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wdmso 10-06-2022 08:19 PM

Hunter
 
Hunter Biden could be charged with tax crimes

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63166809

As he should be if he committed a crime just like Donald

scottw 10-07-2022 05:46 AM

^^^trump derangement :kewl:

Jim in CT 10-07-2022 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdmso (Post 1233468)
Hunter Biden could be charged with tax crimes

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63166809

As he should be if he committed a crime just like Donald

how can that be? we were told it was russian disinformation?

either (1) the left, big tech, and the media all lied. Or (2) bidens DOJ takes its direction from russian disinformation. there isn’t a third choice. so which is it?

scottw 10-07-2022 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233473)

how can that be? we were told it was russian disinformation?

200 former top level experts in something insisted:bl:

wdmso 10-07-2022 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233473)
how can that be? we were told it was russian disinformation?

either (1) the left, big tech, and the media all lied. Or (2) bidens DOJ takes its direction from russian disinformation. there isn’t a third choice. so which is it?

Who said these maybe crimes are because of the laptop

Was that in the leak?

I still think a judge will throw it out before it gets to trial. If he’s even charged

If anything came off the laptop as the bases for the charge

What’s funny is you guys think you’re vindicated because they say he lied on a form to get a gun in 2018 Oh the horror! what’s that a $50 fine and owed taxes but everyone already knew that.

So with a nutshell your whole laptop story is still a bust

Yeah trumps misdeeds and potential crimes make Hunter look like a Boy Scout But will defend Trump to the end that he’s persecuted by the deep state


Question is Hunter an elected official does he have an official position in the government or is he a private citizen clearly Republicans don’t care that he’s a private citizen

where is the smoking gun that ties his father to China and Ukraine and all the other nonsense you guys have been spewing since the laptop story came out?




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Got Stripers 10-07-2022 03:09 PM

Jim needs his but but Hunter win and snarky boy is just waiting for the next post he can show us his sharp wit; well in his head maybe. Yet Trumps circle of supporters, partners in crimes and family employees continue to be charged with crimes. The DOJ still believes Trump is still holding classified documents he doesn’t own (crime) and continues to lie about having them (crime) and the Trump endorsed politicians are suggesting a civil war is coming. Hunter is the real risk to America right:rotf3:

PaulS 10-07-2022 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wdmso (Post 1233502)
where is the smoking gun that ties his father to China and Ukraine and all the other nonsense you guys have been spewing since the laptop story came out?


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I thought the whole thing about the laptop was it was going to show Pres Biden was getting $?

Jim in CT 10-07-2022 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdmso (Post 1233502)
Who said these maybe crimes are because of the laptop

Was that in the leak?

I still think a judge will throw it out before it gets to trial. If he’s even charged

If anything came off the laptop as the bases for the charge

What’s funny is you guys think you’re vindicated because they say he lied on a form to get a gun in 2018 Oh the horror! what’s that a $50 fine and owed taxes but everyone already knew that.

So with a nutshell your whole laptop story is still a bust

Yeah trumps misdeeds and potential crimes make Hunter look like a Boy Scout But will defend Trump to the end that he’s persecuted by the deep state


Question is Hunter an elected official does he have an official position in the government or is he a private citizen clearly Republicans don’t care that he’s a private citizen

where is the smoking gun that ties his father to China and Ukraine and all the other nonsense you guys have been spewing since the laptop story came out?




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why do you think a judge throws it out? i’m very curious what you base that on?

Jim in CT 10-07-2022 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1233503)
Jim needs his but but Hunter win and snarky boy is just waiting for the next post he can show us his sharp wit; well in his head maybe. Yet Trumps circle of supporters, partners in crimes and family employees continue to be charged with crimes. The DOJ still believes Trump is still holding classified documents he doesn’t own (crime) and continues to lie about having them (crime) and the Trump endorsed politicians are suggesting a civil war is coming. Hunter is the real risk to America right:rotf3:


but trump!!

i don’t need anything. you’re way more obsessed with teump
then i am with biden. bidens time is
about up

wdmso 10-07-2022 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233506)
why do you think a judge throws it out? i’m very curious what you base that on?

I have mentioned it before it’s called Chain of custody . Or basically it’s a contaminated crime scene

Not because Not honest Rudy claim theirs stuffs on it


https://securitycurrent.com/hunter-b...na-vs-warrant/

Good read on the laptop


And let be honest they were investigating hunters business dealings before the laptop stories started in December 2019,

Investigation into Hunter Biden's "tax affairs" began in 2018

And the gun form you don’t need a laptop to prove that. Which is pretty trivial

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...fear-not-feds/


If you lied to buy a firearm, fear not the feds.
Your chances of being prosecuted by the Justice Department for falsifying information to illegally buy a gun are almost zero.
Reviews by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in fiscal 2017 led to 112,000 gun-purchase denials because people were in forbidden categories, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigated 12,700 of those cases.
How many of the investigated cases resulted in prosecutions?
Twelve.
That’s 0.09 percent of the cases ATF investigated.

Biden answered “no” in response to the question “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?” as part of the background check.

Agin let’s be honest 50% if all gun owners lied like hunter did !

let’s prosecute them all
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Got Stripers 10-07-2022 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233507)
but trump!!

i don’t need anything. you’re way more obsessed with teump
then i am with biden. bidens time is
about up

Really Jim, are you not up to speed on how Trump continues to drive the Republican Party into what my father and our extended family (all republicans) couldn’t even recognize today. I can’t believe you don’t understand why we are still concerned about Trump and his influence, even as he and those around him are in legal jeopardy. I hope Row and women voters snap the party back to reality in November, or we are domed to see idiots like Hershel Walker elected to run our country.

Jim in CT 10-07-2022 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1233513)
Really Jim, are you not up to speed on how Trump continues to drive the Republican Party into what my father and our extended family (all republicans) couldn’t even recognize today. I can’t believe you don’t understand why we are still concerned about Trump and his influence, even as he and those around him are in legal jeopardy. I hope Row and women voters snap the party back to reality in November, or we are domed to see idiots like Hershel Walker elected to run our country.

gimme a break. america liked Trumps policies, they were popular, effective, and he did things for both sides ( tax cuts, criminal
justice reform).

Your side says it’s fine if i share a public restroom with little
girls and fine if i compete physically with girls and says that men can get pregnant and that cops are the enemy. Which side is unrecognizable, exactly?

Bill Clinton was a democrat president who slashed capital gains taxes and paid for it by kicking millions of deadbeats off of welfare. Is that something that today’s democrat party would embrace? Today that’s what a conservative republican says.

The only way todays GOP is unrecognizable to what it was 15 years ago, is how well we’re polling with hispanics.

Pete F. 10-07-2022 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233517)
gimme a break. america liked Trumps policies, they were popular, effective, and he did things for both sides ( tax cuts, criminal
justice reform).

Your side says it’s fine if i share a public restroom with little
girls and fine if i compete physically with girls and says that men can get pregnant and that cops are the enemy. Which side is unrecognizable, exactly?

Bill Clinton was a democrat president who slashed capital gains taxes and paid for it by kicking millions of deadbeats off of welfare. Is that something that today’s democrat party would embrace? Today that’s what a conservative republican says.

The only way todays GOP is unrecognizable to what it was 15 years ago, is how well we’re polling with hispanics.

The Democrats want to do what you claim as much as your side wants to make abortion a felony with no exceptions, eliminate gay marriage, permit child marriage, eliminate Social Security, Medicare and the federal department of education and make it so all states are equally as unsafe as Republican ones:
States with the highest murder rate:

Mississippi - 20.50 per 100k
Louisiana - 19.90 per 100k
Alabama - 14.20 per 100k
Missouri - 14 per 100k
Arkansas - 13 per 100k
South Carolina - 12.70 per 100k
Tennessee - 11.50 per 100k
Maryland - 11.40 per 100k
Illinois - 11.20 per 100k
It's not just Chicago, Stupid.

As far as the Republican Party being unrecognizable…….

In 2011, just 36% of Republicans said a politician who committed an immoral act could still fulfill their duties.

With Trump on the 2016 ballot, that shot up to 70%.

In 2020: 71%.

The exact situational ethics and moral relativism they claim makes liberals immoral. Their hypocrisy is revolting.
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scottw 10-08-2022 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1233513)

I hope Row and women voters snap the party back to reality in November, or we are domed to see idiots like Hershel Walker elected to run our country.

classic....dim wit, what's that?...like a 5 watt bulb?

scottw 10-08-2022 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulS (Post 1233505)
I thought the whole thing about the laptop was it was going to show Pres Biden was getting $?

that's "the Big Guy"...get it straight

Got Stripers 10-08-2022 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233517)
gimme a break. america liked Trumps policies, they were popular, effective, and he did things for both sides ( tax cuts, criminal
justice reform).

Your side says it’s fine if i share a public restroom with little
girls and fine if i compete physically with girls and says that men can get pregnant and that cops are the enemy. Which side is unrecognizable, exactly?

Bill Clinton was a democrat president who slashed capital gains taxes and paid for it by kicking millions of deadbeats off of welfare. Is that something that today’s democrat party would embrace? Today that’s what a conservative republican says.

The only way todays GOP is unrecognizable to what it was 15 years ago, is how well we’re polling with hispanics.

I guess he should have won in a landslide Jim, oh wait he did right, I’m pretty sure America didn’t want more of the same.

Jim in CT 10-08-2022 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1233513)
Really Jim, are you not up to speed on how Trump continues to drive the Republican Party into what my father and our extended family (all republicans) couldn’t even recognize today. I can’t believe you don’t understand why we are still concerned about Trump and his influence, even as he and those around him are in legal jeopardy. I hope Row and women voters snap the party back to reality in November, or we are domed to see idiots like Hershel Walker elected to run our country.

do you even know what the Roe ruling does einstein? it doesn’t make abortions illegal, it allows states to decide ( which is constitutionally where it belongs). Once there, abortion will only be prohibited in states where a majority of citizens want it to be prohibited. That’s called “democracy”.

Walker is the only dummy huh? none on the left? AOC, Hank Johnson ( i’m afraid Guam is gonna tip over), Maxine Waters, eric swalwell sleeps with a chinese soy, Joe Biden lately, how many more examples? plenty of idiots on both sides.

Got Stripers 10-08-2022 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by scottw (Post 1233521)
classic....dim wit, what's that?...like a 5 watt bulb?

I pop in to poke fun at the stupidity I see in this forum, if autofill gets ahead of me I could care less, unless you need help getting the meaning. Keep up the most important job of your life, correcting spelling errors on a site frequented by four people must really make your parents proud.

Jim in CT 10-08-2022 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1233525)
I guess he should have won in a landslide Jim, oh wait he did right, I’m pretty sure America didn’t want more of the same.

no, he lost resoundingly because he was such a jerk. americans liked his policies, they despised the man. I can i understand both of those sentiments.

If you deny his policies were popular, please
explain why the gallup poll showed an all time record number of americans said they were better of after 4 years of trump, more than any other president whod ever been polled?

i’m reacting to facts. you can only react to your ideology. americans liked trump’s policies,,but they disliked trump as a person, more.

Which suggests that someone who’d govern like trump, without being a world class jerk, could be very popular. which is why your side is terrified of Desantis. Trumps populist, effective policies without the attitude of an 8 year old applied brat.

Got Stripers 10-08-2022 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233526)
do you even know what the Roe ruling does einstein? it doesn’t make abortions illegal, it allows states to decide ( which is constitutionally where it belongs). Once there, abortion will only be prohibited in states where a majority of citizens want it to be prohibited. That’s called “democracy”.

Walker is the only dummy huh? none on the left? AOC, Hank Johnson ( i’m afraid Guam is gonna tip over), Maxine Waters, eric swalwell sleeps with a chinese soy, Joe Biden lately, how many more examples? plenty of idiots on both sides.

I know exactly what it does, I also know several lied stating they would go there before appointment and your party already knows what that decision will do. If you don’t think women are voting with that decision in there (get it Scott) mines (double fun Scott), than you fooling yourself.

Got Stripers 10-08-2022 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233528)
no, he lost resoundingly because he was such a jerk. americans liked his policies, they despised the man. I can i understand both of those sentiments.

If you deny his policies were popular, please
explain why the gallup poll showed an all time record number of americans said they were better of after 4 years of trump, more than any other president whod ever been polled?

i’m reacting to facts. you can only react to your ideology. americans liked trump’s policies,,but they disliked trump as a person, more.

Which suggests that someone who’d govern like trump, without being a world class jerk, could be very popular. which is why your side is terrified of Desantis. Trumps populist, effective policies without the attitude of an 8 year old applied brat.

Jim you crack me up. You think we aren’t laughing reading you generalize that Americans loved his policies, we know which Americans you really are referring to.

Jim in CT 10-08-2022 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1233525)
I guess he should have won in a landslide Jim, oh wait he did right, I’m pretty sure America didn’t want more of the same.

if americans don’t want more of the same, why is trump polling well against biden in a theoretical 2024 rematch?

i’m not sure america wants trump back ( even i do not), but they want his sane policies back…cheap gas, no inflation, lower crime, less insanity at the border ( though i give trump an f for not building the wall like he promised), less gender weirdness shoved in our faces.

what % of americans would say they’re better ifff today, than on Trumps last day in office? for sure, not all
of that is bidens fault. But it’s all his problem.

Pete F. 10-08-2022 08:11 AM

Trump will be all set to run with Marjorie Greene: “I’m not a racist. I don’t care if you’re black, Asian or normal.”

All the normal people will vote for him…..
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scottw 10-08-2022 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1233527)

I pop in to poke fun at the stupidity I see in this forum

.

yes...you've repeated this often...which I guess makes you better than everyone else

scottw 10-08-2022 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1233533)

Marjorie Greene: “I’m not a racist. I don’t care if you’re black, Asian or normal.”


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did she really say that?...just curious

Jim in CT 10-08-2022 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1233533)
Trump will be all set to run with Marjorie Greene: “I’m not a racist. I don’t care if you’re black, Asian or normal.”

All the normal people will vote for him…..
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Biden: poor children are just a smart as white children.

But that’s ok.

Pete F. 10-09-2022 06:39 AM

Breaking News: Hunter Biden has decided to change his name to Hershel Walker, so Republicans will forget his past.
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The Dad Fisherman 10-09-2022 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottw (Post 1233535)
did she really say that?...just curious

I’m sure that’s what Pete heard.
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Jim in CT 10-09-2022 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1233533)
Trump will be all set to run with Marjorie Greene: “I’m not a racist. I don’t care if you’re black, Asian or normal.”

All the normal people will vote for him…..
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can you source that quote please??

scottw 10-09-2022 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233581)
can you source that quote please??

it honestly sounds more like a brandon quote....

Jim in CT 10-09-2022 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottw (Post 1233582)
it honestly sounds more like a brandon quote....

brandon DID say poor kids are just as smart as white kids. and that was fine.

I googled what pete claims she said, didn’t see anything. As TDF said, i think he’s just literally making it up as he goes along now.

wdmso 10-09-2022 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233584)
brandon DID say poor kids are just as smart as white kids. and that was fine.

I googled what pete claims she said, didn’t see anything. As TDF said, i think he’s just literally making it up as he goes along now.


Your amazing you claim someone (possibly) tried to run over his wife

Even with police stating They found no evidence that Warnock ran over his estranged wife’s foot with his car

But your so honest and truthful . You suggest hes a lunatic based on a lie?



So, the truth is, Walker did hold a gun to his wife’s head several times (and a knife to her throat) and tried to choke her. But it was over 15 years ago,

Yet you don’t call him a lunatic ?

Then demand a source for what’s clearly sarcasm or hyperbole about Greene

You have odd choices In the conservative you go to bat for .

FYI
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Jim in CT 10-09-2022 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdmso (Post 1233592)
Your amazing you claim someone (possibly) tried to run over his wife

Even with police stating They found no evidence that Warnock ran over his estranged wife’s foot with his car

But your so honest and truthful . You suggest hes a lunatic based on a lie?



So, the truth is, Walker did hold a gun to his wife’s head several times (and a knife to her throat) and tried to choke her. But it was over 15 years ago,

Yet you don’t call him a lunatic ?

Then demand a source for what’s clearly sarcasm or hyperbole about Greene

You have odd choices In the conservative you go to bat for .

FYI
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f walker did. in fact do that, why isn’t he in prison?

sarcasm or hyperbole about greene? the lunatic put it in quotes. but it’s ok when democrats make stuff up. you do it because you know the truth doesn’t serve your narrative.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is an absolute nut job, that’s not good enough for pete,,his deranged obsession compels him to make stuff up out of thin air. You can’t bring yourself to call him on it, and when i do, guy say the flaw is mine

makes sense. stick with that.

scottw 10-10-2022 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim in CT (Post 1233597)

sarcasm or hyperbole about greene? the lunatic put it in quotes.

he doesn't know what quotes are ;)

Pete F. 10-10-2022 07:01 AM

The worst part about this quote is that you truly can't tell if it's satire without researching.
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Pete F. 10-10-2022 07:18 AM

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on her claim at the Trump rally that “Democrats are killing Republicans, and it’s the most dangerous thing in this country.”
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scottw 10-10-2022 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1233602)
The worst part about this quote is that you truly can't tell if it's satire without researching.
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this is because nobody knows who she is.....

PaulS 10-10-2022 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by scottw (Post 1233609)
this is because nobody knows who she is.....

If you would spend 1/2 reading articles instead of being a snarky troll you might learn something:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marjorie Taylor Greene took her seat directly behind Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, a proximity to power for the firebrand congresswoman that did not go unnoticed, as he unveiled the House GOP's midterm election agenda in Pennsylvania.

Days later, she appeared on stage warming up the crowd for Donald Trump, when the former president rallied voters in Michigan to cast ballots for Republicans, including for control of Congress.

Once shunned as a political pariah for her extremist rhetoric, the Georgia congresswoman who spent her first term in the House stripped of institutional power by Democrats is being celebrated by Republicans and welcomed into the GOP fold. If Republicans win the House majority in the November election, Greene is poised to become an influential player shaping the GOP agenda, an agitator with clout.

“No. 1, we need to impeach Joe Biden. No. 2, We need to impeach Secretary Mayorkas. And No. 3, we should impeach Merrick Garland,” Greene told The Associated Press outside the U.S. Capitol. Alejandro Mayorkas is the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Garland the attorney general.

Scolding the media for having been “wrong about me" from the start, she said those who know better “take me very seriously.”

“I’m going to be a strong legislator and I’ll be a very involved member of Congress,” she predicted. “I know how to work inside, and I know how to work outside. And I’m looking forward to doing that.”

This is the outlook for the Republican Party in the Trump era, the normalizing of once fringe figures into the highest ranks of political power. It’s a sign of the GOP’s rightward drift that Greene’s association with extremists and nationalists, violent rhetoric and remarks about Jewish people have found a home in elected office. Her ascent brings into focus the challenge ahead for McCarthy, whose GOP ranks are filling with far-right political stars with the potential to play an oversized role in setting the policies, priorities and tone of the new Congress.

“I’ve said for a long time there’s a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party,” said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, at a briefing ahead of the midterm elections.

When the congresswoman says outlandish things — as she did at the Trump rally earlier this month claiming "Democrats want Republicans dead, and they've already started the killings" — few Republican leaders dare a public or private rebuke of such incendiary language. In this case, she was exaggerating two local incidents involving politics, one that ended tragically in a fatality.

Greene’s political currency stretches beyond her massive social media following and her ability to rake in sizable sums from donors. Her proximity to Trump makes her a force that cannot be ignored by what's left of her mainstream GOP colleagues.

McCarthy’s allowance for Greene to sit front and center with leadership for the campaign rollout was not by accident but design. The Republican lawmakers in attendance celebrated her presence, calling it a sign of the GOP’s “big tent” that welcomes all comers. But Greene's arrival also signaled a stark normalizing of the most extreme elements in the Republican Party.

Longtime political strategist Rick Wilson, a former Republican who left the party in the Trump era, calls Greene’s brand of politics “government by trolling” that marks a dangerous new era for the GOP and will make it difficult to govern. McCarthy is in line to become House speaker if Republicans regain the majority.

Jim in CT 10-10-2022 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1233602)
The worst part about this quote is that you truly can't tell if it's satire without researching.
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the worst part is that you got caught lying red handed, humiliated. She’s a lunatic pete, i agree with you. you don’t need to lie about her, the truth will suffice.

Jim in CT 10-10-2022 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulS (Post 1233620)
If you would spend 1/2 reading articles instead of being a snarky troll you might learn something:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marjorie Taylor Greene took her seat directly behind Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, a proximity to power for the firebrand congresswoman that did not go unnoticed, as he unveiled the House GOP's midterm election agenda in Pennsylvania.

Days later, she appeared on stage warming up the crowd for Donald Trump, when the former president rallied voters in Michigan to cast ballots for Republicans, including for control of Congress.

Once shunned as a political pariah for her extremist rhetoric, the Georgia congresswoman who spent her first term in the House stripped of institutional power by Democrats is being celebrated by Republicans and welcomed into the GOP fold. If Republicans win the House majority in the November election, Greene is poised to become an influential player shaping the GOP agenda, an agitator with clout.

“No. 1, we need to impeach Joe Biden. No. 2, We need to impeach Secretary Mayorkas. And No. 3, we should impeach Merrick Garland,” Greene told The Associated Press outside the U.S. Capitol. Alejandro Mayorkas is the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Garland the attorney general.

Scolding the media for having been “wrong about me" from the start, she said those who know better “take me very seriously.”

“I’m going to be a strong legislator and I’ll be a very involved member of Congress,” she predicted. “I know how to work inside, and I know how to work outside. And I’m looking forward to doing that.”

This is the outlook for the Republican Party in the Trump era, the normalizing of once fringe figures into the highest ranks of political power. It’s a sign of the GOP’s rightward drift that Greene’s association with extremists and nationalists, violent rhetoric and remarks about Jewish people have found a home in elected office. Her ascent brings into focus the challenge ahead for McCarthy, whose GOP ranks are filling with far-right political stars with the potential to play an oversized role in setting the policies, priorities and tone of the new Congress.

“I’ve said for a long time there’s a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party,” said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, at a briefing ahead of the midterm elections.

When the congresswoman says outlandish things — as she did at the Trump rally earlier this month claiming "Democrats want Republicans dead, and they've already started the killings" — few Republican leaders dare a public or private rebuke of such incendiary language. In this case, she was exaggerating two local incidents involving politics, one that ended tragically in a fatality.

Greene’s political currency stretches beyond her massive social media following and her ability to rake in sizable sums from donors. Her proximity to Trump makes her a force that cannot be ignored by what's left of her mainstream GOP colleagues.

McCarthy’s allowance for Greene to sit front and center with leadership for the campaign rollout was not by accident but design. The Republican lawmakers in attendance celebrated her presence, calling it a sign of the GOP’s “big tent” that welcomes all comers. But Greene's arrival also signaled a stark normalizing of the most extreme elements in the Republican Party.

Longtime political strategist Rick Wilson, a former Republican who left the party in the Trump era, calls Greene’s brand of politics “government by trolling” that marks a dangerous new era for the GOP and will make it difficult to govern. McCarthy is in line to become House speaker if Republicans regain the majority.

if they take the house the gop should absolutely impeach biden. what’s good for the goose…i have. i use for greene but i agree biden and garland should be impeached.


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