[WHERE IS THE GOP HEADED?] McCarthy announces opposition to more military aid to Ukraine

By artappraiser on Tue, 10/18/2022 - 3:40pm |

What in the absolute bloody hell is happening to @GOPLeader https://t.co/3PnY7ZHJU9
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) October 18, 2022

(found retweeted by @Angry_Staffer)

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https://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1582387877593649153

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Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP made a hastily-arranged visit to Washington to talk with his counterpart & White House officials about "shared security concerns" including Ukraine and Russia, a source and an official said.
w/ @Stone_SkyNews @jamesmatthewsky https://t.co/o4saKjyQg7
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) October 18, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 5:29am

Fox News’ John Roberts: “House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy … has said if Republicans take the gavel, that America will no longer be a 'blank check' for the war in Ukraine. Do you take issue with that?”

Former Vice President Mike Pence: *long sigh* pic.twitter.com/2NdTQFvudh
— The Recount (@therecount) October 19, 2022

Mike Pence on Wednesday warned against the growing populist tide in the Republican Party as he admonished “Putin apologists” unwilling to stand up to the Russian leader over his assault on Ukraine. https://t.co/YkSddmny4G
— Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 19, 2022

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was also not happy with McCarthy's comments.https://t.co/VwlHtKt2la
— The Recount (@therecount) October 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 10:09pm

.@Mike_Pence is back in DC today promoting the @GOP’s REAL midterm agenda: A national abortion ban. https://t.co/OfOyB36BGK
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) October 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 10:10pm

head of Georgia Republican party, making a point that many others will make, and convincingly too:

He inadvertently exposes the Big Lie of voter suppression. https://t.co/C02rzJpVjA
— David Shafer (@DavidShafer) October 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 10:14pm

Former Vice Pres. Mike Pence had this to say when asked if he would vote for Donald Trump in 2024, if his former boss is the Republican presidential nominee: "There might be somebody else I'd prefer more." https://t.co/9GFNbQmuZV pic.twitter.com/bPEfrIIRfa
— ABC News (@ABC) October 20, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 12:08pm

The messaging here is far from subtle.

McConnell emphasizes the need to expedite weapons/equipment transfers to Ukraine, saying it’s in our “core national security interest.”

McCarthy emphasizes the need to focus on domestic challenges and not send “blank checks” to Ukraine. https://t.co/7rDykTUXEz
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 1:35pm

Lindsay Graham helped expose our asset who worked on 25 cases - Danchenko. All to pretend Danchenko lied, Graham & co i cluding Barr, later Durham, dragged Danchenko through the mud.

This is your new GOP - no patriotism, crass political calculations, and allegiance to Putin.

Since we're all talking about Lindsey, this post includes details about how @LindseyGrahamSC burned to the crisp an FBI source that had helped 25 investigations, likely all focused on Russia and related. https://t.co/VGjRNIAgCw
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 21, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 9:40pm

one thing I don't get is why he is on the "Angel of Death/Treason" evil enemy list at the Stone/Flynn confab for Qanon types along with all the usual librul suspects

http://dagblog.com/comment/321297#comment-321297

all I can think of as being friends with McCain, and that really doesn't fit this narrative

Also I noted Michelle Obama on the list but not Barack? I note both Bill and Hillary are included. Puzzled what she did that was 'treason" - of course there may be some crazy narrative I'm not aware of that includes her....

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/22/2022 - 3:02am

This got 14k RTs. Yes, it’s a big deal that the Proud Boys planned along to go to the Capitol bldg. It’s also a big deal that the NAR dominionist movement planned this all along & told protesters to go there in its Jan 6 map shared on Bannon’s War Room & by OK leader Rhodes. 1/ https://t.co/y9WG7WtXNw
— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) October 24, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 10/25/2022 - 3:10am

Undercovered story is how easily swing Rep candidates have moved away from Trump after the primary both personally (unmentioned) & in style & are targeting traditional Rep voters on economic performance, budget, taxes, & crime https://t.co/kHdhL0jl2c
— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) October 22, 2022

Important to note that It's his business to study this stuff - so it's not just bloviating when he says this is "undercovered".

Michigan State political scientist &

@ippsr

Director;

@hookedlansing

Co-owner; Also:

@niskanencenter

@fivethirtyeight

; New book: How Social Science Got Better

Certainly a lot of media stress the outrageous Trumpies, because that's where the eyeballs are.

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/22/2022 - 2:57pm

Kinzinger on a Federalist op-ed:

What you will read here is nothing less that a manifesto eerily similar to Nazi Germany. Using the power of the state to destroy enemies and seize power.

And many will cheer this on. Still think this isn’t serious? Still think we should nitpick differences among ourselves? https://t.co/mRO0Y3F3Gv
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) October 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/22/2022 - 5:23pm

They're not Russian trolls, they're Trumpies:

On Page One of today's @nytimes: "Trump's Backers Use 'Devil Terms' to Rally Voters"@jenmercieca: "They are using what are called ‘devil terms’ — things that are so unquestionably bad that you can't have a debate about them" https://t.co/IBqOCQBHLR pic.twitter.com/SSeudXqqva
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 23, 2022

Here's the unlocked version for folks who want to read it: https://t.co/zTPm6pJBRs
— Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) October 23, 2022

Example of what the Times did here (and the underlined is how this was nuanced analysis - interesting that it happened during the first years - evidence they were not doing bias verification)

[....] The Times found that in the current Congress, representatives who fought certifying the election used polarizing language on Twitter about 55 percent more often than other Republicans, and nearly triple the rate of Democrats. Objectors referred to their opponents as “socialist” in more than 1,800 tweets, more than twice as often as other Republicans. Democrats called the other side “fascist” about 80 times.

While provocateurs like Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado have etched out combative personas, the analysis found that dozens of rank-and-file members, such as Ms. Miller, also joined the drumbeat of polarization. Ms. Miller, who did not respond to repeated requests for comment, is squarely among the dozens of objectors using the most negative language.

The Times examined Democrats as well as Republicans. In the first years of the Trump presidency, Democrats on average spoke in a more outraged way than Republicans on Twitter and in constituent emails. A few Democrats, including Representative Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, were among those lawmakers who most frequently used demonizing speech on Twitter, even into the current congressional term.

But Republicans have otherwise eclipsed Democrats, the analysis revealed. Republicans have more than quadrupled their use of divisive rhetoric since the early 2010s in the Congressional Record, which is dominated by stately and tedious speeches from the House floor [....]

they even did a very fancy graph!

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 1:09pm

Ron DeSantis is so popular among Florida Latinos, he may win blue county Miami-Dade, something a Republican governor has not done in 20 years.https://t.co/xhbXZ7jSI3
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) October 22, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 1:21am

"I stand with Buckley Carlson," Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted of the Fox News host's son. https://t.co/nMQYDEoWjk
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) October 24, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 4:33pm

"Nepotism rawks!" she cries.

But whattabout Bidens son and daughter - ain't that a prob? Nah. Liberals. Deserve it.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 6:47pm

hey sports fans

NEW: Tom Brady, long the object of Donald Trump’s affection, is now on texting terms with Gov Ron Desantis of Florida, who has his own White House ambitions, according to Tim Michels, the GOP candidate for Wisconsin governor. https://t.co/qTU5avEOgu
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) October 24, 2022

Michels took DeSantis to a Green Bay Packers game last month and told supporters DeSantis spent part of the game texting with Brady.

“How do you spell Lambeau?” Michels said DeSantis asked him, so he could tell Brady where he was at the time. https://t.co/qTU5avEOgu
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) October 24, 2022

Michels said he hopes winning election in November would mean he too can have a relationship with the local NFL quarterback.

“I’m hoping that when I’m governor of Wisconsin, I can text Aaron Rodgers,” Michels said. https://t.co/qTU5avmF2m
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) October 24, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 7:34pm

the money says it's the "law and order" party -

Going by this Washington Post data, it actually looks Republicans have spent *much* more on crime messaging than inflation:

GOP ads on Crime + Defund The Police + Criminal Justice: $91 million

GOP ads on Inflation: $53 millionhttps://t.co/itXJ2VSBoT
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) October 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/25/2022 - 4:01pm

Fabricated graphic on House Republicans' Commitment to America plan misrepresents GOP policy, fact-checkers report @ Twitter.com, Oct. 25

A fabricated graphic is circulating online purporting to show policy points published by House Republicans. The contents of the graphic do not match the party's policies and goals outlined in the Commitment to America plan released in September, which aims to support the nation’s energy industry, fight crime and combat illegal immigration ahead of the upcoming elections, according to the Associated Press.

A post that distorts the House Republicans’ “Commitment to America” plan has been circulating on Twitter, with some users thinking it reflects official GOP policy. Here are the facts. https://t.co/vUsA6ejqxO
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) October 25, 2022

"The image shows policies that don’t match the language in House Republicans’ actual plan. While Republicans lawmakers have suggested raising the age for Medicare, the Commitment to America does not give a specific age, and there is no evidence of lawmakers proposing other policies as worded in the graphic." — The Associated Press

A fabricated graphic is circulating online purporting to show policy points published by the Republicans under the ‘Commitment to America’ agenda ahead of November’s midterm elections https://t.co/6DU41tQT8w pic.twitter.com/V47ILgVf2K
— Reuters Fact Check (@ReutersFacts) October 24, 2022

"A Google advanced search did not find any source of the graphic, and instead showed iterations of the image shared via meme sites. Archived versions of the ‘Commitment to America’ website similarly did not reveal the image on the site." "'Those are fabricated images with false information,' Mark Bednar, Director of Strategic Communications, and spokesperson for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy told Reuters." — Reuters

Fact Check: GOP 'Commitment To America' Does NOT Say It Will Take Social Security From Disabled Veterans, Raise Medicare Age To 75 https://t.co/T02rdjQObB
— Lead Stories (@LeadStoriesCom) October 24, 2022

House Republicans released the Commitment to America plan on September 23 ahead of the midterms

On Friday, House Republicans outlined their vision for the country if they re-take the majority after the midterms. That would set the stage for Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to become the next House speaker. @NikolenDC spoke with him after the announcement on @cbssaturday. pic.twitter.com/KD7iObINKA
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 24, 2022

continues...

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/25/2022 - 6:55pm

Via @CNNPolitics: Race for GOP whip turns nasty as Carlson and Trump Jr. angrily weigh in https://t.co/zrPQy2cnsV |
— joshua epstein (@thejoshuablog) October 25, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 3:32am

Hate and violence in politics cannot continue to be tolerated. In 2008, John McCain showed us that you can maintain dignity and respect for your political opponents despite having disagreements. We should all take a moment to rewatch this video today. pic.twitter.com/WBLJ1eoNHa
— McCain Institute (@McCainInstitute) October 31, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 2:15am

“The anti-antis aren’t pushing Pence or Kemp because they know neither Pence nor Kemp can be the future of the party…They know Republican voters want the coup and don’t want thoughts and prayers for Democrats who’ve been targets of political violence.”https://t.co/qpo7D4tmLq
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) November 2, 2022

Got me thinking they have a bigger problem than Dems. All Dems need is a few Sister Souljah moments here and there and a James Clyburn type telling the lefties to sit down and shut up once in a while, and a large coalition would still stay together, a non-passionate 'big tent' as it were. But the GOP has a huge number of angry passionate Trumpie voters and activists that many of their politicians have to pretend they agree with. They are the ones who need a breakdown of the system into more parties that the Dems do; they can't play charades forever, when in power and doing stuff, they''ll eventually end up angering one side or another.

Something like that is actually playing out in the UK right now - a majority is fed up with the Tories because it was all strings and mirrors...

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 10:22am

perfect timing, great evidence that the Trumpie types are not loyal Republicans, not at all, can turn on a dime - even without Trump, they are just as highly suspicious of anyone that's a professional politician, it's all populism -

Trump this morning calls for Mitch McConnell to be impeached: “They ought to impeach Mitch McConnell .. they have something on him.” pic.twitter.com/qP5UPtml7g
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 3, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 10:28am

This is the result of a coordinated, deliberate campaign by the right - including Trump’s operation - to undermine Ukraine. This isn’t just happening on its own. https://t.co/jh45pTgPqo
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 3, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 2:41pm

Worse, when they went to explain themselves, the Republicans disregarded decades of Commission precedent, governing law, legal logic, and the interests of the United States.

Their misrepresentations demanded a direct response, and they’re getting one:https://t.co/K5pFsxK2H8 pic.twitter.com/POFpbRmujg
— Ellen L. Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) October 28, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/04/2022 - 11:04am

Joy Reid is a talking point:

Joy Reid claims everyday Americans never heard the word 'inflation' until GOP made it a campaign issue https://t.co/nrRLvmFsst
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 4, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 11/04/2022 - 1:57pm

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