🇺🇸 Discussion: The REPUBLICAN Party - - - - - Part 20

[InCali]

Excuse me, but I'm having a hard time hearing Trump scream about election interference....

 

[blueharvest]

GOP Senate candidate says slave owners just wanted to 'protect the rights of the minority'

Royce White, who is the Republican candidate in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, is now attempting to rewrite the history of the Civil War by defending slave owners.On the most recent episode of his podcast, White – who is Black — was speaking about the importance of protest in a democracy before...

www.alternet.org

 

[blueharvest]

After the Musk/Trump rally, there’s a better word for Republicans than ‘weird’

Now that the former president and Tesla CEO have teamed up, there’s only one way to describe the American political right in its current form...

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

City of villains: Republicans stoke fears of Democratic-run cities

Messaging about crime and disorder in major US cities is an expression of conservatives’ existential dread of being ruled by urban elites and Black leaders

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

How would that not be illegal?

 

[Morg]

Hurricane guns: DeSantis orders no suspensions, no limits on gun sales during storm

 

[squeekness]

Hurricane guns: DeSantis orders no suspensions, no limits on gun sales during storm

Is he getting a cut of the sales? Geez...

 

[Morg]

Is he getting a cut of the sales? Geez...

wouldn't surprise me the gun lobby gave him a big donation

 

[blueharvest]

As Trump lies (and lies and lies) about FEMA, GOP gets called out on Hurricane Helene ‘hypocrisy’

It's galling, frankly

www.nj.com

 

[blueharvest]

Full list of Republicans who voted against FEMA funding before Helene hit

Congress approved $20 billion for FEMA's disaster relief fund as Hurricane Helene was heading toward Florida.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Teelie]

They then turn around and blame Biden, Harris and democrats for the failure of Republicans to support their states because they want to win political points on a ridiculous anti-immigration stance.

 

[Lily Adler]

Philly Restaurant Bans GOP Candidate After Being Told Campaign Stop Was Autism Event

After GOP Senate candidate Dave McCormick held a campaign event at a restaurant that was told it was an autism awareness event, his campaign was booted from a church fundraiser.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Sithborg]

Also why, while I understand the appeal, misinformation laws are probably a bad idea.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

So many Republican lies.

 

[blueharvest]

Republican in key Senate race claims young women are ‘indoctrinated’ on abortion

Montana GOP candidate Tim Sheehy claimed abortion was ‘all young women want to talk about’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Right Wing Hurricane Lies Are a Preview of Chaos to Come

The Republican misinformation industry kicked into high gear to sow mayhem in the communities hit hardest by Helene. It forecasts a storm of problems to come on Election Day.

newrepublic.com

 

[Morg]

Florida GOP Rep. Who Voted Against FEMA Funding Calls for Aid Before Milton

 

[blueharvest]

Republicans are still haunted by Obamacare. Can Democrats capitalize? | Semafor

'It’s a huge political loser' for Trump's party, as one Democratic senator put it.

www.semafor.com

 

[blueharvest]

Florida GOP Rep. Who Voted Against FEMA Funding Calls for Aid Before Milton

Here's a list of all of the other Republicans that voted against FEMA aid:

Right Before Hurricane, These Republicans Voted AGAINST FEMA Funding

The hypocrisy of Republicans is astounding. Right before Hurricane Helena devastated parts of Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, Congress voted on nearly $20 billion in funding for FE…

dianeravitch.net

 

[squeekness]

Florida GOP Rep. Who Voted Against FEMA Funding Calls for Aid Before Milton

Do these idiots not understand what FEMA actually is?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Teelie]

Do these idiots not understand what FEMA actually is?

Much like Kennedy above, absolutely clueless on reality.