Examples of GOP Leadership
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DIY-HP-LED
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Avoidance is a perfectly natural and an appropriate response and strategy, but it comes with a price. The price is by practicing avoidance we are in a heightened physiological state of fight and flight. If pain is chronic so is the state of fight or flight, though it might not be at extreme levels. We kinda have two modes depending on where the needle on the gauge of autonomic response is: Fight or flight and rest, digest, repair and relaxation and you never really get to this point with avoidance responses. When in flight or fight mode blood flow patterns in the brain are redirected to the areas of use for facing an immediate threat by stress hormones and away from the PFC. When the lion is chasing yer ass you don't check your social calendar!
It's why I cut Taco some slack and why I figure he's irritable, chronic pain does that, along with avoidance.
Sit quietly in an upright position close your eyes and bring your focus to your senses. Next just count ten breaths and try to feel each breath, count in the pause between the out breath and in breath. See how far you get and if you lose count, start over. The counting is unimportant, feeling the breath is. Most smart people can't get past 5 without a major distraction, you'll see how busy it is in there!
injinji
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In this case an actual pedo. ie, sexually attracted to pre pubescent children.
DIY-HP-LED
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I couldn't watch this irrelevant bullshit falling out of Lindsay's mouth, he's irrelevant now and it burns his narcistic ass, he's now a nobody and not in the news. Like Trump he is fading away from public view and for Lindsay that is like death itself. I kinda think Donald wants to lay low, cause he's sweating now waiting for the hammer to drop as the cases against him build and D day approaches. He has faded away rather nicely and his hold on the public space has disappeared along with his twitter account.
DIY-HP-LED
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I wonder if they are running this on Fox in Florida? Looks like they wanna crank up the trouble between Donald and Mitch.
I think Donald will be under indictment soon by somebody, they must be building conspiracy cases that involve others cause the delay in charging him with something is getting unusual, there are two states and no doubt the federal government building cases against him.
Having Donald run around loose is beneficial though, they should give him his twitter account back on probation and point him at Mitch like a rabid dog!
Truthless
If Trump’s such a great business man, why is he letting Josh Holmes make millions selling MAGA to Mitch McConnell? Shouldn’t Donald get a cut?
I think Donald will be under indictment soon by somebody, they must be building conspiracy cases that involve others cause the delay in charging him with something is getting unusual, there are two states and no doubt the federal government building cases against him.
Having Donald run around loose is beneficial though, they should give him his twitter account back on probation and point him at Mitch like a rabid dog!
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DIY-HP-LED
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That is a possibility, Donald could run from his prison cell and capture the republican nomination. If he did, then was convicted of insurrection by a simple majority vote in both house and senate could bar him from holding office. This could cut the GOP off at the knees even before the election campaign began, they would have to fight for hard done by Donald all over again in the middle of 2024. Imagine fighting an election for someone doing time in state prison who was convicted of insurrection and is barred from holding office.
I know it sounds crazy and surreal, but we are talking about Donald and his base and the republicans can't win without them even in many ruby red states if they stay home. I hope Donald does run for the GOP nomination from his prison cell, by then the republicans would have sunk so low it would be possible for him to win it. If he thinks he can leverage his way out of a prison cell it will be a done deal. Donald won't like NY state prison at all, because he will be serving maximum security time, he has a large terrorist following and the judge and jury will receive hundreds of death threats when they convict him.
DIY-HP-LED
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A what point does this bullshit become sedition? With Joe running the show, doing a great job and the democrats getting popularly supported stuff done, voting rights and HR1, the republicans are desperate for a reason. I don't think the wave of racism and bigotry will keep them on the beach of power, the undertow will drag them off the beach and drown them. I don't think the GOP is gonna do too well in state elections in 2022 with the shit they are trying, sure some red racist states, but over all, not so much. If Joe keeps up the good work, the democrats should at least hold the house and increase in the senate in 2022. It will require a careful mixture of popular action, good governance and patience. The republicans are a real and present danger to the republic and their own states, they no longer need Trump for this either.
If they do this and attempt to alter the vote count, it will end up in court, someone will end up in prison and the GOP will end up with shit on their faces as Trump loses to Joe yet again. The elected republicans are a mixture of morons and conmen.
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Arizona Republicans to begin auditing 2020 ballots in effort to undermine election results | Arizona | The Guardian
Arizona Republicans to begin auditing 2020 ballots in effort to undermine election results
Audit will include a hand recount of all 2.1m ballots cast in Maricopa county in alarming consequence of Trump’s baseless lies
Nearly five months after Joe Biden was declared the official winner of the presidential race in Arizona, state Republicans are set to begin their own audit of millions of ballots, an unprecedented move many see as a thinly-veiled effort to continue to undermine confidence in the 2020 election results.
If they do this and attempt to alter the vote count, it will end up in court, someone will end up in prison and the GOP will end up with shit on their faces as Trump loses to Joe yet again. The elected republicans are a mixture of morons and conmen.
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Arizona Republicans to begin auditing 2020 ballots in effort to undermine election results | Arizona | The Guardian
Arizona Republicans to begin auditing 2020 ballots in effort to undermine election results
Audit will include a hand recount of all 2.1m ballots cast in Maricopa county in alarming consequence of Trump’s baseless lies
Nearly five months after Joe Biden was declared the official winner of the presidential race in Arizona, state Republicans are set to begin their own audit of millions of ballots, an unprecedented move many see as a thinly-veiled effort to continue to undermine confidence in the 2020 election results.
DIY-HP-LED
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Who would have though the senate republicans would break on hate crimes, but Mitch would have a hard time from his wife I guess if he didn't get behind it.
Next place they are gonna break is on police reform, they have their lone black senator from SC as point man on negotiating with the democrats over it. He drives a car though, has kids and more importantly had some black support to get elected. It looks like the republican's are gonna try to negotiate and try a compromise on police reform. Even a compromise bill will be good for the democrats and drive the GOP base mad with rage, it can be strengthened later. Donald will most likely speak out about any police reform bill, he knows his base would approve and it will hurt Mitch with the party base.
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Senate passes anti-Asian American hate crime bill - POLITICO
Senate passes anti-Asian American hate crime bill
The bill soared through the chamber despite Democrats' earlier fears of a Republican filibuster.
Next place they are gonna break is on police reform, they have their lone black senator from SC as point man on negotiating with the democrats over it. He drives a car though, has kids and more importantly had some black support to get elected. It looks like the republican's are gonna try to negotiate and try a compromise on police reform. Even a compromise bill will be good for the democrats and drive the GOP base mad with rage, it can be strengthened later. Donald will most likely speak out about any police reform bill, he knows his base would approve and it will hurt Mitch with the party base.
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Senate passes anti-Asian American hate crime bill - POLITICO
Senate passes anti-Asian American hate crime bill
The bill soared through the chamber despite Democrats' earlier fears of a Republican filibuster.
DIY-HP-LED
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Looks like Mitch is changing tactics, compromise is the new order of the day. The obstruction wasn't working with the electorate and he's clearly worried about Joe's coattails in 2022. Joe ain't Obama, Joe is white as snow and is cutting deeply into independents and giving cover for progressive legislation that Obama could only dream of.
The vaccine roll out has become very popular among older voters and they are even more impressed, as the hospitals fill with the unvaccinated young while they are vaccinated and protected. Mitch is worried, that's what the sudden change in tactics is all about, he will try to blunt the impact of any legislation they pass and at least has a position other than, NO!
Meanwhile he will have Donald breathing down his neck, trying to con more money from the base with the usual dog whistles and culture wars. HR-1 will cut off his dark money and if he doesn't come around, the corporate cash is history, look for movement on voters rights, that's where the corporate donor focus is and Mitch is heavily dependent on that money. The ice is breaking up.
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Republican Infrastructure Plan Outlines $568 Billion In Spending : NPR
Countering Biden, Senate Republicans Unveil Smaller $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan
Senate Republicans have released a $568 billion infrastructure proposal to counter the more than $2 trillion package unveiled by President Biden early this month.
The five-year GOP proposal is unlikely to gain much, if any, support from Democrats, but the outline serves as a benchmark for any future negotiations on a bipartisan bill. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., told reporters in the Capitol that she and the top Republicans on the committees that oversee infrastructure policies shared the information with the White House and have been in touch with Biden about their proposal.
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The vaccine roll out has become very popular among older voters and they are even more impressed, as the hospitals fill with the unvaccinated young while they are vaccinated and protected. Mitch is worried, that's what the sudden change in tactics is all about, he will try to blunt the impact of any legislation they pass and at least has a position other than, NO!
Meanwhile he will have Donald breathing down his neck, trying to con more money from the base with the usual dog whistles and culture wars. HR-1 will cut off his dark money and if he doesn't come around, the corporate cash is history, look for movement on voters rights, that's where the corporate donor focus is and Mitch is heavily dependent on that money. The ice is breaking up.
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Republican Infrastructure Plan Outlines $568 Billion In Spending : NPR
Countering Biden, Senate Republicans Unveil Smaller $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan
Senate Republicans have released a $568 billion infrastructure proposal to counter the more than $2 trillion package unveiled by President Biden early this month.
The five-year GOP proposal is unlikely to gain much, if any, support from Democrats, but the outline serves as a benchmark for any future negotiations on a bipartisan bill. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., told reporters in the Capitol that she and the top Republicans on the committees that oversee infrastructure policies shared the information with the White House and have been in touch with Biden about their proposal.
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They are complaining it is a trojan horse to implement the green new deal. Yeah so, what is wrong with that?
DIY-HP-LED
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They are pandering to their base and the oil and gas energy interests who are now one of their few sources of cash in the senate, where there a few small dollar donors. The green new deal is necessary to meet carbon targets, reduce oil dependency and contain Russia buy cutting into it's primary export. America has to upgrade and security harden it's power grid as part of the infrastructure plan (us too, integrated grid), this is how it's done. Mitch won't be able to compromise that one down, too many goodies for too many states and I think his hold over his caucus is starting to loosen, there are signs and his change in tactics is one of them.
Budzbuddha
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Here is another top tier shitstain spewing super shit ....
Fuck Ted Cruz ...
Fuck Ted Cruz ...
DIY-HP-LED
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Why ‘The Republican Party is Beyond Salvation -- Even Without Trump’
Washington Post Opinion Columnist Max Boot joins Zerlina Maxwell to discuss his latest piece on what’s wrong with the Republican party, and why it may not survive.
Washington Post Opinion Columnist Max Boot joins Zerlina Maxwell to discuss his latest piece on what’s wrong with the Republican party, and why it may not survive.
DIY-HP-LED
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Opinion | The Republican Party is beyond salvation — even without Trump - The Washington Post
Opinion: The Republican Party is beyond salvation — even without Trump
That was a very telling comment that Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) posted on Twitter last week. He noted that tweets from President Biden’s account “are limited and, when they come, unimaginably conventional” and that his “public comments are largely scripted.” In Cornyn’s mind, this “invites the question: is he really in charge?”
On one level, this shows a senior Republican senator — someone who is seen as a staid establishmentarian — trying to spread smarmy insinuations that the president has lost his marbles and is being manipulated by shadowy leftists. That’s an article of faith on the conspiratorial far right that has now migrated to the mainstream despite the total lack of any substantiating evidence. When called out by Chris Wallace on Fox News, Cornyn retreated to the usual, despicable defense of conspiracy theorists: “I simply asked a question.” I didn’t say the moon landing was faked — I was only asking if it was!
But what is even more disturbing about Cornyn’s tweet is the upside-down assumption that it’s normal for a president to spew deranged, ungrammatical, abusive tweets — and that there is something wrong with a president who refuses to do so. Most people thought that President Donald Trump’s tweets were bonkers — but for a large portion of the GOP, they have now become the standard by which his successors will be judged. Republicans have gone down the rabbit hole where sanity and sobriety are inexplicable and indeed suspicious.
This is a sign of how the Republican Party is adjusting to post-Trump life. It has embraced Trumpism without Trump. This is not really a set of policy preferences; the GOP in 2020 passed on a platform beyond allegiance to the Orange Emperor’s whims. It is more of a mindless, obnoxious attitude — it’s all about “owning the libs,” spreading conspiracy theories, and waging culture wars as a way to rile up the rabid base and keep the cash register ringing.
Three of the major tenets of the Trumpified GOP have been on public view the past week — if you can bear to watch.
Hostility to science: Watch the video of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) yapping at Anthony S. Fauci, one of the nation’s leading infectious-disease experts, like an enraged chihuahua. “Dr. Fauci, when is the time?” Jordan kept asking. He wanted to know when it was “time to pull back on masking” and “physical distancing.” “When do Americans get their freedoms back? ... What is low enough? Give me a number.” Fauci tried to explain that restrictions could be lifted as infection rates got lower. But for Jordan, this had nothing to do with eliciting information — it was all about showing his contempt for a leading scientist and demonstrating that he is much more exercised about prudent public health restrictions than about a virus that has already killed more than 567,000 Americans. It’s no surprise that vaccination rates are lower in counties that Trump won than in counties that voted for Biden.
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Opinion: The Republican Party is beyond salvation — even without Trump
That was a very telling comment that Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) posted on Twitter last week. He noted that tweets from President Biden’s account “are limited and, when they come, unimaginably conventional” and that his “public comments are largely scripted.” In Cornyn’s mind, this “invites the question: is he really in charge?”
On one level, this shows a senior Republican senator — someone who is seen as a staid establishmentarian — trying to spread smarmy insinuations that the president has lost his marbles and is being manipulated by shadowy leftists. That’s an article of faith on the conspiratorial far right that has now migrated to the mainstream despite the total lack of any substantiating evidence. When called out by Chris Wallace on Fox News, Cornyn retreated to the usual, despicable defense of conspiracy theorists: “I simply asked a question.” I didn’t say the moon landing was faked — I was only asking if it was!
But what is even more disturbing about Cornyn’s tweet is the upside-down assumption that it’s normal for a president to spew deranged, ungrammatical, abusive tweets — and that there is something wrong with a president who refuses to do so. Most people thought that President Donald Trump’s tweets were bonkers — but for a large portion of the GOP, they have now become the standard by which his successors will be judged. Republicans have gone down the rabbit hole where sanity and sobriety are inexplicable and indeed suspicious.
This is a sign of how the Republican Party is adjusting to post-Trump life. It has embraced Trumpism without Trump. This is not really a set of policy preferences; the GOP in 2020 passed on a platform beyond allegiance to the Orange Emperor’s whims. It is more of a mindless, obnoxious attitude — it’s all about “owning the libs,” spreading conspiracy theories, and waging culture wars as a way to rile up the rabid base and keep the cash register ringing.
Three of the major tenets of the Trumpified GOP have been on public view the past week — if you can bear to watch.
Hostility to science: Watch the video of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) yapping at Anthony S. Fauci, one of the nation’s leading infectious-disease experts, like an enraged chihuahua. “Dr. Fauci, when is the time?” Jordan kept asking. He wanted to know when it was “time to pull back on masking” and “physical distancing.” “When do Americans get their freedoms back? ... What is low enough? Give me a number.” Fauci tried to explain that restrictions could be lifted as infection rates got lower. But for Jordan, this had nothing to do with eliciting information — it was all about showing his contempt for a leading scientist and demonstrating that he is much more exercised about prudent public health restrictions than about a virus that has already killed more than 567,000 Americans. It’s no surprise that vaccination rates are lower in counties that Trump won than in counties that voted for Biden.
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DIY-HP-LED
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Figured I'd beat Captain Q to the punch
Missouri Republicans Knowingly Backed an Alleged Child Sex Abuser. There Should Be Accountability. | Washington Monthly
Missouri Republicans Knowingly Backed an Alleged Child Sex Abuser. There Should Be Accountability.
A deeply disturbing story has been unfolding for months in Missouri, below the scrutiny and attention of the national press. It involves alleged child molestation and abuse by a conservative pastor turned elected official, and a state Republican Party that apparently turned blind eye to it during election season in order to secure victory before expelling him only yesterday.
On September 29th, the Kansas City Star published a shocking exposé detailing allegations of horrific abuse by Missouri House candidate Rick Roeber, a conservative pastor. Roeber is alleged to have engaged in a pattern of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of his children, including two aged just 9 and 5 at the time. He is also alleged to have drowned puppies in a pond, an example of the psychological trauma and cruelty he apparently inflicted.
Despite the devastating allegations, Roeber nevertheless went on to win his election, defeating Democrat Chris Hager by just 301 votes in Missouri’s conservative-leaning 34th district.
The Missouri House rejected Roeber’s resignation, choosing to expel him instead on Wednesday. That is the bare minimum of decency, but it is also far too late. And the Missouri Republican Party still has much to answer for.
Not only did the party fail to vet Mr. Roeber in even the most perfunctory way, but it also did not take active steps to prevent his election after his actions were exposed. A representative for the Missouri GOP claimed there was “nothing they could do” and that they “expected the voters to take care of it.” The Jackson County GOP Chair David Lightner even insisted that not intervening was the right thing to do, because he believed the accusations were somehow partisan despite coming from Roeber’s own family. Worse, he felt that bygones should be bygones.
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Missouri Republicans Knowingly Backed an Alleged Child Sex Abuser. There Should Be Accountability. | Washington Monthly
Missouri Republicans Knowingly Backed an Alleged Child Sex Abuser. There Should Be Accountability.
A deeply disturbing story has been unfolding for months in Missouri, below the scrutiny and attention of the national press. It involves alleged child molestation and abuse by a conservative pastor turned elected official, and a state Republican Party that apparently turned blind eye to it during election season in order to secure victory before expelling him only yesterday.
On September 29th, the Kansas City Star published a shocking exposé detailing allegations of horrific abuse by Missouri House candidate Rick Roeber, a conservative pastor. Roeber is alleged to have engaged in a pattern of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of his children, including two aged just 9 and 5 at the time. He is also alleged to have drowned puppies in a pond, an example of the psychological trauma and cruelty he apparently inflicted.
Despite the devastating allegations, Roeber nevertheless went on to win his election, defeating Democrat Chris Hager by just 301 votes in Missouri’s conservative-leaning 34th district.
The Missouri House rejected Roeber’s resignation, choosing to expel him instead on Wednesday. That is the bare minimum of decency, but it is also far too late. And the Missouri Republican Party still has much to answer for.
Not only did the party fail to vet Mr. Roeber in even the most perfunctory way, but it also did not take active steps to prevent his election after his actions were exposed. A representative for the Missouri GOP claimed there was “nothing they could do” and that they “expected the voters to take care of it.” The Jackson County GOP Chair David Lightner even insisted that not intervening was the right thing to do, because he believed the accusations were somehow partisan despite coming from Roeber’s own family. Worse, he felt that bygones should be bygones.
After all, what’s a little child sexual between friends as long as you say you say you found Jesus later? GOP officials, meanwhile, are remaining mum as to the extent of their contacts with Roeber after the story broke. Missouri Republican campaign officials took the district off their target list–but again, that’s a bare minimum. And we do not know what may have been done to support him behind the scenes:
Roeber’s personality was a red flag for some, but GOP officials overlooked it because of the professed redemption story:
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DIY-HP-LED
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Presenting the next republican presidential nominee, The Trumps will be in prison by the presidential primaries, so the field will be open for the biggest slime ball and low life. Provided Donald doesn't run from his prison cell. Maybe Josh will ask for Putin's help too, he had better vote against any new sanctions or measures against Russia, or Vlad might cut off his support! They will have to put more lipstick on the pig than this clown has in his purse, but many Americans are eager for a "white man's" homeland. There were recently over 70 million proven voting racist moral failures in America. Many went independent out of shame, but they will still betray their constitution and country at the sound of a dog whistle.
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Hawley lone ‘no’ vote on anti-Asian hate crimes bill (nypost.com)
Sen. Hawley lone ‘no’ vote on anti-Asian hate crimes bill
The US Senate passed a bill aimed at tracking anti-Asian hate crimes Thursday by an overwhelming majority of 94-1 — with Sen. Josh Hawley the lone “no” vote.
The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act would direct the Justice Department to expedite its review of anti-Asian racist harassment and attacks — which have spiked nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic — and to coordinate with local law enforcement to bolster reporting of those incidents. The House is expected to vote on the bill next month.
In a statement, Hawley (R-MO) criticized the bill as “too broad.”
“As a former prosecutor, my view is it’s dangerous to simply give the federal government open-ended authority to define a whole new class of federal hate crime incidents,” he said.
In a referendum on the bill last week, 92 senators voted for it and six Republicans voted against, Hawley among them.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), who authored and introduced the bill, said in a statement Thursday, “We will send a powerful message of solidarity to the AAPI community that the Senate won’t be a bystander as anti-Asian violence surges in our country.”
Reports of Anti-Asian hate crimes have surged across the United State in the past year. In New York City, at least two Asian people reported racist incidents to the police just this week.
On Tuesday, a man on the subway screamed at a 28-year-old Asian woman, “F–k you, you Asian b—h! Don’t f–k with me! I’m gonna slap you!’” And on Monday, a 31-year-old man was punched in the face unprovoked in Midtown around 11:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.
Hawley on Thursday appeared focused on other aspects of the coronavirus.
Hours earlier, the Missouri Republican and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021 to the Senate. Hawley says the act requires the Biden administration to “declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the COVID pandemic.”
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Hawley lone ‘no’ vote on anti-Asian hate crimes bill (nypost.com)
Sen. Hawley lone ‘no’ vote on anti-Asian hate crimes bill
The US Senate passed a bill aimed at tracking anti-Asian hate crimes Thursday by an overwhelming majority of 94-1 — with Sen. Josh Hawley the lone “no” vote.
The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act would direct the Justice Department to expedite its review of anti-Asian racist harassment and attacks — which have spiked nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic — and to coordinate with local law enforcement to bolster reporting of those incidents. The House is expected to vote on the bill next month.
In a statement, Hawley (R-MO) criticized the bill as “too broad.”
“As a former prosecutor, my view is it’s dangerous to simply give the federal government open-ended authority to define a whole new class of federal hate crime incidents,” he said.
In a referendum on the bill last week, 92 senators voted for it and six Republicans voted against, Hawley among them.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), who authored and introduced the bill, said in a statement Thursday, “We will send a powerful message of solidarity to the AAPI community that the Senate won’t be a bystander as anti-Asian violence surges in our country.”
Reports of Anti-Asian hate crimes have surged across the United State in the past year. In New York City, at least two Asian people reported racist incidents to the police just this week.
On Tuesday, a man on the subway screamed at a 28-year-old Asian woman, “F–k you, you Asian b—h! Don’t f–k with me! I’m gonna slap you!’” And on Monday, a 31-year-old man was punched in the face unprovoked in Midtown around 11:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.
Hawley on Thursday appeared focused on other aspects of the coronavirus.
Hours earlier, the Missouri Republican and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021 to the Senate. Hawley says the act requires the Biden administration to “declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the COVID pandemic.”
Budzbuddha
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Another shitstain that needs no introduction...
DIY-HP-LED
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Mitch is gonna end up begging Garland to put Trump away, if NY and Georgia don't do it first! He wants his corporate cash back and voting rights along with HR1 are gonna pass, even if they have to bust the filibuster to do it. Manchin better rake in as much dark money as he can, cause soon he will have to show and tell on this and voting rights too. I figure Joe is talking to him and cutting deals for infrastructure goodies with him for a package deal. The republicans are being flexible enough so as not to appear intransient, but that's just a tactical move on Mitch's part with no real meaning behind it.
I think the republicans actions at the state level to suppress the vote and other crazy shit are gonna hurt them in 2022, particularly if voting rights and HR1 pass. If the democrats keep the house and gain a few seats in the senate it opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Until then much can be done with the power in hand to investigate and prosecute the guilty, 2021 will be a year of reckoning for many, including Trump.
Mitch just needs to make sure he's locked up by primary season, but really the party has already been destroyed and is circling the drain, it just takes awhile before ya hear the gurgling sounds. They can't change, the base is getting crazier, their only hope would be open primaries in all 50 states.
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A Trump-McConnell power struggle creates landmines in GOP quest to retake Congress
It’s forcing congressional leadership to tread lightly and avoid setting off an explosion that does real damage to the party.
WASHINGTON — The Republican primaries for the 2022 midterms are fast becoming a battlefield for control of the party.
Most presidents — particularly a defeated one-termer — slip quietly away and allow the highest-ranking elected officials in the party to take the reins. Not Donald Trump.
After laying low in the months after he left office in January, Trump has in recent weeks increased his public presence. He has trashed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as a "son of a bitch," endorsed primary challengers against sitting Republican members of Congress he deems disloyal and attempted to divert GOP fundraising away from the party and into his own political organizations.
For congressional Republican leaders responsible for winning back the House and the Senate, the post-Trump landscape is becoming a treacherous minefield with no historical playbook to help them navigate it. The growing power struggle could have repercussions in the 2022 elections, when the party hopes to seize control of Democrats’ narrow majorities in the House and the Senate.
Party officials recognize that Trump retains loyalty among the Republican base and that his endorsements carry weight. They fear he could anoint loyal but unelectable candidates in primaries, who then squander winnable seats. They also worry he may sabotage nominees he dislikes by withholding his endorsement, or by demotivating party voters with groundless claims about election fraud, like in the Georgia runoffs that gave Democrats Senate control.
Trump’s antics are a distraction, senior members of the party say, and dilutes their message in a way that helps Democrats.
“Everyday we re-litigate 2020, Joe Biden wins because we’re not talking about his record and the bad policies he’s trying to implement,” Matt Gorman, former communications director for the NRCC, the House GOP campaign arm, told NBC News.
McConnell has tried to keep his party focused on criticizing Biden’s agenda, including opposing the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill and Democrats’ proposal to raise taxes to pay for a far-reaching infrastructure bill.
“A midterm election is always run on basically just an opposition to the sitting president. That is what the Dems did successfully in 2018, they just said, ‘We hate Trump, vote for us,’” a longtime Republican strategist who requested anonymity to speak frankly about strategy, said. Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House and handed Nancy Pelosi the speaker’s gavel once again.
Instead, this cycle, Trump is focused on repeating false claims about the 2020 election. Speaking to a room full of Republican donors recently, Trump attacked McConnell for not objecting to the Electoral College count on Jan. 6. The Senate leader also gave a fiery speech suggesting the former president could be criminally charged.
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I think the republicans actions at the state level to suppress the vote and other crazy shit are gonna hurt them in 2022, particularly if voting rights and HR1 pass. If the democrats keep the house and gain a few seats in the senate it opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Until then much can be done with the power in hand to investigate and prosecute the guilty, 2021 will be a year of reckoning for many, including Trump.
Mitch just needs to make sure he's locked up by primary season, but really the party has already been destroyed and is circling the drain, it just takes awhile before ya hear the gurgling sounds. They can't change, the base is getting crazier, their only hope would be open primaries in all 50 states.
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A Trump-McConnell power struggle creates landmines in GOP quest to retake Congress
It’s forcing congressional leadership to tread lightly and avoid setting off an explosion that does real damage to the party.
WASHINGTON — The Republican primaries for the 2022 midterms are fast becoming a battlefield for control of the party.
Most presidents — particularly a defeated one-termer — slip quietly away and allow the highest-ranking elected officials in the party to take the reins. Not Donald Trump.
After laying low in the months after he left office in January, Trump has in recent weeks increased his public presence. He has trashed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as a "son of a bitch," endorsed primary challengers against sitting Republican members of Congress he deems disloyal and attempted to divert GOP fundraising away from the party and into his own political organizations.
For congressional Republican leaders responsible for winning back the House and the Senate, the post-Trump landscape is becoming a treacherous minefield with no historical playbook to help them navigate it. The growing power struggle could have repercussions in the 2022 elections, when the party hopes to seize control of Democrats’ narrow majorities in the House and the Senate.
Party officials recognize that Trump retains loyalty among the Republican base and that his endorsements carry weight. They fear he could anoint loyal but unelectable candidates in primaries, who then squander winnable seats. They also worry he may sabotage nominees he dislikes by withholding his endorsement, or by demotivating party voters with groundless claims about election fraud, like in the Georgia runoffs that gave Democrats Senate control.
Trump’s antics are a distraction, senior members of the party say, and dilutes their message in a way that helps Democrats.
“Everyday we re-litigate 2020, Joe Biden wins because we’re not talking about his record and the bad policies he’s trying to implement,” Matt Gorman, former communications director for the NRCC, the House GOP campaign arm, told NBC News.
McConnell has tried to keep his party focused on criticizing Biden’s agenda, including opposing the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill and Democrats’ proposal to raise taxes to pay for a far-reaching infrastructure bill.
“A midterm election is always run on basically just an opposition to the sitting president. That is what the Dems did successfully in 2018, they just said, ‘We hate Trump, vote for us,’” a longtime Republican strategist who requested anonymity to speak frankly about strategy, said. Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House and handed Nancy Pelosi the speaker’s gavel once again.
Instead, this cycle, Trump is focused on repeating false claims about the 2020 election. Speaking to a room full of Republican donors recently, Trump attacked McConnell for not objecting to the Electoral College count on Jan. 6. The Senate leader also gave a fiery speech suggesting the former president could be criminally charged.
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