[Where is the GOP headed?] Presidential candidate Ramaswamy vows to pardon Trump if elected

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 8:36pm |

We can’t have two tiers of justice: one for Trump, another for Biden. One for Assange, another for Manning. One for BLM/Antifa, another for peaceful protesters on Jan 6.

I never thought we’d see the day when the U.S. President deputizes the DOJ to arrest his lead rival in the…
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) June 9, 2023

(Previous thread HERE covering April 20 thru June 8; Trump indictment news starting HERE on Pericles' Trump thread)

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https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1666960512578453505

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We will restore the rule of law in America. pic.twitter.com/fg89i2L8cv
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 8:39pm

What a stupid deceptive cocksucker.

Trump sent Rudy to Ukraine and Barr + Durham to Italy to find dirt on his opponent, Biden

Mr smug Indian with lapel pen is like most Republicans ignoring the vast array of evidence that contradicts his favorite made up theory du jour.

And then he waves his hands, "doesn't matter - that's for the courts to decide". Well, first, 90% of legal issues don't make it to trial, and the court/investigators have decided on Biden + Pence - did not do enough to violate confidential records and presidential records acts - and Trump - lied like a motherfuckers, obstructed an FBI investigation ion, was caught with documents after he said he gave back everything

Such obvious juvenile "arguments". Give the Republicans a spanking and make them sit in the corner for 2 years as a timeout. Christ.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 8:08am

Nikki Haley tears into Biden for 'demonizing' American energy producers https://t.co/dx47uaphA6 pic.twitter.com/cIsLG642me
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) June 8, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 9:11pm

Senator Tim Scott:

With gas prices up nearly 50% on President Biden's watch, the far left’s radical climate agenda will hurt the Americans who can least afford it. Real solutions start with tapping into America’s abundant natural resources and unleashing affordable energy.https://t.co/2ZT1VnvGrP
— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) June 6, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 9:13pm

Speaker Kevin McCarthy:

Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America.

It is unconscionable for a President to indict the leading candidate opposing him. Joe Biden kept classified documents for decades.

I, and every American who believes in the rule of law, stand with President Trump…
— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 9:22pm

2-year-old Kevvie leaves the "President" off Biden and calls ex-Prez Trump "President". So fucking Klevver Kevs, now let's hear the "Democrat Parry" while you & your playgroup titter.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 8:16am

Lincoln Project retweeted:

If you want to understand the game they are playing— the zero sum autocratic one — watch who tries to create moral equivalence by any means they can. The key isn’t to gloat it is to drive cognitive dissonance with those Republicans who have been voting democracy over partisanship https://t.co/OqHcdeINq8
— Trygve Olson (@trygveolson) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 9:29pm

Just bookmark this one https://t.co/sNjVWw4CDP
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 9:31pm

fwiw:

So… any questions why so many Republicans jumped in the ring for 2024 this week?

They all knew.
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 10:16pm

DeSantis:

The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society.

We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation.

Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?

The DeSantis…
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 3:19am

ROMNEY wih one of the few GOP statements that doesn't actually attack DOJ or call it a political prosecution.

Notes DOJ gave Trump many opportunities to avoid this outcome. pic.twitter.com/u0bztTyvSl
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 6:06pm

John Bolton, heh:

I agree with President Trump. https://t.co/ZhT3EShBV4
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) June 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 8:42pm

Mike Pompeo hammers Trump on Fox: “Trump had classified docs when he shouldn’t have had them, and when given the opportunity to return them he chose not to do that .. That’s inconsistent with protecting America’s soldiers .. some of these were pretty serious, important docs.” pic.twitter.com/BXVTVPBvnt
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) June 13, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 10:16pm

Pence to the WSJ: “Having read the indictment these are very serious allegations. And I can’t defend what is alleged."
https://t.co/rIhCwvqjtp
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 14, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 11:27pm

Give him a week. Took him a few days to feel the wind blow on Jan 6, despite them threatening to kill him - a good sport after all.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 2:51am

Perhaps more like:honest to his God and all that entails (even if it appears goofy at time to many of us)? He's allowed to be a lackey to Caesar, but there's certain things that are just not allowed?

(He kind of always reminded me of those Mormons that Howard Hughes hired as his personal assistants )

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 6:02pm

"My spine belongs to Caesar" - Ted Cruz made the same choice when he let Trump throw his wife under the bus. I'm not sure US Protestantism requires this type of fealty, or it's part of the new politico-teligious tide.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/15/2023 - 12:46am

Chris Christie:

We need to stop blaming our adversaries for the weakness of our candidates. It’s Trump. He’s a 3-time loser.

Loser. Loser. Loser.

Get me on the debate stage to debate him. Donate here: https://t.co/ClVoMPvFgN pic.twitter.com/3LHI4ct7ym
— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) June 13, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 11:30pm

Gorka:

Taking back America! pic.twitter.com/hFlFlC8Zu9
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) June 14, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 12:22am

Trump is promising to personally order investigations into Biden and his family, because he loves humiliating the Republicans trying to make a high-minded defense about how they're just against the appearance of partisan prosecutions
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) June 14, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/15/2023 - 8:28am

“Our country can’t be a therapy session for a troubled man like this,” Bill Barr says of Trump. https://t.co/2Q4PFkDgAJ
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) June 19, 2023

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/19/2023 - 3:58am

Republicans Against Inequality. A rising generation of Republican politicians is more skeptical of the free market and more comfortable using government power to regulate the economy than the party has traditionally been. By @DLeonhardt https://t.co/x9gDcvk0yP
— alain servais (@aservais1) June 20, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/20/2023 - 10:35am

Guess it's all tilted playing field, just who it's tilted for.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 06/20/2023 - 12:51pm

Daft rghtwing conspiracies from influencers with up to 900,000 followers is a kind of shared delusions mass movement i don't see near the equivalent on the left.

Somehow Joe pulled strings with whatever gov depts to use the imploded submarine to distract from Hunter - and they think Hunter's the one on crack? Maybe they don't actually believe it, but then that level of manufactured hyperventilating outrage is even worse.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/hunter-biden-titanic-submersible-implosion

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/26/2023 - 10:16am

Then there's clits & tits for tots, sure, but that's not a conspiracy - it's an idiocy, and I'm not sure it's got those 100K+ numbers
(1) Savanah Hernandez on Twitter: "NYC- Hundreds of naked adults are dancing in front of children at the New York City Dyke march. The floaties that many of the children were playing on are supposed to be “clitorises” per the women who brought them: https://t.co/auBiRsL3hE" / Twitter
[tweet may be deleted by now - guess too much for adults, not for kids apparently - why can't people just fetish for themselves? why all this goddamn need for approval no matter how dumb or cringe?]

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/26/2023 - 11:21am

This is a really weird campaign https://t.co/ziZn7YRbAA
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 30, 2023

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/01/2023 - 4:14am

Trump, Crossing Paths With DeSantis, Tries to Outflank Him

At a gathering of right-wing activists, Donald Trump vowed to target federal diversity programs and to use the Justice Department to investigate schools and corporations over supposed racial discrimination.

By Anjali Huynh @NYTimes.com

Reporting from Philadelphia, June 30, 2023

Former President Donald J. Trump moved on Friday to outflank Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida as they wrestled for conservative loyalties at a gathering of right-wing activists in Philadelphia, pushing a shared agenda of forcing the federal government to the right, restricting transgender rights and limiting how race and L.G.B.T.Q. issues are taught.

Speaking hours after Mr. DeSantis’s address, Mr. Trump aimed to one-up his top rival by vowing to target federal diversity programs and to wield the power of the Justice Department against schools and corporations that are supposedly engaged in “unlawful racial discrimination.”

Mr. Trump said that, to “rigorously enforce” the Supreme Court’s ruling a day earlier rejecting affirmative action at the nation’s colleges and universities, he would “eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the entire federal government.”

He added that he would direct the Justice Department “to pursue civil rights claims against any school, corporation, or university that engages in unlawful racial discrimination.”

A representative for Mr. Trump declined to directly answer a question about which races the former president thought were being subjected to discrimination.

Since entering the race just over a month ago, Mr. DeSantis has repeatedly sought to position himself to the right of Mr. Trump, hitting his record on crime, the coronavirus and immigration. Nevertheless, the former president leads Mr. DeSantis by a wide margin in the polls.

The rare convergence of the two leading Republicans on the campaign trail came at a convention of the newest powerhouse in social conservative politics, Moms for Liberty, which began as a small group of far-right suburban mothers but has quickly gained national influence.[....]

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/01/2023 - 6:50am

DeSantis’ strategy of getting to Trump’s right on every issue has fatally undermined the electability argument that was the original centerpiece of his campaign. pic.twitter.com/TkmPrfTF0c
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 4, 2023

His one weird trick for being popular in his first term as governor of Florida was basically the opposite of this — become a conservative hero specifically on the Covid issue but otherwise stay away hard right policymaking.https://t.co/xYlo8YB7om
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 4, 2023

But before he was governor he was a back bench House member with a very very very conservative voting record all down the line and after winning re-election he re-embraced that less appealing persona. https://t.co/eRjmnYySNB
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 4, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/05/2023 - 1:22am

Christie calls Trump "undisputed champs" of "grifting" following NYT story on Melania Trump getting $155,000 from Trump super PAC. https://t.co/FWvxSDinG5
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 14, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 10:00pm

Christie has the chance to be the attack dog that makes a difference, draws blood, makes MAGAhats consider where they are. Not sure where it all leaves him & Liz Cheney, but am seriously glad for their efforts.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/14/2023 - 3:59pm

Espec.because he helped with Trump's campaign up close and personal, i.e. debate prep. He knew how stupid Trump could be but put up with it for the party. Well he just can't take it no more.

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/14/2023 - 9:39pm

Iowa senator says Trump went too far attacking @IAGovernor, pulls endorsement in favor of @RonDeSantis. https://t.co/pSNVdawZku via @katie_akin #iacaucus
— Mike Trautmann (@DMRPoliticsCzar) July 13, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 10:04pm

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin — once seemingly poised to play a big role backing DeSantis — has privately told people close to him that he's growing impatient with waiting for DeSantis to show progress as a candidate, sources tell @ABC Newshttps://t.co/KZxuthgnbU
— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) July 13, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 10:06pm

MTG vs. Lindsey Graham, July 7

This is madness.

Everyone in Washington should be urging peace and stopping the war in Ukraine.

Not bringing us to the brink of World War 3.

The Ukraine war is destabilizing Europe and changing the world’s economies.

America doesn’t support this. https://t.co/GttcwEsvb4
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) July 7, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/13/2023 - 10:52pm

While elected Democrats are increasingly split over US support for Israel, Republicans politicians show no such divide: DeSantis, Haley and Pence Attack Democrats in Speeches Supporting Israel https://t.co/U0VUXOiHIy
— Shibley Telhami (@ShibleyTelhami) July 18, 2023

"In Congress, Democrats’ Rift Over Israel Flares on Eve of Herzog Visit" by Karoun Demirjian via NYT https://t.co/EaNoll7i0s
— Bernie Audet (@BernieAudetPA) July 18, 2023

#Biden Invites #Netanyahu to #US, Easing Tensionshttps://t.co/PG3Cd4Vd9s
— Ahmed Quraishi (@_AhmedQuraishi) July 17, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 12:35am

Al Jazeera provides some well-written balance (some Jews including Israelis oppose Israeli whitewashing and lack of progress on Palestine as well)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/17/as-herzog-visits-us-advocates-u...

And how the whitewashing carries over into Israeli museums:

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/15/how-israel-weaponises-museu...

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 2:32am

It's hard to discuss the West Bank when you can't say the West Bank is "occupied" without being seen as "anti-Semitic".

75 years. She views all of Israel as "occupied territory." It's not about Netanyahu or Israeli policy in Jenin. It's the existence of a Jewish state. https://t.co/6i4fN9MMtv
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) July 16, 2023

US finds new Israeli settlements troublesome:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66027025

How Israel sees/justifies its 450k settlers living in 132 of what what Israelis contend are "legal" settlements (tho not necessarily "permanent" - ha ha?

https://israelpolicyforum.org/west-bank-settlements-explained/

https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/89215

The Israeli separation wall that protects the settlements and their network of roads divided the West Bank into three major Palestinian population blocs: the north, which includes Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkarm; the center, which includes Ramallah and Al-Bireh; and the south, which includes Hebron and Bethlehem. These three blocks are, in turn, divided into six cantons that comprise some 68 ghettos, all under the control of the Israeli army. These divisions prevent the southern urban contiguity of the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate and the northern contiguity of the Bethlehem governorate. This situation violates Palestinian sovereignty and prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state.

...Israel controls most of the Palestinian surface waters, such as the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, leaving Palestinians with no alternative but to rely on groundwater. However, with about 70 percent of Israeli settlements located on the eastern reservoir basin in the West Bank, and 45 percent of all settlements located on areas sensitive to the recharge of the aquifer basin in the West Bank, Israeli settlements have seized most Palestinian groundwater. Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem now number upwards of 750,000 people. In the West Bank alone, there are at least 500,000 settlers1who consume about 32 percent of groundwater, while the 3.7 million Palestinians who share these resources can access only 18 percent.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 3:39am

Bidenomics is so successful that Congressional Republicans are taking credit for its results. pic.twitter.com/Bwk3f3kgaV
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 13, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/19/2023 - 2:36am

SPACES: @VivekGRamaswamy defends "merit-based legal immigration" against what he describes as a current of anti-legal immigration sentiment among Republicans.

Strong agreement from legal immigrant Elon Musk.https://t.co/x2P5Kuqu8K
— Nathan Worcester (@nnworcester) July 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/28/2023 - 6:02pm

Vivek Ramaswamy opposes aid to Ukraine and suggests restarting Nord Stream 1 & 2 to tie Western Europe's economy to Russia's again.https://t.co/lhuoAXyakp
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 28, 2023

Vivek announced on Twitter Space he wants America to enter into Obama’s TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)

Said Trump got it wrong by pulling out

Translation: He wants to outsource more middle class jobs to Asia
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 28, 2023

Gender dysphoria is a mental health condition. Affirming a kid’s confusion isn’t compassion. It’s cruelty. I met @ChoooCole in person a few months ago & her courage is contagious. pic.twitter.com/3i9mQotYJO
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) July 27, 2023

Listening to the Elon Musk / Vivek Ramaswamy discussion right now I’m ready to go out in a limb and say that the best chance the GOP has is nominating him over Trump.

I disagree with a decent amount of his policy proposals but the guy is intelligent, young, and well spoken. He… pic.twitter.com/epq0CoHDVZ
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) July 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/28/2023 - 6:08pm

Sincerely don’t understand what’s going on with the GOP donor class — Plan A is a short guy with a squeaky voice and Plan B is a “confirmed bachelor”?

Watch a TV show or a movie! Get someone who fits the role!!
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/28/2023 - 6:10pm

A very common failing of white conservatives is refusing to listen seriously to what Black Republicans are telling them about race. https://t.co/lPXuAMcc93
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 27, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/28/2023 - 6:26pm

Strong questioning by @megynkelly who is absolutely right here. https://t.co/QKE8CkRKWz
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) July 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/29/2023 - 4:14am

If only she pushed harder more often. Even here she could've been clearer.

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/29/2023 - 8:44am

Meet Jen. A mom, a wife, and regular American who could care less about politics. She doesn’t have a Twitter account, and she’d pick ‘Real Housewives’ reruns over cable news any day.

Politics? Not her thing. But she knows what she likes and knows what she doesn’t like. She… pic.twitter.com/TQUySc0h6G
— Free (@KaladinFree) July 28, 2023

Free @KaladinFree self-describes as Christian, conservative, husband, father. Independent former Republican, pictures himself as a black male with glasses, has almost 12K followers, and promotes Gavin Mario Wax and DeSantis 2024 on his home page

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/29/2023 - 6:08pm

I'm entering the race for President.https://t.co/OEHCSYOdvK pic.twitter.com/RyxW4sKMSW
— Hirsh Vardhan Singh (@HirshSingh) July 27, 2023

Republican Presidential Candidate #PureBlood #ForThePeople #RepublicansWin #SinghMeansLion

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/29/2023 - 6:31pm

Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney: " “I am working hard to make sure that someone else is the nominee. I think he’s the Republican who is most likely to lose in a general election, of all our leading candidates."https://t.co/QE9fxJDx0k via @nbcnews
— Peter Nicholas (@Petereporter) July 30, 2023

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/30/2023 - 1:49pm

DeSantis unveils economic plan, aim to ease process for discharging student loans through bankruptcy

It is currently possible to get student loans discharged through bankruptcy, according to the Department of Education’s website, but the process has proven to be difficult.

@ Politico.com, July 31

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a new economic plan Monday as part of his 2024 presidential bid that includes a goal of easing the path for student loans to be discharged through bankruptcy.

DeSantis’ “declaration of economic independence” includes 10 pillars that he says will “reverse the decline of our nation’s struggling economy and fight for the middle class.” [....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/01/2023 - 4:01am

NOW: Former VP Mike Pence officially breaks with Trump and accuses him of putting himself ahead of the Constitution pic.twitter.com/LBevyVDdXy
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 1, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 08/01/2023 - 11:43pm

I think folks are missing some vital points here:

1. Most of the GOP power brokers don’t want Trump anywhere near the nomination, much less the Presidency.

2. He won’t lose his base, but these indictments are going to cost him votes from the GOP and independents.
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) August 5, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/04/2023 - 9:48pm

[Where is the GOP headed?] Presidential candidate Ramaswamy vows to pardon Trump if elected

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