[GOP fractures, Part V] Survey of Republicans shows 5 factions have emerged after Trump

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/12/2021 - 4:35pm |

Part IV is here, Feb. 1-March 11, with links at top to all previous threads

The Tribes of Trump, according to his ex-pollster:

Trump Booster 28%
Die-hard Trumper 27%
Post-Trump GOP 20%
Never Trumper 15%
InfoWars GOP 10%

via @maggieNYT https://t.co/Xd68jTKjhh
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) March 12, 2021

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/us/politics/republican-factions-.html

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oh my, rumors of how the Infowars faction can be extra divisive:

Scoop: DC police are investigating allegation that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones threatened to push a pro-Trump political organizer off of an event stage in December, sources tell me, @CurtDevine & @DrewGriffinCNN.

Case is under active investigation. https://t.co/4gA6u1fLhW
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) March 12, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/12/2021 - 6:13pm

Insider Trading GOP 15%??

https://www.theonion.com/senator-can-t-believe-it-s-already-been-a-year-...

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 03/12/2021 - 8:19pm

Joe Walsh:

Because my former political party can’t compete on the battlefield of ideas, their strategy for 2022 seems to be to call the current President “senile” and to make it more difficult for people to vote.

Outside of Dr Seuss, that’s all they got.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 12, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/12/2021 - 11:48pm

If this doesn't lose TrumpCo some fans, I can't imagine what would (shooting a human on Fifth Ave. is one thing, but stealing from rescued dogs?)

Stealing from kids with cancer and veterans wasn't bad enough, now the Trumps steal from a dog rescue too. https://t.co/hauucSJGFw via @HuffPostPol
— Bruno Amato for #CA23 (@BrunoAmato_1) March 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/13/2021 - 5:14pm

The dog that didn't bark?

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 03/13/2021 - 8:30pm

.@ChrisChristie on vaccine skepticism: "If we don't knock off the politics in Washington, D.C. around this issue, we're going to have less people vaccinated, herd immunity less soon, and real problems — we don't need those." https://t.co/UNXhabLMfs pic.twitter.com/z6M3uSd29A
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/14/2021 - 3:42pm

GOP 2nd Amendments itself - what's to mind?

(counteracts their vote repression offensive)

polling shows a majority of Republicans are vaccine skeptical pic.twitter.com/PYsthrBmJ9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 14, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 03/14/2021 - 3:54pm

a reminder, though, that we are not the only country that has a segment of the population that thinks like that:

Damn! Why can't they do that to republicans here?
— eggbot (@eggbotme) March 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/14/2021 - 4:29pm

.⁦@jelani9⁩’s article on how the GOP is holding a knife its own throat (and ours) is a must-read. https://t.co/GXwdX2Z4IJ
— Mer Joyce (@TheMerJoyce) March 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/14/2021 - 6:50pm

"Absolutely ludicrous," Rep. Adam Kinzinger says to @KateBolduan about Sen. Ron Johnson's comments about being more concerned if it were BLM/Antifa than pro-Trump demonstrators on Jan. 6
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/15/2021 - 12:01pm

Guam Rep. Michael F.Q. San Nicolas and members of the Guam National Guard visited the office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she falsely called the U.S. territory a foreign land. pic.twitter.com/vssnjCwUuG
— The Hill (@thehill) March 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/15/2021 - 12:01pm

Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan wants to expand voting, calling GOP voting restrictions "solutions in search of a problem."

"Republicans don't need election reform to win, we need leadership," he said, disavowing Trump's attempts to undermine elections. https://t.co/SwL9IN5rVp
— POLITICO (@politico) March 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/15/2021 - 12:38pm

Former President George W. Bush says the January 6 US Capitol insurrection left him "sick to my stomach" and he remains "disturbed" when he thinks about it https://t.co/xbSwLU5PGD
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2021

Jake Tapper selects this excerpt:

"I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and by the lack of respect shown today for our institutions, our traditions, and our law enforcement," he said. https://t.co/Ou12NHI10E
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 10:04pm

Trump’s allies love themselves some Vladimir Putin writes @besslevin https://t.co/NnkLFSKWPE
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/19/2021 - 7:16pm

When we depoliticize religion, reducing it to some essential doctrine or piety, we obscure the varied ways religion actually works in the world. https://t.co/mlVqnVRbPp newrepublic
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) March 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/22/2021 - 2:02am

hah he's rubbing it in:

"I have no idea if there will be a Republican Party," Biden says when asked if he'll be running against Trump
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) March 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 3:47pm

Don Jr's attempt to avenge his father is not going as planned. https://t.co/cgAHwp6WPH
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/26/2021 - 2:30pm

George W's didn't either, if it's any consolation.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 03/26/2021 - 2:39pm

Mainers, even most GOP Mainers, know who won the presidential election and they like their Susan, they really like her, yessiree

“The Maine Republican Party voted 19-41 Saturday, rejecting a motion to censure U.S. Senator Susan Collins.” https://t.co/PSs8UThCEq
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 28, 2021

probably don't cotton much to loony libruls tho

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/27/2021 - 8:23pm

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Gaetz, Trump's close ally, is being investigated by DOJ over whether he had a sexual relationship w/17-year-old girl and paid for her to travel with him. Investigation was opened in the final months of Trump admin under Barr. w/@ktbenner https://t.co/JM7po1iXoS
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) March 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 6:22pm

So Gaetz's NewsMax career was premature (and maybe created after NYT asked him for comment on the underage girl?)

Meanwhile, let a million lawsuits bloom...

this feels so Catholic?

Newsmax may be a sinking ship.

"Dominion has identified more than 150 people as potential targets of litigation, and it has sent letters to preserve evidence and warning of potential litigation to Newsmax", etc., etc.
Forbes➔https://t.co/mFFkxMNucc
— Puesto Loco™ (@PuestoLoco) March 30, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 7:45pm

Fox + Matt Gaetz? NO WAY:

“A Fox News Media spokesperson said in response: ‘No one with any level of authority has had conversations with Matt Gaetz for any of our platforms and we have no interest in hiring him.’” https://t.co/f9NihFG59h
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) March 31, 2021

“That was one of the weirdest interviews I've ever conducted."pic.twitter.com/lo2BqvxHJT
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) March 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/31/2021 - 7:46pm

the real Gaetz (not the Congressperson account, but the "Firebrand" MAGA FL Man account,) and the real Musk:

Deal. I want Gaetzgate. https://t.co/MB8sYjwJcT
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 25, 2021

both working on branding. both selling stuff.

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 7:56pm

Actually Musk's was cute in a dad jokes kind of way.

Wondering if The Male Gaetz is the new up and comer?

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 8:25pm

Just a hunch: Greenberg flipped on Matt Gaetz. https://t.co/dTSzvJupCL
— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) March 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 8:03pm

Good guess pic.twitter.com/ERzXSI2yde
— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) March 30, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 8:40pm

The best part of the interview is when Matt Gaetz says and there are no pictures of me with underage prostitutes and everyone was like dude who said there were?
— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) March 31, 2021

Guy who is a sex offender & guy who protects a sex offender.

Worst sitcom idea of 2021. pic.twitter.com/2zGM0q5o9p
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) March 31, 2021

(Behar is a sitcom writer, btw)

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/31/2021 - 12:51am

Gaetz on mollie, ApplePay whores? Will 2021 outpace 2020 for weird?

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_606697d5c5b6c00165bf9e57

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 04/02/2021 - 3:54am

Fox News ain't biting, he is too weird for even them:

He has been unpersoned https://t.co/sDZnyK0Kr0
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) April 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/02/2021 - 11:51am

This line from Matt Gaetz's Tinder profile should have been a dead giveaway--

"I enjoy long walks at Sesame Place"
— E-Man (@skinnycoolkid) March 31, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 04/02/2021 - 5:02pm

Creepier than Matt Gaetz:

I mean, I guess you gotta go camping bc the Ritz is where MbS has his friends and family members tortured. https://t.co/NhIppxuQBu
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 31, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/31/2021 - 8:58am

Where's the Law & Order wing on this one?

Capitol police officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby sue Trump over Jan. 6 riots - The Washington Post https://t.co/rH0zstSK4z
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/31/2021 - 7:48pm

New focus group report on Trump-loyalists/aligned and non-Trump conservatives and moderates @StanGreenberg @BillKristol @SykesCharlie @Timodc @JonahDispatch @JRubinBlogger @RonBrownstein
What will Trump loyalists’ sensed powerlessness mean for politics? https://t.co/FgP58aURqE
— Democracy Corps (@DemCorps) March 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:57pm

a suggestion for Trumpies discovering the big corporate world has deserted them:

Own the libs by raising the corporate income tax rate. https://t.co/ynH4N4KW56
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 1, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 8:06pm

Thread.

The GOP is no longer the party of business, and business knows it. https://t.co/1x8hOCiepf
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) April 1, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 10:55pm

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