Republican In Name, Only

[bodysong]

Republican In Name, Only

MAGA is Republican, in name only.

(I refer to MAGA politicians as Trump Loyalists. I "yoinked" that phrase from a journalist.)

A trend has begun, in Republican dominated states, to replace traditional Conservative
Republicans with MAGA, at the local level.

'We're MAGA -- and we’re here to take over': South Carolina GOP ripped apart
as Trump loyalists purge longtime members

- Tom Boggioni

According to a report from the Daily Beast, there is a coordinated effort in
South Carolina to take over the local Republican precincts by newcomers
whose main allegiance is to former president Donald Trump.

As the Beast's Sam Brodey writes, "Since Trump's defeat and the Jan. 6 attack on the
Capitol, the MAGA faithful around the country have been restless. State-level activists
have led the charge nationally in loudly criticizing and plotting against any Republican
perceived to be an enemy of the Trump movement -
from members of Congress who voted to impeach the ex-president to local officials
seen as being weak or soft when it counted."

According to Pressley Stutts, a local Tea Party leader -
purging the Republicans in Name Only (RINOs) is the focus of the Trump loyalists.

Current chairman of the Greenville County GOP, Nate Leupp told the Beast
"that about 30 percent of the county's precincts were targeted by the outsider
faction on the night of March 22. Their message, he told The Daily Beast,
was clear: 'We are MAGA, and we're here to take over'."

https://www.rawstory.com/gop-is-disarray/

The Purge of Republican Conservatives By MAGA

The Daily Beast ✓
Twitter › thedailybeast

Since Trump’s defeat and the attack on the Capitol, the MAGA faithful
around the country have been restless. State-level activists have led the
charge nationally in criticizing and plotting against anyone perceived
to be an enemy of the Trump movement.

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[bodysong]

bodysong comment-
The same Astro-Turf Tea Party that sneaked in as sheep, in 2010
are the same wolves, returned in 2021 to rip the GOP apart.

The sad part, is the local level Republican politicians that put a great effort
into getting Trump elected, and re-elected, are now being replaced by MAGA
maggots that are Rep. Matt Gaetz - level, entitled, uncaring, corrupt, and selfish.

/end bodysong comment

'A Whole Bunch of Crazy' Inside the South Carolina GOP's MAGA coup'

Local Tea Party leader Pressley Stutts said Trump's instructions to the faithful
were clear: “'Go purge, get rid of the RINOs in the Republican Party"


The Daily Beast

‘A Whole Bunch of Crazy’: Inside the South Carolina GOP’s MAGA Coup

What happened in Smith’s precinct was no one-off oddity; that night, longtime party
activists were similarly ejected from their positions at meetings across Greenville
County after hundreds of new faces showed up, seemingly out of the woodwork.

The GOP loyalists did not know them, but the newcomers seemed to know the process,
and they took advantage of it to jettison longtime officials.

State-level activists have led the charge nationally in loudly criticizing and plotting
against any Republican perceived to be an enemy of the Trump movement, from
members of Congress who voted to impeach the ex-president to local officials seen
as being weak or soft when it counted.

The phenomenon is not unique to this pocket of South Carolina, but the fight unspooling
here is a powerful microcosm of the dynamics in a national tug-of-war over the direction
of the Republican Party after Trump’s presidency.

The figure at the vanguard of that latter camp is Pressley Stutts, a local Tea Party leader
who has been a thorn in the side of allegedly establishment “RINOs”—
Republicans in name only—for years.

That rhetoric fomented the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6; Stutts, in fact, was proudly there that day.

Beginning in December, Stutts and his allies have undertaken a sweeping campaign
to train rank-and-file voters—“people who understand President Trump's MAGA
agenda and live by it,” as he wrote on Facebook—on how to wield power in local
party politics.

From the ground up, they’re planning to oust and replace officials all the way to the state party.

“Some people say, Pressley, what have you done?” But Stutts said that Trump’s
instructions to the faithful were clear. “He said, go purge, get rid of the RINOs
in the Republican Party. So we took him seriously.”

 

[bodysong]

Wonkette
Twitter › Wonkette

MAGA A-Holes Purge Almost- Normal Establishment A-Holes
From South Carolina GOP Leadership

(link)

story by @SER1897

2 hours ago

 

[renard_ruse]

There was no "attack" on the Capitol.

And we are America Firsters, not "Trump Loyalists."

This is as much Pat Buchanan's legacy as Donald Trump's.

 

[PaxNurgle]

^You are not even an American, you fucking idiot!!

 

[phrodeau]

That sounds fine. Kick out the experienced and well-connected career politicians, and let amateurs try to win elections.

 

[renard_ruse]

^You are not even an American, you fucking idiot!!

There is no America anymore you idiot.

No border, no country.

 

[CornusKousa]

Nothing like a bunch of smug leftist deciding what is and isn't good for the RW.

 

[Champakian]

"But like President Ronald Reagan and President Donald Trump, I’ve seen firsthand how the Democrat Party has changed – radically, and not for the better. They’ve embraced a socialist, extremist agenda that is not the party of JFK, or of my parents. Their ideas hurt working-class families, restrict freedom and extinguish opportunity for millions of Americans – particularly working-class minorities who deserve the chance to give their families a better life.

...

"There used to be a place in the Democratic Party for conservative voices like mine. Today, that’s no longer the case. Their party demands a senseless devotion to cancel culture, socialism and anti-American values I simply do not share."

John Lee

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/nevada-mayor-leaving-democratic-party-john-lee

 

[Philthy_Phil]

"But like President Ronald Reagan and President Donald Trump, I’ve seen firsthand how the Democrat Party has changed – radically, and not for the better. They’ve embraced a socialist, extremist agenda that is not the party of JFK, or of my parents. Their ideas hurt working-class families, restrict freedom and extinguish opportunity for millions of Americans – particularly working-class minorities who deserve the chance to give their families a better life.

...

"There used to be a place in the Democratic Party for conservative voices like mine. Today, that’s no longer the case. Their party demands a senseless devotion to cancel culture, socialism and anti-American values I simply do not share."

John Lee

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/nevada-mayor-leaving-democratic-party-john-lee

You have trump cum on your chins.

 

[CornusKousa]

You have trump cum on your chins.

Oh look the leftist bellow for having their comrades called out.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

This is a recording..

Put the pipe down, bobo.

 

[CornusKousa]

Put the pipe down, bobo.

What pipe??

I'm not the one who's all triggered over calling (D)'s leftist, because they're leftist.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

What pipe??

I'm not the one who's all triggered over calling (D)'s leftist, because they're leftist.

Nope, you're just triggered constantly. You're also boring and repetitive. Basically you're an idiot.

 

[CornusKousa]

Nope, you're just triggered constantly. You're also boring and repetitive. Basically you're an idiot.

The projection is sadly obvious

 

[bodysong]

Trump Loyalist Lunacy party has chosen an official name -

"America First" caucus.

Proud members of the Lunacy party -

Represenative Marjorie Taylor Greene

NKY Rep. Thomas Massie signs onto Marjorie Taylor Greene's
'Fire Fauci Act.' 'Trump should have fired Dr. Fauci'

Cincinnati Enquirer

3 days ago

Representative Paul Gosar

Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS ✓
Twitter › RepGosar

Today I will sign onto the discharge petition to send the “Born Alive Abortion Survivors
Act” directly to the Floor for a vote. #EndInfanticide Should babies who are born alive
through a botched abortion be provided medical care so that they can survive?

2 days ago

Louie Gohmert ✓
Twitter › replouiegohmert

The Judiciary Cmte scheduled a reparations bill vote this week. If Dems are serious
about reparations, those payments should come from the political party that so
egregiously destroyed black communities by their actions and prejudice.
#CancelDemocrats

(link to Townhall)

4 days ago

Rep. Barry Moore ✓
Twitter › RepBarryMoore

(his twitter feed needs fact checks)


Hard-right Republicans in the House are forming an “America First Caucus”
that promotes nativist policies outlined in materials obtained by Punchbowl
News.

America-First-Caucus-Policy-Platform-FINAL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/16/joe-biden-live-updates/

Embattled GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who is under federal investigation
over allegations involving sex trafficking and prostitution, tweeted Friday,
"I'm proud to join @mtgreenee in the #AmericaFirst Caucus.
We will end wars, stop illegal immigration & promote trade
that is fair to American workers. This is just a hit piece from the
America Last crowd in Big Media, Big Tech & Big Government."

CNN

Rep. Matt Gaetz ✓
Twitter › RepMattGaetz

Democrats are unsurprisingly blocking life-saving legislation
to ensure medical care is provided to babies that have survived
abortions. Today I proudly co-signed @RepKatCammack’s petition
to bring the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act up for a vote.
#EndInfanticide

2 days ago

Patheos/Atheist

Hemant Mehta ✓
Twitter › hemantmehta

Christian Nationalist Preacher: God Will Soon Rescue America from Democrats

2 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

Amy Siskind ✓
Twitter › Amy_Siskind

When they say the quiet part out loud - the white supremacist caucus.
More 'proud' days for the GQP.

(link to The Hill)

2 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

A clue about where some of that campaign cash might have originated from-

The Evangelical Christians were glued to Trump's side.
Big Box Christianity is swimming in cash, and individual Evangelical
citizens send cash to support anti-abortion candidates.

Life for a un-developed fetus, (exceptions made for highly placed Evangelicals)
Death to everyone that voices opposition to White Supremacy.
Gun rights to every White Christian.

Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene established antiabortion credentials -

Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene face furious backlash
for voting against lifesaving bone marrow registry

Boebert joins Greene as only two no votes against bone marrow donor program

April 17, 2021

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was one of only two members of the House of Representatives to vote against legislation reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program, which operates a registry that helps facilitate bone marrow and cord blood transplants to patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other diseases.

The House on Thursday passed H.R. 941, known as the TRANSPLANT Act of 2021, in a near-unanimous 415-2 vote, with only Boebert and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, opposed. Another 12 members, mostly Republicans, didn’t vote on the measure.

Boebert’s office did not respond to Newsline’s request for comment. In a statement to Insider, a spokesperson for Greene claimed that H.R. 941 “opens the door” to research on “aborted fetal tissue.”

A separate provision in the bill directs the National Institutes of Health to
“further the field of regenerative medicine using adult stem cells.”

The bill, however, is unrelated to the issue of federally-funded fetal tissue research,
which was drastically restricted through executive action by former (Presiderp)
Donald Trump in 2019.

http://www.realvail.com/boebert-joi...tes-against-bone-marrow-donor-program/a10406/

A Trump Loyalist figure head for every issue-

Marjorie Taylor Greene has stepped forward as the cheerleader that will
collect money for PAC that campaigns for White Supremacy.

"America First" caucus has sprouted a subtitle-“Anglo-Saxon” caucus

NRA Barbie Doll Sarah Palin aged out of her Pro-Gun Sex Symbol status -
Lauren Boebert stepped into her shoes.

Lauren Boebert ✓
Twitter › laurenboebert

The more Joe Biden says about guns, the more any serious gun owner
understands he knows nothing about them.

1 hour ago

April 12, 2021

(Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) Boebert bouncing back to Mar-A-Lago for yet another fundraiser

Politico’s Alex Issenstadt reported that Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO),
along with fellow QAnon-linked Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) and many
other members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, will join former President
Donald Trump on April 24 for a fundraiser at Mar-A-Lago.

Besides Boebert and Taylor-Greene, other members of Congress featured at the event
are Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC)
Scott Perry (R-PA), and Waren Davidson (R-OH). All eight current members voted in
favor of blocking President Biden’s election win.

Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (who also previously served in the House)
and former Sen. Jim DeMint are also listed.

Tickets to the event start at $2,500 per person, with VIP packages available for double
that price.

http://www.realvail.com/boebert-bouncing-back-to-mar-a-lago-for-yet-another-fundraiser/a10383/

Another $100,000.00 payday for Trump ?

A few Trump supporters- where are they ?

Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Andy Harris (Md.) and Thomas Massie (Ky.)

 

[bodysong]

I had forgotten all about the America First Policy Institute.
Was lunacy queen Rep. Marjorie Greene attempting to wheedle
her way into the mass of Trump Loyalist leeches feeding at the
America First trough ?

UK newspaper The Guardian took a swing at the nasty piñata full of Trump Loyalists -

Trumpism lives on in new thinktank - but critics say it's 'just a grift'

17 April 2021

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) describes itself as both “non-profit” and
“non-partisan”. Critics, however, regard it as a cash cow for alumni of the Trump
administration whose stained reputations make it hard to find gainful employment.

Despite Trump’s campaign promise to “drain the swamp”, the AFPI reportedly has
a first-year budget of $20m, which it hopes to double to $40m next year, and plans
to expand beyond its current headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, to locations that
include a spacious office on Washington’s Capitol Hill.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/17/trump-thinktank-america-first-policy-institute

(Forty fortunate former Trump operatives found a job!)

Trump Allies Work to Craft a Platform Going Beyond Fealty to Him

- Mark Niquette
Bloomberg

April 16, 2021

Former cabinet members and top officials in Donald Trump’s administration,
including economic adviser Larry Kudlow, have launched a new think tank
in an effort to create a policy platform out of the former president’s chaotic
approach to governing.

Unlike former presidents such as Ronald Reagan who came into office and governed
by an established set of policies and world view, Trump didn’t have a coherent political
philosophy and platform that the groups are now trying to create, said Peter Wehner,
a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and Trump critic who served
in three prior Republican administrations.

“They’re trying to construct a policy world after he’s left office to try and explain
after the fact what he stood for on policy,” Wehner said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...016ff4-9e0b-11eb-b2f5-7d2f0182750d_story.html

 

[CornusKousa]

What is the point of this thread? Proving just how Republican the Republicans are??

 

[bodysong]

April 18, 2021 John Boehner speaking on "America First" caucus
during Meet the Press interview

What name gets a mention ? Rep. Steve King

Among those who backed Feenstra was activist Bob Vander Plaats, a GOP political kingmaker in western Iowa who once was one of King’s staunchest allies. In an ad funded by the Priorities for Iowa super PAC, Vander Plaats said King was “no longer effective” in Washington — echoing Feenstra’s central campaign message.

“He can’t deliver for President Trump, and he can’t advance our conservative values,” he said. “Thankfully, Iowa has a better choice.”

King fought back, leveraging his high profile in the district and long record as an archconservative nemesis of immigration and abortion. In a recent Sioux City Journal op-ed, he called the primary race against Feenstra the “epicenter of the battle against the swamp,” labeling his opponents — and Feenstra’s backers — “billionaire coastal RINO-NeverTrumper, globalist, neocon elites.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...fb7da4-a44b-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

The most toxic of racists were guiding Trump's immigration policy.

Steven Miller

Leaked cache of more than 900 emails that Miller allegedly sent to employees at the far-right website Breitbart ahead of the 2016 election appear to show his demonstrated commitment to white-nationalist political beliefs and talking points. Miller “promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories and obsessed over the loss of Confederate symbols,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a left-wing nonprofit organization that obtained the material from former Breitbart reporter Katie McHugh.

The emails illuminate Miller’s fixation on crimes carried out by immigrants and people of color, as well as his eagerness to push narratives sourced from fringe white-supremacist and conspiracy-theory-peddling websites such as VDARE and Infowars. Miller touted story lines that echoed the far-right vision of “white genocide” — the extremist belief that immigration from other parts of the world poses an immediate and existential threat to the racial integrity of European or Caucasian people, a belief that has motivated the shooters behind some far-right terrorist attacks in recent years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/11/25/far-right-agenda-trumps-most-controversial-aide/

April 7, 2021

Former White House senior policy advisor Stephen Miller, who ran (presiderp)
Donald Trump's anti-immigration agenda, has formed a new conservative legal
action group to challenge "leftist" policies.

"America First" Legal

Former Trump White House policy adviser Stephen Miller, known for his hard-line immigration policies and conservative culture war postures, is launching a new legal group. And he’s looking to use it to make Joe Biden’s life miserable.

The group, which will be known as America First Legal, will help organize Republican attorneys general against perceived executive branch abuses in addition to filing lawsuits of its own, according to six people familiar with the planning.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/26/stephen-miller-legal-group-478167

 

[bodysong]

and there, is Stephen Miller on FOX TV

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo and former Trump administration official
Stephen Miller worried over the weekend that Democrats will be in charge
"forever" if voting rights are expanded or protected.

April 18, 2021

https://www.rawstory.com/maria-bartiromo-stephen-miller-voting-rights/

 

[bodysong]

Boehner then suggested that Obama was at fault because immigration reform
was not passed while he was president.

"My second biggest regret during my time as Speaker is not being able to
come to an agreement with President Obama on an immigration reform bill,"
he opined. "Our immigration system is a mess, it's broken, from top to bottom.
And it needs to be fixed so that it's fairer for Americans that are here and fairer
for those that are trying to come here."

"Was it him or was it conservative media?" Todd pushed back, observing
that Boehner had been critical of Fox News's role in undermining his ability
to pass bipartisan legislation.

"So you put the blame on President Obama," Todd pointed out.
"Isn't it [former Fox News chief] Roger Ailes and the radicalization
of what happened on sort of right-wing [television] at night that
torpedoed immigration?"

"No," Bohener disagreed. "Believe me, Chuck, I wanted to get immigration
reform done. President Obama wanted to get it done. But again, every time
we'd get ready to move, the president would go out and give some speech
or he'd losen up some immigration regulation and just kind of set everybody
on fire. And that's not a prescription for getting things accomplished in the
Congress."

https://www.rawstory.com/barack-obama-john-boehner/

bodysong comment- the eyeroll that I produced after reading that article

 

[bodysong]

Mediaite ✓
Twitter › Mediaite

“I would describe it as isolationist,
protectionist, and to a certain extent
nativist.” Former President
George W. Bush doesn't have
high praise for the current state
of the Republican party.

3 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

another Trump Loyalist fairy tale has begun-

Aaron Rupar ✓
Twitter › atrupar

A county Republican Party organization in Minnesota recently hosted a dinner
featuring a keynote speaker who told attendees that George Floyd’s murder
was a hoax

(link to Bemidji Pioneer magazine- Bemidji, Minnesota)

36 minutes ago