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    This election nonsense by Trump may end up splitting up the Republican Party. I just don’t see how the one third (?) who are principled conservatives can stay in the same party with Trump sycophants who are willing to sign onto the TX Supreme Court case.

    We also saw the alt right types chanting “destroy the GOP” in Washington today because they didn’t keep Trump in power. I think the Q types will also hold the same ill will toward the traditional Republican Party. In fact its quite possible that all the voters who are really in a Trump personality cult will also blame the GOP for his loss. It’s only a matter of time IMO before Trump himself gets around to blaming the GOP.

    There is some discussion of this on Twitter. What do you all think?



     
    SFIDC3 said:
    I feel the same way....I also feel the same way about Christianity and Islam.....there are plenty of sane, good folks who practice both religions but they are drowned out by the insane cultish lunatics who have weaponized it for evil......
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    This exactly.
     
    DaveXA said:
    His takes on Ukraine are horrific tho. Can't support someone who doesn't support Ukraine.
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    There is more to it than that. This was at the NBC live updates about Trump's indictment:

    GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pledges to pardon Trump if he's convicted​


    Daniel Arkin
    Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy biotech entrepreneur and investor who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, blasted Trump's indictment as an "affront to every citizen" and vowed to pardon him should he win the 2024 election.

    "It would be much easier for me to win this election if Trump weren’t in the race, but I stand for principles over politics," Ramaswamy said in a statement. "I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country."

    Ramaswamy is the first GOP presidential candidate to comment on Trump's indictment in the classified documents case. He is widely considered a long shot for the nomination.
     
    SamAndreas said:
    There is more to it than that. This was at the NBC live updates about Trump's indictment:

    GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pledges to pardon Trump if he's convicted​


    Daniel Arkin
    Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy biotech entrepreneur and investor who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, blasted Trump's indictment as an "affront to every citizen" and vowed to pardon him should he win the 2024 election.

    "It would be much easier for me to win this election if Trump weren’t in the race, but I stand for principles over politics," Ramaswamy said in a statement. "I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country."

    Ramaswamy is the first GOP presidential candidate to comment on Trump's indictment in the classified documents case. He is widely considered a long shot for the nomination.
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    Yeah, that’s disqualifying, IMO.
     
    SamAndreas said:
    There is more to it than that. This was at the NBC live updates about Trump's indictment:

    GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pledges to pardon Trump if he's convicted​


    Daniel Arkin
    Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy biotech entrepreneur and investor who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, blasted Trump's indictment as an "affront to every citizen" and vowed to pardon him should he win the 2024 election.

    "It would be much easier for me to win this election if Trump weren’t in the race, but I stand for principles over politics," Ramaswamy said in a statement. "I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country."

    Ramaswamy is the first GOP presidential candidate to comment on Trump's indictment in the classified documents case. He is widely considered a long shot for the nomination.
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    Ramaswamy is problematic on a number of issues.
     
    I saw this at NBC as well:

    Trump allies call U.S. a 'banana republic'; no comment yet from McCarthy and McConnell​


    Phil Helsel
    Some Trump defenders levied charges of “banana republic” after news that the former president has been indicted federally, while others said it was a good day for the rule of law.

    Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, and Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. were among those criticizing the news, which Trump himself shared on his social media platform Truth Social.

    “We live in a Banana Republic,” Nehls tweeted.

    Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Fox News predicted that the indictment would lead to Trump’s nomination as the GOP presidential nominee in 2024. She repeated “Banana Republic” on the network.

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., did not immediately comment.

    Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., tweeted "A friendly reminder… no one is above the law. Not even a former President.
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    Well, I have a ready reply for that:

     
    SamAndreas said:
    There is more to it than that. This was at the NBC live updates about Trump's indictment:

    GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pledges to pardon Trump if he's convicted​


    Daniel Arkin
    Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy biotech entrepreneur and investor who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, blasted Trump's indictment as an "affront to every citizen" and vowed to pardon him should he win the 2024 election.

    "It would be much easier for me to win this election if Trump weren’t in the race, but I stand for principles over politics," Ramaswamy said in a statement. "I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country."

    Ramaswamy is the first GOP presidential candidate to comment on Trump's indictment in the classified documents case. He is widely considered a long shot for the nomination.
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    Well fork your (meaning Vivek) principles then.
     
    first time hearing the term Klanned Karenhood for Moms of Liberty

    I like it
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    This recently-named extremist group is threatening our kids' educations. Here's what parents can do.

    Nationwide, the retelling and teaching of history accurately has always been a struggle. But oddly enough, the rise of social media led to informative posts and threads that give insight into the history we sorely missed in school. A good deal of these posts typically reference Black history, a history that is quick to be whitewashed, or eliminated from the books.

    Many of us learned about the Tulsa race massacre, the story of Robert Smalls, the atrocities of King Leopold, Juneteenth, and more, online. From artists to inventors to war veterans, there’s a dearth of history that has been omitted from education. As recent as 2015, a Texas history book referred to enslaved Africans as “workers'' and “immigrants.”

    In recent years, parents have become more involved in the education of children. While on paper, this sounds like a very good thing. Scratch the surface, and it is clear that in many instances, their intervention is actually detrimental. They push their beliefs (not facts or science) into classrooms across the country.

    With Moms for Liberty, their beliefs include, but are not limited to, anti-Blackness, far-right extremism, and anti-education, all under the thinly veiled guise of “parents’ rights.” Dubbed the “Klanned Karenhood” on social media, the group, founded by two Floridian, former school board members in 2021, has spearheaded a culture war to eliminate both Black literature and Black history from classrooms as well as libraries.

    Such actions and disruptions affect the learning capabilities of all children. It deprives them of truth, with the elimination of history, and of integral POVs that will allow for growth and empathy. More than that, it devalues Black students and diminishes their self-worth and self-esteem. It is pointedly saying, “You don't matter.”..........

     
    Two and a half years after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, an estimated 12 million American adults, or 4.4% of the adult population, believe violence is justified to restore Donald Trump to the White House.

    Though the number of adults who believe this has declined since the insurrection, recent survey data from the University of Chicago reveal alarming and dangerous levels of support for political violence and conspiracy theories across the United States.

    The university’s Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) research center has been conducting Dangers to Democracy surveys of American adults on political violence and attitudes towards democracy since shortly after the January 6 attacks.

    In new data from April shared exclusively with the Guardian, researchers found a continued support for violence to achieve various political goals on both sides of the aisle, and a general distrust for democracy.

    The results are particularly alarming as the 2024 election approaches without essential safeguards that some lawmakers say could help prevent another violent attack on US democracy……..

    www.theguardian.com

    12m Americans believe violence is justified to restore Trump to power

    University of Chicago research finds support for violence to achieve political goals and general distrust of democracy
    www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
     
    Bigdaddysaints said:
    do these people really think the Nazi angle helps their cause any?
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    I’m sure most Rs would not support this, but it never seems to dawn on them that what they are saying and doing sure seems to attract these idiots. They’ve come out of the woodwork to support the R party since Trump.
     

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