[GOP fractures Part II] Michigan Republicans seek to replace GOP canvasser who certified election

By artappraiser on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 12:11am |

GOP fractures Part I thread is here, thru Jan. 11-18

Really important story. More focus should be on local and state Republicans, who are going to play a big role in whether or not the party gets off its current anti-democratic course. https://t.co/x0qD0Xaxhb
— Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) January 18, 2021

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/18/michigan-republicans-seek-replace-canvasser-who-certified-election/4202195001/

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The chairman of Wyoming's GOP is floating the idea of secession.

WY is #39 in fiscal stability, #42 in economy, #49 in exports. Only 38% college educated. And that's now, with 35% of its budget provided by the federal government.

Go ahead, Wyoming. No one is stopping you.
— Steve Hofstetter (@SteveHofstetter) January 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 2:00am

Noah Smith joke threat:

Watch out Wyoming, we're gonna turn your whole state into a rock climbing gym with vegan smoothie bar
— Noahtogolpe (@Noahpinion) January 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 2:14am

If only it was a border state. Maybe can convince Montana to go too, Demi Moore be damned.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 4:18am

The president has continued to tell advisers and allies he really won the election, with less than 48 hours to go before he leaves office. On the current GOP rift, the president's anger is with every Republican who voted for impeachment but singular for McCarthy, aides say.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 18, 2021

Associates who've spoken with Trump say he's used the same vulgarity he used about Pence to describe McCarthy, saying he bowed to pressure with his House floor speech.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 18, 2021

McCarthy did NOT support impeachment, but that’s hasn’t mattered to the president, according to people who spoke with him.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 18, 2021

The president is also focused on the two Michigan reps who backed impeachment, because he knows them, per people he's spoken to.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 3:41am

NRSC chair says he'll back GOP incumbents against Trump primary challengers

By Jordain Carney @ TheHill.com, Jan. 21

National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said on Thursday that he will back incumbent GOP senators against Trump-backed primary challengers, including members of the former president’s family.

“I’m supporting incumbents,” Scott told reporters on Capitol Hill, asked about chatter of Ivanka Trump mounting a primary challenge against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

Pressed if that that was his stance regardless of President Trump, who has vowed to support primary challenges to some 2022 incumbents, and if he would specifically support Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) against a Trump-backed challenger, Scott reiterated that he was supporting Senate GOP incumbents.

The NRSC typically supports Republican incumbents but Scott’s comments come as Trump has threatened to drive a wedge into GOP politics during the 2022 cycle, when Republicans are defending 20 seats.

Trump has specifically threatened to support a primary challenge against Thune, after the No. 2 GOP senator warned that efforts to overturn the Electoral College vote in Congress would fail.

Trump vowed as he departed Washington that he would “be back in some form.” [....]

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 3:12pm

Cross-links to related:

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COMEY: 'REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS TO BE BURNED TO THE GROUND'
‘A TOTAL FAILURE’: THE PROUD BOYS NOW MOCK TRUMP and some others in far-right groups such as the Oath Keepers, America First and the Three Percenters

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 3:17pm

For years, kids across America have had to walk through metal detectors to enter their schools because they’re at risk of being slaughtered in a shooting. Weird that we don’t see outrage like this over their freedoms being violated https://t.co/Vh2apiWLtn
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) January 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/22/2021 - 9:44am

Not good enough! Prove your loyalty. How about this. Drink 14 Diet Cokes in a row and then eat 6 hot dogs. Then you must tell the truth and I mean the whole truth. Who do you swear allegiance to after Trump? Uday @DonaldJTrumpJr Qusay @EricTrump? Who has softer hands https://t.co/1T81LOVkSx
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 22, 2021

@jaredkushner or @IvankaTrump? Who is smarter @laurenboebert or @RepMTG? Are you jealous about the time Jim Jordan and @CawthornforNC are spending together?
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/22/2021 - 9:46am

an example of the cynical flip:

.@RepMalliotakis’s argument seems to be: Congress need to hold a hearing because tens of millions of Americans believed the lies she and Trump told them and continue to spread, which is rather circular logic. How about just stopping with the lies? https://t.co/9zLM74augJ
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/23/2021 - 1:28am

[GOP fractures Part II] Michigan Republicans seek to replace GOP canvasser who certified election

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