contains the tweet date.
• "Impress" is the number of impressions.
• "Engage" is the number of engagements.
• "Expand" is the number of expands.
• "URL Clicks" is the number of clicks on URL's.
• "Like" is the number of likes.
• "Retweet" is the number of retweets.
• "Link to Text" is a link to the text of the tweet.
• "Link to Tweet" is a link to the actual tweet.

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Mike Johnson and the 12th Amendment -

https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/mike-johnson-is-now-the-most-powerful

That should give you nightmares!

#PS1gop

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impress 7
time 2023-11-01 04:27 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719571937465417931

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Same story as Pence - not Trumpist enough for Trump base,
too Trumpist for everybody else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/10/30/desantis-struggles-presidential-trump-republicans/

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-10-30 22:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719120038417064383

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Pence's time has come! - and gone.

https://apnews.com/article/pence-2024-republican-presidential-campaign-trump-f0e228548820373f779b3dc7157d6635

Too Trumpist for many, not Trumpist enough  for the rest.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-10-30 00:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718791372399071373

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Will Johnson ever give a straight answer to a straight
question?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/johnson-speaker-republicans/

Probably not in public!     Will House GOP choose him
anyway?    No Democratic votes.

#PS1gop

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engage 2
engage-rate 3%
expands 1
impress 67
likes 1
time 2023-10-25 15:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717202055646060675

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Will GOP coalesce this morning - around an election denier?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/mike-johnson-may-be-next-speaker-then-what/

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-10-25 15:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717199210398056689

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Didn't take long to take care of Emmer.

https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-c7ddb6abf4c7322f9fc44fdaa07791fc

Anybody supportive of or supported by the Freischütz
won't get any Democratic votes.     And will lose enough
GOP votes to get... nowhere.

#PS1gop

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impress 13
time 2023-10-25 00:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716974124273447146

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People are beginning to understand that the GOP is not a
party but a dysfunctional coalition of two mostly opposed
parties.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/23/hakeem-jeffries-house-speaker-gop-division

Better coalitions are possible.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-10-24 23:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716965062580281707

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"We don’t deserve the majority if we give the Democrats
control over the House of Representatives"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/24/government-shutdown-house-speaker/

GOP doesn't HAVE a majority - neither Freischütz Caucus
nor the duck-and-cover GOP.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-10-24 23:47 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716964663987208602

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GOP megadonors and their propaganda channels have convinced
many GOP voters that they don't need a Federal government.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/23/republicans-speaker-polling/

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-10-24 13:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716816300356538574

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A potential turning point - if moderate House GOP will
recognize the opportunity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/22/house-speaker-jordan-republicans-blessing/

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-10-23 04:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716316384542822699

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It's no wonder the modern GOP is so Dixiecrat -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/19/republican-civil-war-house-gop-jim-jordan-speaker-fight/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/20/threats-havent-saved-jordan-trump-era-intimidation-has-had-an-impact/

Because that's where it reinvented itself -
Thurmond-Wallace-Nixon-Gingrich-Trump-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/20/george-wallace-presaged-donald-trump-republicans/

#PS1gop

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impress 22
time 2023-10-20 20:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715471714715578702

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House GOP discovering their backbones need to get their
colleagues to define the GOP - is it about shutting down
the Federal government or is it about making it better?

https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-jim-jordan-threats-54eeecef0188edfcb9903e45019f190f

And they have to stand up to the megadonors who've bought
into Fox fantasy.

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-10-20 20:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715460079787680176

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Poor Mike Pence - nobody thinks anybody will vote for him!

https://apnews.com/article/pence-2024-election-fundraising-iowa-trump-50caaf71b004b25d866aa0dace68b1ec

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-10-20 20:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715458499550011441

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"it’s not a normal majority" Maybe the seventh try will
be the charm!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz

Like Trump, despite all rational evidence, Jordan is
convinced that the people are with him, and the few
holdouts can be bullied into line.

https://apnews.com/article/jim-jordan-house-speaker-mccarthy-trump-f2b2bf9dc834742bde93d5fc918d9940

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-10-20 18:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715435264213201377

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Non-Trumpist GOP find their backbones.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/jim-jordan-maga-intimidation-threats/

It's about time!    Time to realize that compromise with
fanatics only encourages them to demand more.  Same in
Gaza, same in House.

#PS1gop

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impress 7
time 2023-10-19 01:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714813150045082055

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The rank-and-file House GOP need to decide who's going to
be in their coalition - those worried about being primaried
by some even crazier MAGA, or those worried about losing
a tossup general election to a Democrat.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/house-gops-two-disruptive-poles/

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-10-18 16:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714676069503234158

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There's big money and big media behind the Freischütz
Caucus.      The megadonors have noticed that the Federal
government can't do anything now - and that's just what
they always wanted.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/sean-hannity-jim-jordan-speaker/

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-10-18 15:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714672632547967009

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Reduce Federal government or shut it down completely?
Split in GOP politicians reflects split in GOP megadonors.

https://apnews.com/article/republicans-house-leadership-chaos-states-infighting-bb5d9287214cd5aa0a1fdf03b56bebcb

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-10-18 15:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714658784050851895

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How best to elect Trump?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/11/mitt-romney-gop-challenger-trump/

Non-Trump GOP nominee - so Trump runs as a third party
or write-in?     Third-party nominee to run against Trump
and Biden?

Either way, the non-Trump draws votes from Biden, not from
the Trump base.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-10-18 15:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714658241018536336

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Play-by-play in the House GOP conference.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/scalise-jordan-house-gop-speaker-chaos/

#PS1gop

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engage 1
engage-rate 10%
impress 10
time 2023-10-14 04:20 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1713047079256469916

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Speaker Jordan?

https://apnews.com/article/house-republicans-scalise-jordan-mccarthy-trump-ced017e71de967a7e327cba7e502926a

That's definitely crossing the Jordan, toward a GOP that
isn't interested in anything except defending minority
rule by shutting down the Federal government, lowering
taxes for megadonors, and lowering benefits for the masses.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-10-14 00:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712987027493544132

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Will ranked-choice voting in the Virgin Islands change
the GOP presidential dynamic?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/virgin-islands-trump-republican-caucus-election/

National ranked-choice voting - especially combined with
multi-member districts - could really threaten minority
rule.

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-10-13 04:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712689853144645758

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Albion's Seed continues to bear strange fruit -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion's_Seed

When the Dixiecrats took over the GOP, they brought with
them their Southern strategy of convincing poor white men
to do the dirty work for the rich ruling class.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/09/republican-working-class-chaos/

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-10-13 04:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712686033375277066

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Migrants don't vote - despite what the GOP says - and
they're not megadonors - so it's safe for GOP to use them
as scapegoats for all the world's problems.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/10/jim-jordan-house-gop-government-shutdown/

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-10-13 04:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712683948751647058

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Tom Emmer for Speaker?      Can he get ANY Democratic
votes?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/12/steve-scalise-house-speaker-race/

#PS1gop

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engage 6
engage-rate 10%
expands 1
impress 61
time 2023-10-13 04:07 +0000
urlclicks 5
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712681415413002406

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The chronicler of the Dixiecrat takeover of the GOP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/southern-strategy-kevin-phillips-republican-party-trump/

Phillips explained what Thurmond was doing, and Nixon
jumped on board, all to defend minority rule.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-10-13 03:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712679492194554201

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A lucky day for Steve Scalise!

https://apnews.com/article/kevin-mccarthy-ousted-speaker-jordan-scalise-1492ca6b58604c51186015c23f7efccd

Healthier to be rejected quickly behind closed doors than
slowly over 15 ballots.

Can any GOP find some moderate Democrats who will vote
for a GOP candidate who renounces the Freischütz Caucus
forever?

#PS1gop

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impress 36
time 2023-10-13 02:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712662929584345178

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How do you get elected Speaker?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/11/trump-jordan-scalise-speaker/

Fundraise, fundraise, fundraise.     As McCarthy did, as
Scalise did, as Jordan didn't.     But it's all for nought,
until the House GOP disowns the Dixiecrat Freischütz
Caucus once and for all.

#PS1gop

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impress 14
time 2023-10-12 06:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712360196138529078

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You can't compromise with fanatics - they then want
even more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz

House Democrats  - and moderate GOP - should vote against
any GOP Speaker candidate who wants to include the
Freischütz Caucus in his coalition.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/10/kevin-mccarthy-steve-scalise-jim-jordan-house-speaker/

#PS1gop

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engage 1
engage-rate 4%
impress 23
time 2023-10-10 23:52 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1711892584824786976

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The pot calls the kettle black!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/newt-gingrich-matt-gaetz-remove/

And just who was the leading oppose-everything-shut-it-down
guy 30 years ago?

Gaetz is just the culmination of everything Thurmond and
Gingrich stood for, laid bare in all its ugliness.

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-10-04 04:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709421907660165204

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The Freischütz Caucus hits its mark again!   They aimed
their rifles in January and pulled their triggers today,
and immediately began bragging in fund-raising appeals to
their megadonors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz

Was this their seventh bullet?

https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555

#PS1gop

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engage 1
engage-rate 33%
expands 1
impress 3
time 2023-10-03 23:53 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709355960605823480

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Trump's got it locked up?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/24/trump-republicans-presidential-primary/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/24/trump-confident-primary-general-election/

Or have his rivals just given him the key?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/24/trump-skip-debate-weak-rivals/

In 2024, it's going to be either Trump or Biden, and GOP
that don't like Trump, had better start acting accordingly.

#PS1gop

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impress 7
time 2023-09-25 03:52 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1706154709915169250

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McCarthy thought he could pull the tar baby out of the
tar pits.      But the pulling is going the other way.

https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-mccarthy-congress-house-republicans-biden-249d83636e9d61cdd2aabdf34a129514

"Speaker McCarthy is giving hard-right Republicans what
they want. But it never seems to be enough."

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-mccarthy-gaetz-republicans-dd94770223f697c1c68229133f031df4

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-09-25 03:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1706151451633066270

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McCarthy doesn't have a majority, just a plurality.
The only way to avoid a Federal shutdown constitutional
crisis is to pass a bipartisan continuing resolution -
followed by a different crisis after the Freischütz Caucus
fires McCarthy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/22/government-shutdown-deal/

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-09-22 23:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705361662356922713

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"it’s going to get even uglier”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/22/gaetz-mccarthy-shutdown-house-gop-deadlock/

Sounds like a safe bet!    Freischütz Caucus has their
eyes on the prize.

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-09-22 17:20 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705270945815069171

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Shutting down the Federal government is not a policy
failure!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/22/us-braces-calamitous-costly-government-shutdown-eight-days/

It's the long-sought dream of the Freischütz Caucus and
their anonymous  megadonors, who find that it's cheaper
and easier to manage state governments than Federal.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-09-22 16:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705258688095928501

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"I got the job done"

Wrong!   Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell and their
anonymous megadonors got the job done.     The most Trump
can claim is that he didn't get in the way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/09/20/trump-abortion-republicans-presidential/

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-09-22 01:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705038288393019531

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"He did nothing to support organized labor except lip
service”

Trump is the SALESMAN who takes your money.   Delivering
your goods is not his problem.

https://apnews.com/article/labor-union-auto-workers-trump-strike-dfcb805fd4e749b13aaf827e1463da73

But in every way he's a stalwart defender of minority rule,
like most of the GOP candidates.

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-09-22 00:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705012331816866064

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Where've you been  Mr Speaker?

“a whole new concept to burn the place down”

It's the whole old concept of the Gingrich Contract on
America and the Freischütz Caucus.

"giving in to the conservatives is emboldening them"

Peace For Our Time!

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-mccarthy-house-republicans-spending-cuts-deff84c0e2ff7d3bd076b8c38e14cca4

#PS1gop

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engage 2
engage-rate 67%
impress 3
time 2023-09-21 23:49 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705006430498275363

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All the megadonors' horses and all of their men, not
to mention all of their dark money donations, can't
seem to convince young people to support minority rule.
Why is that?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/13/potemkin-politics-house-freedom-caucus/

Freischütz Caucus demands answers!

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-09-13 16:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701991976554602536

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Nobody has any real evidence - the main point is to keep
a Biden  investigation going through the election AS IF
there were serious crimes comparable to those of Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-congress-oversight-republicans-impeachment-57c5b1b40d19ede4ecf7fde08c027cee

The other main point is to save McCarthy from the
Freischütz  Caucus.

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-09-12 21:00 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701702380939833739

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To fulfill their duty to protect minority rule, Freischütz
Caucus is gearing up for their next battle in their war
against government.

https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-speaker-biden-impeachment-republicans-shutdown-4d8c314763252429a6f87e7d13ad2b43

We've known this was coming since November.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-09-11 15:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701252155515301910

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Students are revolting!

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/21/gop-college-towns-00106974

Against minority rule, in cities, counties, and now states,
and the GOP doesn't know what to do.     Is there no
single-issue approach that would attract students without
repelling other GOP single-issue constituencies?

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-09-10 21:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1700991878597120174

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GOP was born in 1854 as a radical assault on minority rule,
reborn in 1877 as the conservative defender of minority
rule, reborn again in 2015 as a cult-of-personality
defender of minority rule.Trump never changed; Pence can't
blame him for that.

https://apnews.com/article/pence-conservatism-populism-trump-2024-republican-primary-90b437952693ec00e378411be8393499

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-09-07 14:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699798739911839971

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"He is not a candidate.  He is the leader of a mass
movement"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/09/02/trump-republicans-dominates-campaign/

The GOP embraced a personality cult when they thought they
would benefit.  Now they're stuck.

For the megadonors, the issue now is how to minimize GOP
losses in Congress and states.

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-09-03 22:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1698470708962046010

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No safe ground for GOP candidates!   They must say one
thing to the Trump base, something quite different to swing
voters, and something completely opposite, in private,
to their megadonors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/26/democracy-elections-republican-debate/

So they avoid real issues in favor of fantasy.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-08-27 04:09 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695649816439853475

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Of course people want answers to unanswerable questions.
Who could predict the Prigozhin revolt, guess the
redistribution of his empire, or know the future state of
Putin's health?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/25/two-crises-stoked-american-populism/

Answers are easy until you risk being blamed for the
outcome.

#PS1gop

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impress 34
time 2023-08-26 05:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695310921068171566

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More of the week that wasn't -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/24/fact-checking-first-republican-primary-debate/

Ramaswamy proves he is the logical successor to Trump -
he'll say anything to make the sale.   Who cares about
facts or logic?     Not the Trump base!   It's all about
feelings.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/25/vivek-ramaswamy-says-hoax-agenda-kills-more-people-than-climate-change/

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-08-25 21:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695192147157471638

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Some hope for vice-president or a cabinet office, so said
nothing bad about Trump.

Haley pointed out that Trump has no support outside his
base, and can't win.

The rest have no hope of getting the Trump base, and so
no hope of winning either.

https://apnews.com/article/debate-republican-takeaways-president-gop-trump-ramaswamy-christie-f38e0aa189ad85f347f97b1b6bea4c53

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-08-24 06:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1694592123214102634

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Powerball seems to have better odds than  a politician
who thinks he can out-Trump Trump!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/us/politics/desantis-campaign-finance-donation-super-pac.html

But betting on Trump is no sure thing either -

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/us/politics/trump-pac-filing.html

Unless you love his lawyers. They always win, as long as
they get cash in advance!

#PS1gop

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engage 1
engage-rate 6%
expands 1
impress 17
time 2023-08-03 04:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686960943623008257

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Trump 2.0.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/26/vivek-ramaswamy-2024-presidential-campaign/

He'd really put the "emperor" in "president"!    The way
Trump always wanted but didn't dare.

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-07-27 03:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684402282253930496

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Does DeSantis believe it's good to be convicted of a
felony, because you might learn a useful trade in jail?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/22/desantis-slavery-curriculum/

Endorsing slavery is not going to get him the Trump base,
and it certainly will repel everybody else.

#PS1gop

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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682919884790050816

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Everybody knows it's going to be reduced benefits or
increased taxes.        And GOP is never for increased
taxes on megadonors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/22/gop-social-security-trump-rivals-cuts/

Instead they talk about "solutions" that solve nothing,
hoping to blame Democrats for benefit cuts.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-07-23 01:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682918842224508931

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Tough choice for GOP - go down with Trump, or go down
against Trump.    Democrats will make sure it's Biden vs
Trump either way.

https://apnews.com/article/new-hampshire-republican-president-2024-pence-trump-cee250b2171b68c2da79b1bbb8454deb

Which choice hurts GOP less in Congress and states?

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-07-23 00:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682909964174766081

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That was the week that was in McCarthy's House -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/21/house-gop-lgbtq-bigotry-discrimination

Long on feelings, short on facts.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-07-22 01:06 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682557590289657856

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Good news for Trump, bad news for GOP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/21/trumps-trial-date-conjures-gops-nightmare-scenario/

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-07-22 00:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682551781291859968

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A few nice words for Mike Pence.

https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/lynn-schmidt-mike-pence-a-man-of-character-and-integrity/article_a30e0979-56f1-53cd-8cff-a45e1a7b171c.html

But if GOP nominates him, Trump will run against him in
a three-way race, and Pence won't get a single vote from
the core Trump base.

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-07-21 12:49 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682372196591882240

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“They’re not really doing constitutional law at
all. They’re just making stuff up.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/20/mccarthy-trump-impeachment-expunge/

It's the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP way!

#PS1gop

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time 2023-07-21 00:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682191528687702016

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The closer you look, the worse he looks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/20/robert-kennedy-jr-polls/

GOP would drop him like a hot potato if he announced he
would switch to GOP.

#PS1gop

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impress 7
time 2023-07-21 00:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682190379389685760

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How to eliminate incorrect thought -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/19/hong-kong-song-ban-national-security-law-repression/?wpisrc=nl_opinions

China is a role model for DeSantis and his ilk.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-07-20 13:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682022462941437952

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It doesn't matter who GOP nominates for president -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/18/desantis-campaign-republican-alternative/

If Trump, only the Trump base will vote GOP; that's 1/3
at best.      If not Trump,  he will run as a third party
(hoping to defer prosecution), leaving the GOP candidate
with less than 1/3.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-07-19 15:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681695096155279361

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"he just has not ignited the way we thought he would"

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bleeding-money-desantis-fires-portion-171650474.html

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-07-17 05:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680815481257861120

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“Will DeSantis sink and fade out?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/15/desantis-campaign-2024-presidential/

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-07-16 15:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680593443960279040

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Santos has money problems.

https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-congress-campaign-finance-a634ccca4653d34ea648c03428e42d43

Evidently there's a limit to what the GOP dark moneybags
will contribute.      Who knew?     Santos is such a
loyal Trumpist!

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-07-16 03:03 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680412747060891648

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Freischütz Caucus leads shift of DOD mission from defense
against foreign enemies to defense of reactionary political
correctness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/us/politics/defense-bill-house-ndaa.html

Putin was no doubt thrilled.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-07-14 19:22 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679934390103670784

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Speaking in contradictions comes naturally to many GOP
politicians.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/bizarre-contradiction-republican-america/

After all, they have to say one thing to the Trump base,
a different thing to the persuadables, and something else
to the megadonors that buy their campaigns.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-07-08 05:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677558034523127808

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Who is Lindsey Graham?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/lindsey-graham-south-carolina-donald-trump/

Nobody is sure.

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-07-08 05:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677552893581471745

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The desire to debate Trump - who probably won't be there -
vs having to pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee,
who will probably be Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republican-presidential-debate-1e4d65a395f83ac078139d14e41d4b63

It's not completely pointless if you're auditioning for
a cabinet job.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-07-08 04:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677542740241059840

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Minority rule might be losing some of its stoutest
defenders.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/03/republican-party-mormon-church-decline

It'll have to make up for it with Latinos - or else with
more lunatic fringe groups.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-07-07 04:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677171935615270913

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Competence is not in demand in the GOP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/kemp-trump-youngkin-2024-republicans/?wpisrc=nl_most

Governors who have been successful at home don't seem to
see any credible path to a non-Trump presidential nominee.
Maybe they are just resigned to the collateral damage on
down the ticket.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-07-07 04:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677168277708218369

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Can you imagine a GOP presidential candidate with any
technical credentials at all?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/an-interview-with-cyber-focused-presidential-candidate-will-hurd/

Nobody else can either.       He can't attract the Trump
base, and so can't get the GOP nomination.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-07-07 03:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677158007103459329

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Centrist GOP are on notice - the Freischütz Caucus would
consider losing the House majority a small price to pay
for purging moderates and pragmatists from THEIR party.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/02/house-republicans-agenda-moderate-swing-districts/

#PS1gop

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engage-rate 14%
impress 7
retweets 1
time 2023-07-02 20:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675606486553354240

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If you look at all the fringe single-issue groups whose
votes are necessary to support minority rule, there's a
lot of white supremacy and historical denial, and not a
lot of colors.    GOP candidates have to accommodate that.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/opinions/obama-racism-amanpour-republicans-scott-haley-nelson/index.html

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-06-24 03:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672449393394601984

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It's Trump by a mile - except among the educated.
The uneducated like Trump because he survived college
unchanged and is still like them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/23/different-way-visualizing-2024-republican-race/

Trump's indictment might have sealed DeSantis' fate.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-06-23 16:49 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672285830235422721

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More on McCarthy GOP follies -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/house-recriminations-impeachment-biden-mcarthy-boebert/

proving once again that their #3 priority is revenge -
after tax cuts for billionaires and looser gun laws.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-06-23 15:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672265869353943040

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Discord in McCarthy's conference.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/kevin-mccarthy-reaction-biden-impeachment/index.html

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-06-23 15:13 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672261711779479554

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House antics.     When will McCarthy learn that fanatics
don't compromise?     He forgot in a week this time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/09/imaginary-war-gas-stoves-house-gop/

A friend of Maria Butina is a friend of Putin!     And that
seems to include many House GOP.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-06-10 00:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667324934602002433

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How Christie hopes to take down Trump and DeSantis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/chris-christie-2024-candidate-defeat/

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-06-06 04:44 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665942630424006656

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Too Trumpy for many, not Trumpy enough for the rest.
Is Pence angling for a cabinet post?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/mike-pence-presidential-campaign-mystery/

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-06-06 04:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665936924144734208

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Defending the real ruling class by attacking an imaginary
ruling class.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/ron-desantis-woke-mind-virus.html

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-05-26 04:32 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661953445597954048

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“If he’s just going to be an echo of Trump, people
will just vote for Trump”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/ron-desantis-2024-announcement-twitter/

But what if the just-in-case candidate turns out to be
Musk, not DeSantis?      If it's going to be about social
media, who has the biggest base there?

#PS1gop

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impress 14
time 2023-05-25 05:24 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661604018391752704

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Nouveau Trump without the baggage and indictments but
without the charisma.

https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-presidential-election-live-updates-0495d567326db1e760179d01f1f7c45e

What good does the GOP nomination do DeSantis if Trump
runs as a third party?       There's only one Trump base
to go around.

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-05-24 20:55 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661476057940377600

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Better Tim Scott than Trump or DeSantis.  But if Trump is
not the GOP nominee, he'll surely run as a third party.
Nobody in GOP can draw enough independents and swing voters
to replace the Trump base.

https://apnews.com/article/tim-scott-2024-presidential-race-4a73e00db2295afbc4b07d1c6bb64811

More at

https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937039983307178

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-05-24 13:40 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661366504993218560

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Unfortunately, a black candidate would encourage the white
supremacists to stay home on election day, and the GOP
needs every one of their votes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/tim-scott-scorecard.html

But it's moot; if GOP nominates anybody else, Trump will
run against him as a third party.

#PS1gop

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impress 7
time 2023-05-24 06:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661260562867830784

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"The mistake every other campaign is making is that they
see their path to the nomination through Trump, when our
path is alongside Trump"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/vivek-ramaswamy-election-2024-republican-nomination.html

Trump isn't worried - he knows his voters.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-24 06:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661258489161998336

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"the perennial primary to become the conservative icon of
NPR listeners and humanities professors everywhere"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/gop-nomination-president-moderate-sununu-hutchinson/

Sorry guys.    There is no credible third way this time.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937867486557761

#PS1gop

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time 2023-05-24 06:01 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661251059669696512

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NRCC Every Member Canvass

18 questions in 2008 -

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/18-questions-from-the-nrc_b_100889

29 questions now!

"Do you favor Republican efforts to make the Federal Tax
Code simpler and fairer?"

You mean like the GOP 2017 billionaire tax relief?

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937125733298603

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-05-23 02:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660838678346735618

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"paper-thin skin, a propensity to hold grudges and a
tendency to go way too far"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/desantis-republican-presidential-campaign-brief/

DeSantis is another wrong answer.     If Trump runs,
his base will run with him.   With or without the GOP -
leaving DeSantis with - not much.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-05-23 01:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660825865444544512

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Better Rick Scott than Trump or DeSantis.  But if Trump
is not the GOP nominee, he'll surely run as a third party.
Nobody in GOP can draw enough independents and swing voters
to replace the Trump base.

https://apnews.com/article/tim-scott-2024-presidential-race-4a73e00db2295afbc4b07d1c6bb64811

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1937039983307178

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-05-22 22:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660775135018901505

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The Freedom to Fly Free!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/us/politics/desantis-private-jets-donors.html

With a net worth of $319000, DeSantis isn't nearly
rich enough to run for president on his own.   He needs
investors.

No doubt there are GOOD REASONS why DeSantis investors
want to be anonymous.

#PS1gop

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impress 11
time 2023-05-20 12:47 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659903654445608961

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The GOP program is clear enough - it's to defend minority
rule by the ruling class.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop

Very feudal, as befits a Dixiecrat party - laws are for
the ruling class to apply to the masses.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/republican-legislatures-abortion-trangender-education.html

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1935152113495965

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-05-20 04:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659775308470550528

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Christian Nationalism is an essential single-issue
constituency of minority rule.     They won't vote
Democratic, but the GOP challenge is to keep them voting
GOP rather than third party or staying home.

https://doggett.house.gov/media/in-the-news/new-york-times-whose-version-christian-nationalism-will-win-2024

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-18 03:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659031777170841604

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It'll take a might big Super-Duper-PAC to sell Pence.
Too Trumpy for anti-Trumpists, not Trumpy enough for
Trumpists.

https://apnews.com/article/pence-super-pac-primary-trump-reed-iowa-09d9fbe3c78172940c1164602dcf0349

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-16 02:46 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658302858385854466

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Considering the number of Putinist House GOP, it would be
an improvement if they were just Orbanist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/viktor-orban-republican-party-conservativism/

But even better if they understood the difference between
Americanism and ethnic-religious nationalist fascism.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-05-16 01:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658282782148415488

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It's not the party of Lincoln - or even Reagan.  Thurmond
and Calhoun would be closer to it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/esg-house-republicans-james-comer-capitalism/

Now "freedom" means freedom for GOP megadonors, and
everybody else does what they're told.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-05-14 21:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657855490599297024

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Random datum or first trickle of an avalanche?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/young-trump-republican-nominee-president/

What would Young do if Trump runs as a third party?

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-12 03:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656861564866297857

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Well yes!   Santos is actually guilty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/11/george-santos-brazil-case-theft/

But even with anonymous donors going his bail, he has to
pick his fights.

#PS1gop

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impress 7
time 2023-05-12 01:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656831340258693120

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“so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights
movement”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-attacked-civil-rights-movement/index.html

This is the untold history that only a black GOP candidate
knows.

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-05-12 00:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656825135171784704

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It would be different if it were Hunter Biden's laptop!

https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-congress-republican-leaders-15d7172c7388198f77fbcc392c5a19d3

But since they need his vote to force a Federal default,
most GOP have nothing to say about Santos.

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-05-12 00:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656824459351961601

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The pro-minority-rule cult-of-personality GOP can't coexist
with the rule-of-law GOP -

https://apnews.com/article/trump-republican-president-cnn-2024-69921c48683f26c02eb799513e8e5754

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1930152913995885

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-05-12 00:43 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656822281522540545

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Looks like DeSantis can't unite the Trumpists and all the
anti-Trump factions.     Nobody else can either, so what
makes DeSantis a front runner?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/upshot/ron-desantis-trump-republicans.html

All Trump has to do is threaten to run as a third party
if GOP won't nominate him.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-05-11 00:02 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656449559386816512

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Nobody is too corrupt to run for president in the Trumpist
Dixiecrat personality cult GOP!

https://apnews.com/article/trump-cnn-e-jean-carroll-trial-d3d516c1b66025f635f8685135d35e43

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-05-10 19:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656383955103531009

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Nobody is too corrupt to be a part of McCarthy's
five-vote majority!     McCarthy can't lose a single vote.
Santos won't resign.

https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-federal-charges-updates-33667a0900271e5002459ab748d8fdc8

#PS1gop

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engage 3
engage-rate 6%
expands 1
impress 50
likes 2
time 2023-05-10 19:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656382848813916160

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America's founders knew all about established religions.
That's why they forbade them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/09/texas-legislature-christian-nationalism-ten-commandments/

But Christian Nationalists are one of the single-issue
constituencies that GOP depends on to protect minority
rule.

#PS1gop

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impress 2
time 2023-05-09 13:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655935394154958852

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Sick of the narcissism?   Double down!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy.html

Like Trump and DeSantis, he talks populist but will fall
into line to defend minority rule if he's elected, as he
learns where the GOP money and media attention comes from.

#PS1gop

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impress 3
time 2023-05-07 13:34 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655204403446714374

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The Trump base votes on personality, not ideology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/opinion/are-anti-trump-republicans-doomed-to-repeat-2016.html

And the other GOP candidates have to deal with the
reality that if the GOP doesn't nominate him, he'll run
on a third party - even from jail - and Biden will win
and take Congress with him.

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-05-06 15:39 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654873644538159104

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NewSpeak - wouldn't Edmund Burke be surprised!
"conservative" now means "reactionary fascistic
cult-personalist"!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/politics/nationalism-conservatism-what-matters/index.html

Thus the party of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Eisenhower,
and Reagan became the party of Calhoun, Davis, Lee, Bilbo,
and Thurmond.

#PS1gop

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impress 10
time 2023-05-06 14:31 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654856498386960388

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Debt ceilings and continuing resolutions - political
theater that needs to stop.

https://www.get-to-sixty.net/

GOP want a showdown and they'll get it.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-fight-47539399db37f44d47eff47386a28ddc

#PS1gop

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time 2023-04-01 15:42 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1642190625243291649

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DeSantis is just another defender of minority rule.
He doesn't want to talk about his real agenda any more
than the other GOP do.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/opinion/desantis-florida-culture-w.html

He fully understands that to get the voters to support
minority rule you have to divert and confuse them.

#PS1gop

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likes 1
time 2023-03-25 04:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639482637399261186

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The Five Families of the House GOP.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/house-republican-five-families/

With a four-vote majority, each has veto power.   We'll see
who's true to whatever principles they profess when we
reach the debt limit in two or three months. All they have
in common is they're not Democrats.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-03-25 02:38 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639456669796274177

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DeSantis is no Trump!     He's a Bush!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/ron-desantis-bush-cheney-trump.html

GOP megadonors probably already knew that.     DeSantis is
a reliable defender of minority rule - just as Bush and
Trump were.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-03-24 19:59 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639356358859583488

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Trouble having it both ways.

https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-ukraine-republicans-2024-f44acc03f772f393b7f8d452ee26508a

DeSantis wants to appeal to the Putinists in Trump's
base, while retaining traditional strong-on-defense GOP.
He can't have it both ways, so expect lots of smoke and
mirrors.

#PS1gop

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likes 1
time 2023-03-24 02:10 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639087197965148160

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The problem with single-issue voters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/19/abortion-foes-seek-vows-2024-gop-hopefuls/

GOP candidates want to retain the pro-life votes without
alienating everybody else.     The pro-lifers vow to
purge all such candidates - and insure GOP losses in
close elections.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-03-22 04:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638396032894783488

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Wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate?  DeSantis and
other GOP do.

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/25/david-brooks-lets-all-do-desantis/

How can you keep the megadonors, the Trumpist wing,
the conservative wing,  independents, and persuadables,
all behind your campaign? Especially if Trump runs as a
third party!

#PS1gop

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time 2023-03-01 04:12 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630782996637966341

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Just by standing still, Romney's stature has certainly
increased relative to his GOP competition.    The Trumpists
who might take him on have zero support  outside the
Trump base.

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-utah-state-2022-midterm-elections-george-santos-f6d3907d4de67bfdebae20698ae6b304

#PS1gop

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time 2023-02-18 01:36 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626757465051381760

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Does anybody think that Santos's issues will EVER be
resolved?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/george-santos-committee-assignments/index.html

If he were a Democrat under a GOP majority, he'd be
expelled by now.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-02-01 02:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620615455374442496

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if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot
stand

https://apnews.com/article/politics-us-republican-party-donald-trump-united-states-government-2022-midterm-elections-77c6e337644955bc3e64e1f7e3a094e5

Like the Whigs, the modern Dixiecrat Trumpist GOP is
divided wider than the division between conservative
and liberal - it's the division between rule of law and
personality cult.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-28 16:25 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619371017218183169

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Deadlock! Democrats see no point in negotiating a deal
with McCarthy, who probably can't get 218 votes in his own
caucus FOR anything with specific numbers.      All he
can be sure of is 218 of his votes AGAINST anything the
Democrats propose.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-national-debt-us-republican-party-d6bfc59aa623c8c972c44e1aced85d9c

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-25 07:19 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618146495638929409

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It's a tradition!   Traditional GOP say one thing in public
to voters, and the opposite in private to megadonors.

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop

Turns out DeSantis is very traditional GOP after all!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/opinion/desantis-florida-culture-w.html

Even Trump might take him on over Social Security.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-25 06:28 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618133593821417476

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The gift that keeps on giving -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/16/george-santos-andrew-intrater-columbus-nova/

Every day in every way we discover what an ever more
perfect Trumpist he is.    So no problem for McCarthy.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-16 18:41 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615056549042622464

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"many Republicans depend on the same billionaires who
have supported right-wing economic ideology for decades.
Their own agenda is still tax cuts for the rich and benefit
cuts for the poor and middle class"

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/jan/15/opinion-why-republican-politicians-hate-medicare-tfp/

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1853005438377300

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-16 05:07 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614851692213985280

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Distract and divert!

https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/01/13

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-16 04:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614848949831217153

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Plenty of GOP knew all about Santos but chose to look
the other way.    If he won, he would be good enough for
Trump and McCarthy.   Neither have commented.    After all,
in politics doesn't everybody lie?

https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-turned-heads-rep-george-santos-lied-voters-nyt-2023-1

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-01-16 04:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614847753380843526

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“It’s pluralist versus political zealot”

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230111000741

You know it's getting bad when a GOP senator says it!
The GOP and Tories have abandoned anything that could be
called conservative, in favor of reactionary ideas and
cult of personality.

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-01-16 04:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614836053122383872

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What did they think "cut taxes and balance the budget"
meant?

https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/01/10

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-01-16 03:56 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614833999016517632

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GOP leaders are cautiously waiting for SOMEBODY ELSE to
take the lead against Trump.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/trump-2024-gop-primary/index.html

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-01-15 06:45 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614514072783052801

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The calm before the storm -

https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mccarthy-first-week-4f9040a752fb1fd7cc5c949adf734ab3

The people who put McCarthy in power want to shut down the
government and IRS and cut Social Security and Medicare.
He doesn't have to votes to oppose anybody or anything.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-15 06:13 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614506067794481152

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Why so many GOP voters are so easily manipulated -

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/republicans-kevin-mccarthy-house.html

by GOP megadonors who use those voters to get what they
want, by promising them what they can't give - and blaming
the Democrats.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-15 05:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614488926777118721

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The GOP is off to the races, running in no directions
at once!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/13/house-republicans-govern-lie-weaponization-committeee/

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-15 04:18 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614476999111872512

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McCarthy needs yes-men.    He doesn't care about anything
except whether they will vote as instructed.   Neither do
most GOP leaders

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/george-santos-congress-lies-what-matters/index.html

but not all

https://auburnpub.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/new-york-gop-leaders-say-santos-disgraced-house-should-resign/article_3fbaac8b-49a7-5224-87eb-56516dd5bf3e.html

#PS1gop

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engage 1
engage-rate 11%
impress 9
likes 1
time 2023-01-13 07:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613798871146311680

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The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus can't wait to force
a Federal government default - and then blame the ensuing
global depression on Biden.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-us-department-of-the-treasury-business-84ef9d1c5803bd25e8e9cc3538cd0ab2

But GOP megadonors might make them back off at the very
last moment if the Democrats don't blink.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-11 06:18 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613057657124052992

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"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall lose his own
soul, and still not gain enough votes to become Speaker
of the House?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/opinion/america-kevin-mccarthy-great.html

"Right now the world really is laughing at us, although
it’s terrified"

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-11 05:11 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613040847293132802

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Blame McCarthy for his deficits, but the entire GOP
is responsible for accepting, if not cultivating, its
minority's culture of uncompromising power lust.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/republican-house-rules.html

GOP aimed for minority rule of the country for 150 years.
Now a minority rules GOP.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-11 04:50 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613035690132140034

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America has seen this movie before.     Do we have to sit
through it again?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-history.html

Once a Dixiecrat, always a Dixiecrat, even if you call
yourself Republican.

The Whigs finally realized that "Whig" meant nothing at
all, and went their separatist ways.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-11 04:16 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613027064428531712

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The GOP prefers to talk in public about the least important
parts of their project and only in private about the most
important - protecting the unequal economic power of the
megadonor class.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/mccarthy-speaker-maga-republicans.html

Nobody appreciates feudalism like the megadonors.

#PS1gop

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impress 8
time 2023-01-11 03:54 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613021402168438787

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What the House GOP has in store.

https://apnews.com/article/politics-us-republican-party-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-b9fcfd11427a695fe2eb49e36988f1a0

#PS1gop

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impress 1
time 2023-01-11 01:26 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612984178840305664

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Back to the future - how it looked in December!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/16/kevin-mccarthy-republican-party-leadership-speaker/

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-11 01:21 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612982917021732864

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Remember Benghazi!

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/kevin-mccarthy-credits-benghazi-committee-clinton-damage-msna693201

"You cannot overstate the importance of spectacle to the
MAGA right’s political project. Much of what this new
committee does will be designed to create mere impressions
of coverups, of wrongdoings"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/09/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-trump-investigations-mar-a-lago-jan-6/

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-09 22:29 +0000
urlclicks 2
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612577219343429632

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They're going to adopt the rules that require a balanced
budget - that means defense and social security and
medicare - no other way to get there.  Of course
everybody's for cutting wasteful spending - in OTHER
people's districts.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/house-rules-package-vote/index.html

#PS1gop

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impress 28
time 2023-01-09 21:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612569565007073280

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House GOP explains its main goals - since it can't get
any bills past the Senate and President, it will conduct
as many investigations as necessary to keep on Fox every
night.     Like Benghazi, they don't actually have to
prove anything.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/politics/house-republicans-fbi-investigation.html

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-01-09 06:15 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612332148824117249

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"boxed in by fiscal conservatives who are willing to accept
government shutdowns and crises to disrupt the idea of
governance itself, or by pro-Trump exhibitionists who
are willing to shatter the majority for a moment in the
political spotlight"

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-test/index.html

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-09 05:58 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612327816749809665

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The speech McCarthy should have given -

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/opinions/hakeem-jeffries-speech-kevin-mccarthy-obeidallah/index.html

but instead he wanted to talk about defending his
megadonors from the IRS.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-09 04:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612312585784938496

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""the predictable outcome of handing power to the
unhinged”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/opinions/kevin-mccarthy-chaotic-victory-opinion-column-galant/index.html

paralysis to protect megadonors -

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/politics/new-challenges-what-matters/index.html

"This is the moment for rational House GOP to make their
stand"

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/07/opinions/mccarthy-speaker-vote-house-republicans-dent

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1847837648894079

#PS1gop

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impress 6
time 2023-01-08 23:23 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612228419345092609

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As Franklin might have said - "A Speakership - if you can
keep it!"

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-government-e986c620149b72030bb418bd5fadb4a2

#PS1gop

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impress 5
time 2023-01-08 06:30 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611973534460563458

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McCarthy WON - the right to confront Gaetz and all the
bomb throwers.   Over and over until they vote him out. He
also won the right to meekly obey them until the saner
GOP members vote him out.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-mike-rogers-lunged-at-rep-matt-gaetz-after-kevin-mccarthy-failed-to-win-a-14th-vote-for-house-speaker/ar-AA163YJT

This drama is just beginning!    As in debt limit.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-07 07:17 +0000
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https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611623045701197829

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McCarthy tries again -

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-us-republican-party-0938c7358f41c83759246f8949ac7c15

But the fringe enjoys this too much to ever voluntarily
give it up.      They want to make it permanent.

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-lauren-boebert-77937198a3e162b0b777d1688355b0ac

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-01-06 06:25 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611247609800458241

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When you're dealing with election deniers and QAnons -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/03/mccarthy-defectors-election-deniers/

"Kevin McCarthy has nothing left to give away. He’s
given away everything including his dignity, and it’s
still not enough for these guys"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/kevin-mccarthy-concessions-house-speaker/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/mccarthy-concessions-gop/

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-06 03:04 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611196905316560898

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More people are taking another look at coalition
bipartisanship and de-politicizing the Speaker office.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/mccarthy-speaker-vote-stalemate-what-matters/index.html

Eventually everybody will realize that "the Republicans"
did not win a majority in 2022.

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1845792095765301

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-06 00:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611165135737090048

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"In 11 days this all changes", McCarthy said Friday. "The
new direction is coming."

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-ketanji-brown-jackson-politics-europe-donald-trump-143cce189228d6563eba07298cc9f8a1

How true!   What a difference a week makes!    What will
be said of the 118th in two years?

#PS1gop

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impress 9
time 2023-01-05 21:57 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611119641509916672

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Nobody is in charge there!

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-b6fedeb8ac7a3a543311626493e4943b

Many think they are in charge, or should be, but can't
prove it by leading to decisive action.

No excuses from  Gingrich or Trump.     They are as
responsible as anybody for setting on this course.

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-05 05:51 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610876644956467210

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Trump hates to support a loser!

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote/index.html

But he also hates being cut out of a seat at the table.
But what if the GOP, and Trumpism,  have moved beyond
Trump?

“If Matt Gaetz is ignoring you, that’s not a good
sign,”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote/index.html

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-05 03:05 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610834789803905025

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What motivates the blow-it-up brigade?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/mccarthy-gop-speaker-hardliners-what-matters/index.html

#PS1gop

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time 2023-01-05 01:08 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610805285890973696

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"TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING
DEFEAT"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/04/trump-mccarthy-republicans-speaker/

Trump hit the nail on the head!

"Boebert said Trump should call McCarthy and tell him he
lacks the votes and should withdraw"

https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-vote-updates-669e23dc963da9579ab10e4b3da78911

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1845081635836347

#PS1gop

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impress 18
time 2023-01-04 23:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610777548144934913

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Mission Accomplished!   The lunatic fringe promised to
honor their Dixiecrat and Tea Party heritage by bringing
things to a complete halt until they got their way.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/republican-speaker-chaos-analysis/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-669e23dc963da9579ab10e4b3da78911

More at

https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1844607612550416

#PS1gop

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impress 4
time 2023-01-04 07:12 +0000
urlclicks 1
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610534728641413121

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Is there a Speaker in the House?

https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html

A suspenseful day today!

https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-us-republican-party-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-8b1d6cdf0d75dfc95b195c301f9ae344

McCarthy can perhaps win if he agrees to let the
Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus hold a cocked gun to
his head with a magic bullet - the "motion to vacate".

#PS1gop

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impress 11
time 2023-01-03 13:17 +0000
https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610264174340501509