GOP Failure Watch Part VI (Majority in House Edition) The Insurrection Caucus Sh*tshow.

Knave · Oct 29, 2024

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Breaking the rules but this is a great thread and part of why I think the future for the GOP is potential wilderness. Just weird, off-putting, Ron DeSantis kind of rhetoric.

Obviously this is who Trump is and this is what Trumpism is. But there's part of this that isn't widely enough known, tho it's well-known to a lot of reporters. And that is among GOP operatives and staffers under 30 or so the majority, maybe the great majority had their ...
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 28, 2024

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For us non tweeters:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1850707911569277368.html
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This is a good thread. And it relates to something I've been thinking about a lot in recent days. One of the big mistakes that the Democrats have made in recent years is all but conceding young men (especially white young men) to Trump. They aren't speaking to them where they are, and they aren't addressing the real anxieties that are causing their reactionary flight to Trump. Not saying the Democrats could have won this group, but they could have (and should have) done a much better job minimizing their losses with them.

spejic · Oct 30, 2024

Knave said: ↑

This is a good thread. And it relates to something I've been thinking about a lot in recent days. One of the big mistakes that the Democrats have made in recent years is all but conceding young men (especially white young men) to Trump. They aren't speaking to them where they are, and they aren't addressing the real anxieties that are causing their reactionary flight to Trump. Not saying the Democrats could have won this group, but they could have (and should have) done a much better job minimizing their losses with them.
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It's really important because there is a serious national problem with those guys, as they are dropping out of the work force, are turning to drugs, and are disillusioned with the American Way. Trump is using their resentment and won't do anything to help them, but someone has to.

bigredfutbol · Oct 30, 2024

spejic said: ↑

It's really important because there is a serious national problem with those guys, as they are dropping out of the work force, are turning to drugs, and are disillusioned with the American Way. Trump is using their resentment and won't do anything to help them, but someone has to.
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I'm worried this describes my middle nephew, although he's got two things going for him:

1) my sister is a good Mom and they have a genuinely close relationship. That alone might be enough to pull him back from the abyss.
2) he seems genuinely driven by empathy and outrage at how the system fails others as much as himself. At least the last I knew.

And he's apparently back in the job market and even considering working his way back to college (he's the sort of kid who SHOULD go to college, to be clear) so maybe the danger has already passed. But COVID isolated him socially at the worst possible time (late adolescence) and for a while there it looked like the damage was chronic.

dapip · Oct 30, 2024

Nikki Haley chose the only path that would ensure than everyone detested her after this election. Run against Trump, then endorse Trump, then rip Trump, but still support Trump. She receives my 2024 John Bolton award for the achievement of being hated by everyone. pic.twitter.com/OYaneMoDMg
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 30, 2024

dapip · Oct 30, 2024

Dems in disarray!!!!

If you think Laura Loomer is an example of what Republicans should act like, you don’t need my vote.
— 🐊🇺🇸Kate 🇺🇸🐊 (@KateW1970) October 30, 2024

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Nov 5, 2024

This guy has to win the VA farmer vote

Sounders78 · Nov 5, 2024

Cascarino's Pizzeria said: ↑

This guy has to win the VA farmer vote

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I don't know - a hung bull certainly would, but a hung cao? That might make people think he's trans or something.

bigredfutbol · Nov 5, 2024

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This guy has to win the VA farmer vote

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He seems like a throwback to me. 20 years ago he would have been a great GOP candidate here.

ceezmad · Nov 6, 2024

So far I have only seen one house seat flip to the Democrats.

American Brummie · Nov 12, 2024

https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/12/mike-johnson-will-get-a-challenger-in-speaker-election/

Yes.

YES.

Ha, ha, ha,

Yes.

Knave · Nov 12, 2024

American Brummie said: ↑

Yes.
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This is my one faint glimmer of hope.

Just as I'm wired to expect that Democrats will fcuk up up the politics, I'm also wired to expect that Republicans will fcuk up the governance.

There is a bit of truth to P.J. O'Rourke's old line: "The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."

bigredfutbol · Nov 13, 2024

Knave said: ↑

This is my one faint glimmer of hope.

Just as I'm wired to expect that Democrats will fcuk up up the politics, I'm also wired to expect that Republicans will fcuk up the governance.

There is a bit of truth to P.J. O'Rourke's old line: "The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
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I have zero doubt that they'll ******** up the governing.

Whether or not that will cost them their grip on power is another matter.