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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?



     
    One evening, freshman year, in our historically Black university’s theater-lit auditorium, a student explained why he was a Republican. The occasion was one of the semester’s mandatory civic seminars; the topic was the country’s two-party system. He was joined by other panelists: a couple of undergrads and a couple of faculty members — all of whom had problems with his party of choice.

    The Republican brand isn’t respected in much of Black America, so the audience would be tough, but he gave it the old college try.


    His reasoning seemed sound. The Republican Party was a good fit for him because of its commitment to business and entrepreneurship, he said. By his lights, those things could deliver on the American Dream in a way that government could not — or would not.

    He had proof. Struggling to pay for used textbooks the previous semester, he spent his last few dollars on soap and ladder, bucket and brush. And off he went. Door to door, cleaning windows, earning enough to buy books, and creating a stream of income more helpful than any federal loan refund he’d received.

    A little buzz built in the hall, full of aspiring professionals with entrepreneurial ideas, waiting for the part that was supposed to be objectionable.

    The professor on the other end of the stage, in the gentle manner of an elder, hushed the murmuring with a question: “Congratulations, young man, on that ladder you bought. But would you be here tonight if you didn’t get those federal loans? And what will happen if you fall and break an arm or a leg or something? You might be a conservative, but I doubt you’re a Republican.”


    This obvious distinction felt fresh to the room. The shortcut in contemporary American politics has long been that conservatives are Republicans. To be one is to be the other. Even we freshmen knew that. We also knew that Republicans are mostly White, that they surrendered leadership on civil rights to Democrats, and that the threats they saw to their way of life always seemed to look like us.

    And we knew conservatives in our families, one or two of them Republican on account of religion or tradition or business-mindedness or self-reliance. We could now touch the distinction between philosophy and party.

    A lot of Republicans today have been forced to make the distinction for themselves. Are they Republican because of a belief in small government and fiscal austerity, or because they don’t like certain people who benefit from their tax dollars? Is it because individualism and law and order are fundamental to free societies, or because they’re the things you use to keep those other people in check?

    Whatever the answers, if it’s all principle and no animus, why are 85 percent of GOP voters and 90 percent of its congressional caucus White?

    Even we freshmen back then knew lots of Black folks who held conservative values. Why aren’t they in the “conservative” party?


    In today’s GOP, principled conservatism co-stars with racial grievance. And leadership is increasingly loyal to the people who stormed the Capitol. It has become a cult of personality, too. Led by standard-bearer Donald Trump, who, by proxy, offers the most public approximation of what it means to be a conservative anymore.

    That particular strain of American conservatism — theatrical and intolerant and not caring whether you break a leg — is now dominant in the party and cannot stay out of the spotlight…….

     
    Moving beyond efforts to block expansion of health care for the poor and disabled, Republican governors in 15 states are now rejecting a new, federally funded summer program to give food assistance to hungry children.


    The program is expected to serve 21 million youngsters starting around June, providing $2.5 billion in relief across the country.


    The governors have given varying reasons for refusing to take part, from the price tag to the fact that the final details of the plan have yet to be worked out. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths “when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.”

    Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) said bluntly, “I don’t believe in welfare.”
Republican leaders have been criticized for playing politics with children in need, but they argue it is necessary to revert to pre-pandemic spending levels at a time when the United States is trillions of dollars in debt and lawmakers in Washington are struggling to come to a budget agreement.

    The summer food program was approved as part of a bipartisan budget agreement in 2022.

    “It’s sad,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said, noting that the program has support from other states run by Republicans and Democrats. “There isn’t really a political reason for not doing this. This is unfortunate. I think governors may not have taken the time or made the effort to understand what this program is and what it isn’t.”…….

     
    MT15 said:
    It just couldn’t be clearer. I am glad that Scalise is getting the treatment he needs, but I do wonder if the hypocrisy ever registers in his mind.

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    and doesn't feel the slightest bit bad, remorse or shame for the hypocrisy and will not have a change of heart moving forward
     
    Elise Stefanik is having a moment. If she were a song on the Billboard chart, she’d have a bullet next to her name to show the speed of her trajectory.

    In recent weeks, the New York congresswoman has claimed credit for the demise of two major university presidents (those at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania), after she led the bullying about campus antisemitism during a congressional hearing.

    “Two down,” she gloated on X, formerly Twitter, after Harvard’s Claudine Gay stepped down.


    Last weekend, Stefanik had a star turn on NBC’s Meet the Press, in which she provided one of those quotes that goes ‘round the world for its sheer outrageousness. She echoed Donald Trump’s sympathetic characterization of those who are being prosecuted for storming the US Capitol, in some cases assaulting police officers.

    “I have concerns about the treatment of the January 6 hostages,” she told Kristen Welker.

    And when asked whether she’d like to be Donald Trump’s running mate – and potentially the next vice-president of the United States – Stefanik didn’t exactly turn away in disgust.

    “I’ve said for a year now I’d be honored to serve in the next Trump administration,” was her less-than-coy response.

    The conservative Washington Examiner found all of this a winning formula.

    “Elise Stefanik is running for VP and she’s winning,” read its recent headline. The writer enthused: “She was poised, confident and well-prepared. Most importantly, she didn’t give an inch when defending Trump on any issue.”


    And that quality is what really wins points with the former president, as with every mob boss: vociferous, unquestioning loyalty. Being willing to do what’s necessary.

    Compare Stefanik’s situation to that of former Republican congresswoman: Liz Cheney of Wyoming – not long ago a leading figure in the House of Representatives. In fact, she was the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, succeeded by none other than Stefanik.

    Defeated in her 2022 primary by a Trump-endorsed candidate, Cheney has left politics for now, though she hasn’t ruled out a third-party bid for president this year.…….

    www.theguardian.com

    Elise Stefanik wants to be Trump’s running mate. That’s unfortunate | Margaret Sullivan

    That Stefanik is a rising star – and Liz Cheney a pariah – says everything about Republican politics today
    www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    He’s been the mayor of Dallas for years. What will he do to address crime and homelessness now as a Republican and whatever that answer is why couldn’t he have done it as a Democrat?

    The comments said is he has statewide ambitions and knows he he’s much more likely to win a state election as a republican and that’s what this is really all about
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    The mayor of Dallas is switching parties afterserving in public office for years as a Democrat, making the north Texas city the country’s largest led by a Republican.

    Eric Johnson, a former Democratic Texas state lawmaker, wrote in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Friday that he was switching parties because “too many Democrats insist on virtue signaling,” and argued that Democratic policies have not sufficiently addressed crime and homelessness.

    “Next spring, I will be voting in the Republican primary,” Johnson wrote in a piece with the headline “America’s cities need Republicans, and I’m becoming one.”

    Johnson was elected to the nonpartisan office — meaning candidates don’t run as Democrats or Republicans — in 2019 and reelected in May, but said he will leave the position in 2027 as a member of the GOP

    “American cities need Republicans — and Republicans need American cities,” Johnson wrote.

    He went on to say that he was switching because American cities are “in disarray,” as local Democratic leaders haven’t, in his view, made public safety a priority. He also claimed Democrats spent tax dollars in a way that made homelessness worse while “finding new ways to thumb their noses at Republicans,” rather than focusing on solving problems.

    Johnson called for other mayors to stand up for law and order while reducing taxes……

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    A three-time former Dallas City Council candidate is circulating a petition to oust Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson in response to his switch to the Republican Party last year.

    Davante Peters, a local activist and owner of a Dallas health store, said Tuesday that he has obtained about 1,100 signatures in support of recalling Johnson. Peters told The Texas Tribune that Johnson’s political party affiliation switch and absence at several City Council meetings last year made him doubt the mayor’s commitment to his position.

    Dallas City Secretary Bilierae Johnson confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that Peters filed his petition Friday. Peters said he must obtain over 103,000 signatures from registered voters by March 5 in order for the petition to reach Dallas’ City Council, who can decide whether to hold a mayoral recall election.

    “If we regular people didn’t go to work, we wouldn’t have a job,” Peters said. “I feel like our leadership should be held to that same standard.”

    According to Dallas’ city charter, the petition must be signed by 15% of registered voters eligible to vote in the city’s most recent general election within 60 days in order to move forward. If Peters hits that threshold and the city’s secretary finds that all signatures are valid, the City Council can choose to bring the recall to a vote.

    In Dallas, the mayoral office and all City Council positions are nonpartisan — voters do not see candidates’ party affiliation when they cast ballots. But Johnson’s announcement in September that he was switching to the Republican Party prompted backlash from some voters. The mayor’s move turned Dallas, solidly Democratic, into the country’s largest city with a GOP mayor.

    Kardal Coleman, chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party, started an online petition last year calling for the two-term mayor — a former long-time Democrat — to resign. As of Tuesday, it has over 2,300 signatures.

    Peters said he felt that the online petition was a “symbolic effort.” His recall petition is the first filed with the city’s secretary against a Dallas City Council member since a failed effort to unseat a council member in 2017.

    Johnson’s office did not respond on Tuesday to requests for comment on the petition.

    In September, a KERA News analysis of city records revealed that Johnson has missed over 130 unexcused hours of council meetings, including 13 total meetings — more than any other current Dallas City Council member.............

     
    Another dishonest R sucking up to Trump

     
    I kind of remember this. Glad they got him.

     
    And the flip side: a young man consumed by hate which was at least reinforced by RW media and politicians.

     
    House Rs continue to kiss Trump’s arse.

     

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