Examples of GOP Leadership
- Thread starter injinji
- Start date
DIY-HP-LED
Well-Known Member
‘Audacious Lie’: Chris Hayes Debunks GOP’s False Claims On Colorado Voting Access
Chris Hayes: “The new audacious Trumpian lie from Republicans is that Colorado, where the MLB All-Star game was moved, actually has more restrictive voting laws than Georgia.”
Chris Hayes: “The new audacious Trumpian lie from Republicans is that Colorado, where the MLB All-Star game was moved, actually has more restrictive voting laws than Georgia.”
TacoMac
Well-Known Member
That's it exactly.
DIY-HP-LED
Well-Known Member
This article is from Feb. 28, 2020, after Jan 6th, hundreds of thousands left the republican party, registration dropped significantly after the capital attack. This article shows a trend that has been ongoing for decades, republicans are shrinking and independents and democrats are growing. The last time I checked there were31% democrats, 41% independents and only 25% republicans, but that was before Jan 6th, any increase after that came at the expense of the republicans. Almost half of so called independents were really soft Trump supporters and that makes many of them persuadable.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Independents outnumber registered Republicans for the first time - The Washington Post
For the first time, there are fewer registered Republicans than independents
For the first time in history, there are more registered independents in the United States than there are registered Republicans.
It may not be for the reason you think, though.
New data from Ballot Access News, which tracks registrations in the 31 states that require voters to register by party, shows that independents account for 29.09 percent of voters in them, compared with 28.87 percent for Republicans. As recently as 2004, Republicans outpaced independents by nearly 10 percentage points.
There are still way more registered Democrats; 39.66 percent of voters are registered with that party.
This marks the first time since party registration began in the early 1900s that the number of registered independents in the United States has surpassed members of either major political party, according to Ballot Access News.
Here’s the data going back to 2004:
(Aaron Blake)
But before anybody chalks this up as having to do with the current occupant of the White House, it’s worth parsing the trends.
While independents have surpassed Republicans, there actually hasn’t been a huge drop in GOP party registration since President Trump took office. Since October 2016, GOP registration has dropped by half a percentage point. The number of registered Democrats declined by nearly a full point over the same span. Independents have benefited from both drops.
And they have been doing so for years. Democrats are more than three points off their peak this century, which was in 2008, when Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was about to become president. At the time, 43.62 percent of voters were registered Democrats.
Republicans are also more than three points off where they were four years earlier, in 2004, when 32.79 percent of voters were Republican and George W. Bush won reelection.
Since 2008, the trendline for each party has been relatively steady. But while Democratic registrations fell more between 2016 and 2018 (0.78 percent) than Republican ones (0.15 percent), Republicans have fallen more since 2018. Since Democrats won back the House in that midterm contest, their registration numbers have declined by just 0.16 percent, compared with 0.37 percent for Republicans.
more...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Independents outnumber registered Republicans for the first time - The Washington Post
For the first time, there are fewer registered Republicans than independents
For the first time in history, there are more registered independents in the United States than there are registered Republicans.
It may not be for the reason you think, though.
New data from Ballot Access News, which tracks registrations in the 31 states that require voters to register by party, shows that independents account for 29.09 percent of voters in them, compared with 28.87 percent for Republicans. As recently as 2004, Republicans outpaced independents by nearly 10 percentage points.
There are still way more registered Democrats; 39.66 percent of voters are registered with that party.
This marks the first time since party registration began in the early 1900s that the number of registered independents in the United States has surpassed members of either major political party, according to Ballot Access News.
Here’s the data going back to 2004:
(Aaron Blake)
But before anybody chalks this up as having to do with the current occupant of the White House, it’s worth parsing the trends.
While independents have surpassed Republicans, there actually hasn’t been a huge drop in GOP party registration since President Trump took office. Since October 2016, GOP registration has dropped by half a percentage point. The number of registered Democrats declined by nearly a full point over the same span. Independents have benefited from both drops.
And they have been doing so for years. Democrats are more than three points off their peak this century, which was in 2008, when Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was about to become president. At the time, 43.62 percent of voters were registered Democrats.
Republicans are also more than three points off where they were four years earlier, in 2004, when 32.79 percent of voters were Republican and George W. Bush won reelection.
Since 2008, the trendline for each party has been relatively steady. But while Democratic registrations fell more between 2016 and 2018 (0.78 percent) than Republican ones (0.15 percent), Republicans have fallen more since 2018. Since Democrats won back the House in that midterm contest, their registration numbers have declined by just 0.16 percent, compared with 0.37 percent for Republicans.
more...
printer
Well-Known Member
GOP House fundraisers accuse people who uncheck their recurring donation box of being Trump 'DEFECTORS' and prey to 'the Radical Left'
The National Republican Congressional Committee debuted a bright-yellow pre-checked recurring donation box on its donation page with a startling ultimatum.
The message from House Republicans' campaign arm, which on Wednesday caught the eye of many reporters, warns people that if they opt-out of recurring donations and "UNCHECK this box, we'll have to tell Trump you're a DEFECTOR & sided with the Dems."
news.yahoo.com
The National Republican Congressional Committee debuted a bright-yellow pre-checked recurring donation box on its donation page with a startling ultimatum.
The message from House Republicans' campaign arm, which on Wednesday caught the eye of many reporters, warns people that if they opt-out of recurring donations and "UNCHECK this box, we'll have to tell Trump you're a DEFECTOR & sided with the Dems."
GOP House fundraisers accuse people who uncheck their recurring donation box of being Trump 'DEFECTORS' and prey to 'the Radical Left'
The National Republican Congressional Committee's donation page warns that they'll "have to tell Trump you're a DEFECTOR & sided with the Dems."
Moldy
Well-Known Member
Earlier this week Marsha attacked a 400 billion dollar plan for the elderly in the infrastructure bill, it didn't go well.
They have nothing to offer except still trying to own the libs and making it harder to vote. You then get an invite on Fox Spews.
www.rawstory.com
They have nothing to offer except still trying to own the libs and making it harder to vote. You then get an invite on Fox Spews.
Internet slams ‘idiot’ senator who tweeted graphics attacking infrastructure bill
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is continuing her agenda of actively attacking everything Democrats do, to the point she is becoming like a more experienced Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert.On Wednesday Blackburn posted a Twitter thread filled with graphics she appeared to see as...
www.rawstory.com
captainmorgan
Well-Known Member
Being a criminal or pedophile or both must be a requirement for being a member of the GOP.
Eric Lipman, longtime lawyer for the #Florida Elections Commission, was arrested Wednesday on possession of child porn charges after a search warrant was served at his home in #Tallahassee.
Eric Lipman, longtime lawyer for the #Florida Elections Commission, was arrested Wednesday on possession of child porn charges after a search warrant was served at his home in #Tallahassee.
Budzbuddha
Well-Known Member
captainmorgan
Well-Known Member
printer
Well-Known Member
"Take me hard, take me hard."
Budzbuddha
Well-Known Member
“ take him “ .... sounds like he is a power bottom ( Ya listening Lady G ? )
captainmorgan
Well-Known Member
injinji
Well-Known Member
A reporter on last night's Washington Week was talking about how ironic it was that the GOP wanted big business to get out of politics. They played some leaked audio from a dark money lawyer giving GOP senators talking points. He was saying not to talk about HR1 since both sides like the idea of getting rid of dark money. He said they had to kill it under the dome. ie not let it come to the floor.
captainmorgan
Well-Known Member
captainmorgan
Well-Known Member
DIY-HP-LED
Well-Known Member
Ya know that's how I envision many of the Trumpers, trolls, morons and anti vaccers who post here.
I particularly like how they portrayed Rob Roy
DIY-HP-LED
Well-Known Member
Maybe Joe's SCOTUS commission is having an effect, but more likely the conservatives on the court watched as their political home was burned to the fucking ground, while the republican loonies danced and sang around the fire. To be a republican is be against the constitution, to support insurrection and criminal behavior. I think some on the high court have had an attitude adjustment, especially the younger Trump appointees, who must feel particularly vulnerable. Also, John Roberts must feel like a fucking idiot over his voting rights decision and no doubt has been told so.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supreme Court sitting on abortion, gay rights controversies for now (usatoday.com)
Supreme Court leaves major conservative cases waiting in the wings, from abortion to guns
Rather than handing conservatives a string of wins, the Supreme Court has left advocates on the right grasping for answers about high-profile cases.
WASHINGTON – When Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett took her seat on the Supreme Court in October, Democrats openly fretted about a lopsided conservative court unwinding years of precedent on abortion, gun control and other divisive issues.
But rather than handing conservatives a string of victories, the justices have – so far – left advocates on the right grasping for answers about why a number of pending challenges dealing with some of the nation's biggest controversies have languished.
From an abortion case out of Mississippi to a scorching dispute between Texas and California pitting religious freedom against gay rights, the justices are sitting on several contentious issues that will now wait until this fall – at the earliest – to get a hearing, assuming the court takes the cases at all.
"There's always a reason to kick the can down the road," lamented Josh Blackman, a law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston. "These issues linger and fester if they don't come to any sort of resolution. That's sort of where we are."
more...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supreme Court sitting on abortion, gay rights controversies for now (usatoday.com)
Supreme Court leaves major conservative cases waiting in the wings, from abortion to guns
Rather than handing conservatives a string of wins, the Supreme Court has left advocates on the right grasping for answers about high-profile cases.
WASHINGTON – When Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett took her seat on the Supreme Court in October, Democrats openly fretted about a lopsided conservative court unwinding years of precedent on abortion, gun control and other divisive issues.
But rather than handing conservatives a string of victories, the justices have – so far – left advocates on the right grasping for answers about why a number of pending challenges dealing with some of the nation's biggest controversies have languished.
From an abortion case out of Mississippi to a scorching dispute between Texas and California pitting religious freedom against gay rights, the justices are sitting on several contentious issues that will now wait until this fall – at the earliest – to get a hearing, assuming the court takes the cases at all.
"There's always a reason to kick the can down the road," lamented Josh Blackman, a law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston. "These issues linger and fester if they don't come to any sort of resolution. That's sort of where we are."
more...