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I just can't see him getting

artappraiser — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:54:45 +0000

In reply to Maybe I am missing a critical

I just can't see him getting enough money to do anything real with all of corporate world not wanting anything to do with him and all the expenses and time of court cases. All he's doing is stealing a lot of their small donors,. just lessening the haul. Of course on individual primary races he can do a lot of damage with attacks. But you still got to target those somehow to the voters and he doesn't have free social media.

Maybe I am missing a critical

moat — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:50:57 +0000

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Maybe I am missing a critical element here but I heard Mitch to simply be saying: Bring it on. If you win the funding war, you are the King. Your move, creep.

NEW - McConnell, at Senate

artappraiser — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:11:05 +0000

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NEW - McConnell, at Senate GOP luncheon, boasted about how well the Senate R outside groups have done overtime and compared them to Trump's super PAC. Comes amid Trump threat over fundraising. @npfandos and me https://t.co/j8PwIKa9kj
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 10, 2021

Unclear whether McConnell was seeking to make a point about Trump or simply reassure members nervous about the former president targeting them https://t.co/j8PwIKa9kj
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 10, 2021

there is a serious swing

artappraiser — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:52:25 +0000

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there is a serious swing state problem involved with pandering to the Trump crazies; my underlining

What has gotten into Ron Johnson?

By Karen Tumulty @ WashingtonPost.com, March 9

That is a question that mystifies some of those who counted themselves as enthusiastic supporters of Wisconsin’s Republican senator back when he entered politics a little more than a decade ago.

Though Johnson arose amid the anti-establishment tea party movement, the former plastics executive from Oshkosh styled himself as a sensible businessman, driven by data and hewing to traditional GOP issues such as smaller government. In 2013, he was excoriated by the right-wing media when he described one of its heroes, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), as “intellectually dishonest.”

That is pretty much what some of Johnson’s former fans are saying about him these days. Once referred to affectionately back home as “RonJon,” he is lately becoming known as “RonAnon” for his conspiratorially minded gambits.

His evolution is emblematic of what has happened to the entire Republican Party in the era of Donald Trump.

[....]

The senator appears to have decided that his best hope for survival is to stir up the Trump base. But his antics are just as likely to bring more Democrats to the polls, which many Wisconsin Republicans fear could create problems for the rest of the state’s GOP ticket, and potentially doom their hopes of winning back the governorship [....]

further confirmation that

artappraiser — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 02:39:25 +0000

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further confirmation from the horse's mouth that Trump is just trying to steal their donors, it's all about the money and he's not really a Republican by any definition:

And also to personally enrich himself through very loose requirements for spending that apply to leadership PACS https://t.co/ZJyMnkC9KQ
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) March 9, 2021

Former President Donald Trump is actively encouraging his supporters to donate to his PAC and not to the RNC. pic.twitter.com/fsYJKz0ojE
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) March 9, 2021

TRUMP BREAKING UP WITH THE

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 22:42:53 +0000

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TRUMP BREAKING UP WITH THE RNC!

The RNC piece is also the most interesting here. NRSC and NRCC were always likely to do incumbent protection. But Trump campaign and RNC were intertwined for four years. https://t.co/IMPdob7qDh
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 6, 2021

I think Mary Trump is right that the general idea is he wants to take control of as much of "the money" as he can, including what might go to them. Always keep in mind that he's got no real political ideology, never did.

Evangelicals divided over

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 06:04:31 +0000

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Evangelicals divided over support for Trump post Jan. 6:

Images from the Capitol riot—activists waving flags with Christian messages, praying in the name of Jesus inside the Senate chamber—have left many evangelicals angry and confused https://t.co/wwqE7gpbPZ EconUS
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) March 6, 2021

after his YUGE highly rated

artappraiser — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 04:14:43 +0000

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after his YUGE highly rated stunning success at CPAC that everybody can't stop talking about, Trump moves on to add Karl Rove (friend of the evil Mitch) to his long GOP excommunication list

INBOX: A statement from the former president of the United States about Karl Rove: pic.twitter.com/9D7pG0JLj7
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) March 5, 2021

and note he also reminds that they would have lost House seats instead of gain them if not for him, not to mention all the GOP Senate seats that he saved from defeat....

Yglesias cuts to the heart of

moat — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 01:53:53 +0000

In reply to Yglesias clearly thinks the

Yglesias cuts to the heart of this. Everybody appreciated the break from the Trump scat, including the Trumpsters.

Yglesias clearly thinks the

artappraiser — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 01:21:11 +0000

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Yglesias clearly thinks the more the public hears from Trump, the worse for McCarthy and McConnell and that Jack of Twitter should call their bluff on that:

Now that the immediate crisis is over, I think @jack should ask McConnell and McCarthy to definitely say whether or not they want to publicly pretend that they want Trump back on Twitter and then when they pretend that they do he should give them what they pretend to want.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 28, 2021