Why Are Democrats Still Backing Trumpists in GOP Primaries?

Democrats paid $435,000 to back a pro-Trump Republican in Michigan—nearly $100,000 more than the candidate himself raised.

On August 2, freshman Rep. Peter Meijer lost the Republican primary for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District to John Gibbs, a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump. Gibbs' victory over Meijer, who voted to impeach Trump, highlights the strange role Democrats are now playing in the GOP's internecine battles.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) funded an ad labeling Gibbs "handpicked by Trump" and "too conservative for west Michigan." While ostensibly an attack, the ad also served to entice Republican primary voters. The DCCC paid $435,000 for the 30-second ad—nearly $100,000 more than Gibbs raised in total contributions. Gibbs beat Meijer by more than 3,000 votes.

For a decade, Meijer's district was represented by Rep. Justin Amash, the Republican-turned-Libertarian who quit the GOP while criticizing Trump and Trumpism. Meijer won the seat in 2020 after Amash chose not to seek reelection, and his single term was characterized by an independent streak reminiscent of his predecessor. Most notably, Meijer was one of only 10 Republicans (and the only freshman) to vote for Trump's impeachment after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Despite Meijer's principled opposition to Trumpism, the DCCC saw Gibbs, a far-right conspiracy theorist who believes the 2020 presidential election was stolen, as preferable because he will be easier to beat in the November general election. Based on similar logic, Democrats have backed Trumpists over centrists in several GOP primaries.

In July, the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) spent $1.2 million on ads targeting Dan Cox, a Republican state delegate in Maryland who attended Trump's pre-riot "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6 and is now running for governor. The DGA's ads said Cox was "handpicked" by Trump and "too conservative for Maryland." He ultimately beat his more moderate Republican opponent by 15 percentage points.

In May, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat running for governor, sponsored an ad describing state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a GOP gubernatorial candidate who was photographed on the Capitol grounds on January 6, as "one of Donald Trump's strongest supporters." Mastriano prevailed over his closest primary competitor by more than 20 points.

These pro-Trump candidates might have won their primaries without help from Democrats, and Democrats may be right that extreme candidates will be unpalatable to the general electorate in November. But it's a risky bet with serious consequences: As Pennsylvania's governor, Mastriano would have the power to appoint a secretary of state who could directly challenge the results of the next presidential election.

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[NoVaNick]

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[Quo Usque Tandem]

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[Jerryskids]

Getting high on their own supply. They seriously believe Trump is the most reviled man in American political history.

[Will Nonya]

Absolutely. He's only among the most reviled politicians of the current era.

Elevating home to the "most reviled man in American political history" is as silly as the claims that he's the most successful resident in history.

[Social Justice is neither]

Pedo pete would like a word with you because Trump isn't even close to the most reviled given his support. The marxist media may dislike him for pushing back against their lies and propaganda but less and less is that a meaningful thing unless you're just signalling your allegiance to the regime.

[Ted AKA Teddy Salad, CIA/US Ballet Force]

I thoroughly enjoy the pain Trump brings to the left. If only it would cause them all to spontaneously combust.

[Sevo]

"...He’s only among the most reviled politicians of the current era..."

Among the TDS-addled assholes.

[R Mac]

Still no cure for TDS.

[sarcasmic]

Mouthful of diamonds?

[Unicorn Abattoir]

For those moderate republicans who would for a Dem, it's enough.

[Kungpowderfinger]

Is the author really suggesting that the fucking Democrats should quit attacking “Trumpist” candidates, because it’s helping the Trumpists win?

How heartwarming it is to watch their bullshit backfire so spectacularly. Party of the people indeed.

[BigT]

Party of the people, Not. "People's party", yes.

[Rossami]

Are you having trouble reading? The DCC is not "attacking" Trumpist candidates - they are actively supporting them.

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Under the guise of attacking them.

Flip sides of the same coin.

[NoVaNick]

The DNC adores Trump and the MAGA movement in general because it’s good for their cash flow, no democrat can beat him at fundraising, so of course they will support him and his candidates.

[Kungpowderfinger]

While ostensibly an attack, the ad also served to entice Republican primary voters.

The point the author is making is a bizarre one, you have to read closely. Absolutely hilarious

[MatthewSlyfield]

Why was/is the DNC and/or DGA spending any money on adds targeting Republican primaries?

[Kungpowderfinger]

Some are claiming it’s to set themselves up against a MAGA candidate, and what could be easier to beat than that, right?

I don’t buy the suggestion of 5d chess at play here. Simple, cheap damage control by the fucking Democrats (“we meant to do that, you see”).

It’s really a fucking riot, but embarrassing for a Reason writer to play along with it.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

They were trying to get the least palatable GOP candidate for the general election. In PA, it worked. Mastriano has no chance of winning.

[ElvisIsReal]

Well you certainly proved you have no idea what's going on.

The DNC isn't attacking these people, they are bankrolling them.

[NOYB2]

Meijer was an attention seeking trust fund kid and an ignorant prick. Good riddance.

[damikesc]

I love how the extent of his "independent" streak cited by the author was voting for Trump's impeachment. That is, apparently, all of it.

[The New Number Two]

Criticizing Donald Trump in today's GOP is quite maverick, ackshuwally.

[Pear Satirical]

Well it worked for John McCain.

[BigT]

Why are they backing Trumpist candidates??

Maybe “in their hearts they know he’s right”!

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[JFree]

Possibly. Also possibly in their guts they know he's nuts

[Sevo]

And we all know you are a chicken little who OWNS the lockdowns with what we hope is a fatal case of TDS, asshole.

[Jerry B.]

"Why Are Democrats Still Backing Trumpists in GOP Primaries?"

Because they have no ethics or morals? But we knew that.

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

Did you intend to associate “no ethics or morals” with “Trumpists”?

Help me out here–I don’t care enough to examine your post history.

[Briggs Cunningham]

Mastriano would have the power to appoint a secretary of state who could directly challenge the results of the next presidential election.

Because the last thing a fee society would ever want is anyone questioning the results of an election or any transparency into how that election was conducted.

Nothing says "libertarian" like being a paid mouthpiece for the government. There is really now form of life than the average reason writer.

[R Mac]

Remember in 2020 when the Michigan Secretary of State illegally changed election laws and Reason didn’t say a damn thing about it?

[Briggs Cunningham]

Reason was so upset when people challenged the result of the 2016 elections. Right?

[perlmonger]

Remember in 2022 when the Pennsylvania Secretary of State directly ignored a Supreme Court ruling regarding mail-in ballots? Y'know, the person the author is bitching about possibly getting replaced?

You probably do, since that was only like last week. Good times.

[Moonrocks]

The Supreme Court is a Danger To Our Democracy.

[perlmonger]

I've heard it needs some fortifyin'.

[Pear Satirical]

Or in 2020, where the PA governor illegally changed election laws?

[Ted AKA Teddy Salad, CIA/US Ballet Force]

Remember when J6 detainees were held for nearly in jail for nearly two years and counting and Reason didn’t say shit about that?

[sarcasmic]

Know what an unfalsifiable hypothesis is?

[Briggs Cunningham]

Do you know how to make a sensible argument? How can you possibly think that is a sensible response? Part of having free elections is the ability to challenge the results and the responsibility of those running elections to run them in a way that the public has confidence in them.

Seriously, you wonder why everyone kicks you around on here. It is because of tiresome and nonsensible posts like this one.

[sarcasmic]

So you launch straight into being an asshole.

What is an unfalsifiable hypothesis?
adj. denoting the quality of a proposition, hypothesis, or theory such that no empirical test can establish that it is false.

Is there anything that could convince the Stop The Steal people that the election was legit? I don't think so.

And what about future elections? Looks to me like both sides are going to scream "Fraud!" until their guy wins. And if their guy loses then there's nothing to convince them that the election was fair.

[damikesc]

So, the Democrat game plan since 1988?

Tragic.

You know what is an unfalsifiable theory? Global warming.

[sarcasmic]

So, the Democrat game plan since 1988?

The Republicans were late to the party. They only adopted it as a game plan last year.

[damikesc]

Basically. And I have no problem with it. Play by the rules the other party set up.

[sarcasmic]

Which is why I have no respect at all for either team. One used to be above that shit. Now it competes for the moral low-ground.

[sarcasmic]

You know what is an unfalsifiable theory? Global warming.

Global warming is a religion. "Trump won" is an unfalsifiable hypothesis.

[damikesc]

I'd agree with the first part, except that religious folks admit that their faith is just that...faith. Global warming "activists" are convinced it is "science" they follow.

[The New Number Two]

It's unfalsiable to Trumpers who will believe anything their god-emperor says, and to Trump who never would've conceded defeat under any circumstance.

[Sevo]

Coming from a TDS-addled pile of shit, we'll give that the appropriate response:
Fuck off and die, asshole.

[jdgalt1]

"Trump won" is completely falsifiable. You simply have to look at the evidence for various forms of election cheating in six swing states. Which every court of law has made excuses rather than do.

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

That's not how courts work. They follow rules, the same set of rules for all cases. The "excuses" you cite are the courts following those rules. State courts, federal courts, appeals courts and even supreme courts--Democrat-appointed judges, Republican-appointed judges and even Trump-appointed judges all followed the rules and dismissed 62 out of 63 weak, politically motivated 2020 election challenge cases.

No special rules for special people.

[retiredfire]

If you believe that, and not that these courts were following the plain example of the SCOTUS, staying out of election matters, by refusing to hear the case of the blatantly unconstitutional changing of Pennsylvania election laws, by the SOS, then I have this big, orange bridge to sell you.
And, by the sounds of it, you'd take me up on my offer.

[jimc5499]

Funny. A large majority of the Challenges were dismissed because of a "lack of standing" or other procedural issues. No evidence was ALLOWED to be presented. If no evidence was presented, how is it that you determined their cases were weak?
If you want to talk about "politically motivated" I suggest you look at your own post.

[Briggs Cunningham]

Is there anything that could convince the Stop The Steal people that the election was legit? I don’t think so.

Speaking of nonfalsifiable hypothesis. The irony burns.

Beyond that, the solution to that not just to say "no one can ever question an election again. And that is literally what the author is saying here when he says "you can't elect this guy he might appoint someone who will challange an election"

Yes, I am asshole. Stop making stupid arguments and I and everyone else will be nicer to you. You have only yourself to blame for whatever abuse you get on here.

[sarcasmic]

You’re just a JesseAz wannabe. I’m sorry I mistook you for someone worth conversing with. My bad. Seriously. I'm sorry. Really fucking sorry. I will be sure to treat you like a troll from now on. So sorry I thought you weren't a piece of shit. Really. I hope I will someday be forgiven.

[retiredfire]

Is there anything that could convince the Stop The Steal people that the election was legit?
Since no effort was ever made to do so, it actually becomes a moot point.

[defaultdotxbe]

An unfalsifiable hypothesis is not quite the same as supporters being unconvinced by a falsification.

[DesigNate]

I’d be willing to bet that a sizable portion of the electorate still thinks something hinkey went on in 2020, and there’s no way they’re all Trump supporters.

I think a lot of people can be forgiven for thinking that, just based on several places saying they were stoping counting for the night, then everyone wakes up to Biden in the lead.

Shit, you know Bolsenaro probably tried to cheat, but fucking BRAZIL was able to call the election in hours.

[sarcasmic]

Only one question matters as far as I'm concerned.

Was the margin of fraud greater than the margin of victory?

Notice that doesn't say there was no fraud or that the system is perfect. Those are strawmen used to deflect from the sentence I wrote with a question mark at the end.

As far as I can tell the answer is "no."

[retiredfire]

The extent of all of the instances of "fraud" - broadly defined - so exceed the margin of victory, that the question answers itself.
That margin came down to fractions of a percentage point in key states, while the "fraud" was spread, far and wide.
Just read the Time article, in which they virtually admit it.
Self described as "a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information."
https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/

[Nardz]

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[Libertariantranslator]

The Ballots Brazilians are FORCED (or else) to cast are distributed Stateside by consular services. These ballots (I'll blog pix) came with a suggestive checkbox inserted in the year 20(√)22. The ones at Brazilian polls bore no such deceptive mislabeling. Locals understand that the Kleptocracy thugs in power got God's Girl-bullying Caudillo on the ballot as #22. The laborite, who only looks good compared to any nazi, fascist or monarchist military dictator was #13, the number left OFF of elevator buttons by the superstitious.

[Ted AKA Teddy Salad, CIA/US Ballet Force]

Just die already.

[docduracoat]

I usually never respond to you but I’ll try this time.
It would be very easy to convince the stop the steal people that the elections were legitimate.
Actually audit the results.

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

That's not the law.

[retiredfire]

What is the "law"?
That we have to accept an election run by “a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information.”
https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/
Without question?

[sarcasmic]

Part of having free elections is the ability to challenge the results and the responsibility of those running elections to run them in a way that the public has confidence in them.

The only problem with your statement is that people only have confidence in the election when their person wins. If their person didn't win then there was fraud. The other guy cheated. Prove he didn't. Prove it! I say there was cheating! Prove there was no cheating! Show that every single count was legit!
Burden of proof is on the accused.
Unfalsifiable hypothesis.

[Briggs Cunningham]

The only problem with your statement is that people only have confidence in the election when their person wins

That is bullshit and you know it. Moreover, what is your point here? My point is that you challenging an election is not a bad thing and certainly doesn't disqualify someone to hold office. Your point seems to be "everyone sucks but me". And you think that is a sensible point? Really?

Again, you deserve every bit of abuse you get on here.

[sarcasmic]

My point is that you challenging an election is not a bad thing and certainly doesn’t disqualify someone to hold office.

When does the challenge end? That's my point. It only ends when you get what you want.

Your point seems to be “everyone sucks but me”.

Let me scroll up here. See if I can find where I said anything like that. Nope. I wasn't talking about me at all.

Ohhh, you're attacking me as a person because you can't refute my words.

You fit in just fine here.

[Inquisitive Squirrel]

It definitely has become par for the course for both parties. Either the election was stolen or the election was perfect, just depends on if my team wins. It’s getting so tiring at this point; watching both sides point fingers at each other while doing the exact same thing as the other side.

[sarcasmic]

BOAF SIDEZ HURR DURR

aye, it's stupid

[Inquisitive Squirrel]

Um, okay.

[sarcasmic]

aye means I'm agreeing with you

[Inquisitive Squirrel]

That wasn't the confusing/strange part that I didn't understand.

[Nardz]

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[The New Number Two]

To be fair, while Democrats denied that Bush won in '00 and that Trump won in '16, election denial is still pretty new to Republicans.

[sarcasmic]

It took them a bit more time to abandon the high road that the left never claimed to ride.

[Sevo]

To bee fair, you're a TDS addled pile of shit.

[Libertariantranslator]

That is true. But just is truly the Duracoat sockpuppet has you dragged into an ordure-flinging dogfight between identically moronic looter factions. The Moot Lewser button is a better remedy or comeback than arguing with mindless mystics. Plus it frees up time for removing some of the crap their infiltrators have injected into the LP platform, or for exposing the impostors claiming to have suddenly converted "to" libertarian values... then demanding girl-bullying naziism or civil war gunfights as "our" candidates.

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

Why do all your posts remind me of JIVE.EXE?

[retiredfire]

Were either of 0blama's elections challenged? Clinton's?
I submit that the 2012 one was the result of suppression of Republican votes to make it seem like 0blama's loss of 3.5 million voters, from his '08 count, didn't matter, but no one took up the cause of "it was fraud because our guy didn't win."
It is the left, that routinely claimed a Republican win was illegitimate, with no evidence, while Republicans hadn't, until it became obvious that it was.

[NOYB2]

If the hypothesis "there was fraud during the elections" is unfalsifiable, then the elections were not carried out properly and people should not trust the election results or consider those elected to be legitimate.

Sadly, that is the situation the US finds itself in.

[sarcasmic]

So why bother with elections anymore? Just go to war.

[Briggs Cunningham]

You are the one claiming that no one should be able to challenge an election and everyone but you is so stupid they will never accept the results. Why bother indeed?

God you are stupid.

[sarcasmic]

You are the one claiming that no one should be able to challenge an election

Really? Where did I say that?

everyone but you is so stupid they will never accept the results

Really? Where did I say that?

God you are stupid.

You accuse me of things I didn't say, then say I'm stupid.

Is JesseAz your idol? He's a certified piece of shit, and it looks like you want to be just like him.

[Libertariantranslator]

Petr Beckmann observed that totalitarians leap to the defense of stuff nobody is against (until they see THEM). They also oppose stuff nobody is for by the same process of self-delusion. Engaging them for debating-society points is an invitation to stuff lies into your open mouth, jump back and grunt "see? SEE!!" When was the last time any of these infiltrating MAGA Trumpanzees spouted anything but parroted nonsense?

[The New Number Two]

There's a sizable difference between claiming that "no one should question election results ever" and "we should just believe Donald Trump and his posse of bootlickers when they say the 2020 election was stolen from him."

[sarcasmic]

He was having an emotional reaction, not making a rational response. The more encouragement he gets from the usual suspects, the more of an asshole he will become.

Just watch. He's on a mission to be a total cunt.

[retiredfire]

If you don't want to believe "Donald Trump and his posse of bootlickers", then give them - us - more than "that's the count we say it is, and you're attacking democracy if you question us".
One of the biggest arguments for the right's position is the fact that no effort was ever made, except re-counting of what they already said was the result, to show that their claims were not true, followed by condemnation, sometimes legally enforced, of any questions raised.
Methinks they doth protest, too much.

[NOYB2]

There’s a sizable difference between claiming that “no one should question election results ever” and “we should just believe Donald Trump and his posse of bootlickers when they say the 2020 election was stolen from him.”

(1) We know that several key states violated voting procedures. That alone makes Biden's election illegitimate.

(2) On top of that, given the sloppy way voting is handled in most states, it is impossible to prove that Biden wasn't elected with a large number of fraudulent ballots.

Of course, Biden is our de facto president. But if you don't like the fact that people have doubts as to the legitimacy of his election, YOU need to do the work to address (1) and (2). Simply saying "shut up" isn't going to solve your problem.

[Sevo]

"we should just believe Donald Trump and his posse of bootlickers when they say the 2020 election was stolen from him."

It is a matter of fact, not belief, that you are a steaming pile of TDS-addled shit.
Fuck off and die, asshole.

[NOYB2]

So why bother with elections anymore? Just go to war.

What an imbecilic response.

Obviously, the solution to the untrustworthy, unverifiable election system we have is to reform our election system so that our elections are trustworthy and verifiable.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

He lifted that straight out of a Democrat campaign commercial.

[Social Justice is neither]

Why are libertarians of Reason consistently backing progressive authoritarians? It could be true that thg they're not libertarians but really progressives with a marxist worldview who took the job to subvert the meaning of libertarianism, or it could be that they're morons who can't tell the difference.

[Briggs Cunningham]

In Lancaster's case, I am going with moron.

[NOYB2]

It could be true that thg they’re not libertarians but really progressives with a marxist worldview who took the job to subvert the meaning of libertarianism, or it could be that they’re morons who can’t tell the difference.

All of the above: they wrongly believe that they are libertarians, they are actually Marxists, and they believe that they are fighting the good fight against "bad" libertarians.

[The New Number Two]

I guess the word "Marxist" just doesn't mean anything anymore.

[retiredfire]

For the sane, NOYB2's meaning was quite clear.

[The New Number Two]

The sane recognize that no definition was provided.

[Sevo]

As a TDS-addled pile of shit, how in the world would you ever recognize "sane"?
Fuck off and die, asshole.

[NOYB2]

It means the same thing it has always meant, and I am using it in that sense.

What part of my comment confuses you?

[The New Number Two]

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize you meant the Reason writers subscribe to a philosophy of dialectical materialism, believe profit is wage theft and oppose private ownership of the means of production, and advocate international worker revolution to establish a proletarian dictatorial state that will lead inevitably to a classless society. My bad, dude.

[Sevo]

TDS-addled piles of shit don’t realize quite a bit.
Fuck off and die, asshole.

[Naime Bond]

'...would have the power to appoint a secretary of state who could directly challenge the results of the next presidential election...'. Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my. Probably also have the power or a say in appointing anAttorney General who can indicate a ham sandwich, much less every citizen in the State.

[Cronut]

They backed "Trumpist" candidates because they want to keep running against Trump. You don't expect them to run on their actual record, do you?

[The New Number Two]

Something the Trumpertarians here can't seem to get through their MAGA hat-wearing skulls.

[ElvisIsReal]

lol we know exactly why they're doing it -- we just call them out when they ALSO claim that MAGA republicans are the greatest threat to the country.

If they are the biggest threat, why bankroll them?

[The New Number Two]

For propaganda purposes, Democrats exaggerate the threat they believe Trumpers pose and see funding their campaigns as a worthwhile investment to draw in independents who can't stomach the populist personality cult wing of the GOP, or at least keep those people, who would otherwise vote against Democrats, at home so they aren't tempted to pull the lever for their Republican opponents.

[Sevo]

For purposes of signaling their stupidity, TDS-addled piles of shit make up names for those who recognize that Trump, regardless of his mean tweets, was the best POTUS we had since Silent Cal.
Fuck off and die, asshole

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

It's certainly a risky game they're playing. But it's their money, and they seem to believe it will work out in the end.

[retiredfire]

They're backing Trump-supported candidates for the same reason the MSM backed Trump, until the nomination in 2016.
They thought he/they would be easier to beat.
It backfired, spectacularly, when first tried, and, typical of leftist insanity, it will bring about the same result.

[perlmonger]

Most notably, Meijer was one of only 10 Republicans (and the only freshman) to vote for Trump's impeachment after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Despite Meijer's principled opposition to Trumpism[.]

"Principled opposition" by voting for a clown parade impeachment. Right. Got it.

[perlmonger]

As Pennsylvania's governor, Mastriano would have the power to appoint a secretary of state who could directly challenge the results of the next presidential election.

Or who might even follow Supreme Court rulings! The madness!

[Briggs Cunningham]

Meijer lost because Democrats funded his opponent not because he voted for something that was massively unpopular with Republicans. "Despite his opposition to Trump"? WTF? It is amazing that anyone could have their head up their ass far enough to write something that stupid.

[perlmonger]

Oh, I don't doubt that. I was just mocking and laughing at the bias of the author. 🙂

[Minadin]

It's the scorpion and the fox, every time.

Kinzinger got gerrymandered out of a district. Meijer got primaried out with his new allies backing his opponent.

[Inquisitive Squirrel]

When you have nothing else to run on, the only hope left is knee-capping your opponent. It's a cynical political strategy, but it's about all the left has this time around.

[The New Number Two]

Progressive Democrats spend pantloads of money to get sane Republicans booted from their primaries, and the die-hard Trumpers eat it up.

[Inquisitive Squirrel]

I don't know if die-hard Trumpers eat it up, they just simply don't care and are happy to have their more worthless candidate on the ballot.

[NOYB2]

And by "sane Republicans", you mean war mongers, neocons, neoliberals, and globalists?

Yes, "die-hard Trumpers" eat that up. So does anybody else who has an ounce of common sense.

[The New Number Two]

Not every Republican who has a problem with Donald Trump is a warmongering neoconservative or even an instututionalist. They aren’t all Liz Cheney or Mitch McConnell iow. Some Republicans are just moderate conservatives, or conservatarians, or social conservatives who want their leaders to have a moral compass and exhibit some common decency.

[Sevo]

"Not every Republican who has a problem with Donald Trump is a warmongering neoconservative or even an instututionalist..."

Correct.
Quite a few, like you, are simply TDS-addled steaming piles of shit.
Fuck off and die, asshole.

[creech]

How would you have voted on the impeachment if you were a congressman? The vote came one week after the Jan. 6th riot and one week before Trump was going to be out of office anyway.
What evidence would you base this farce on? [I'm still keeping an open mind until I hear the defense's cross-examination of the committee witnesses and their closing argument.] Meier should have declined to participate in the vote just as one avoids joining a lynch mob because a civilized, law-abiding society requires a proper trial and verdict before punishment may be doled out.

[Libertariantranslator]

Kleptocracy socialist looters--national and international alike--are buzzards of a feather. Does Joe seriously expect them to back Libertarians? George Orwell remarked in 1944: One expects newspapers and governments to tell lies. In Orwell's pre-libertarian world it was looter self-deception versus reality-faking ... looters. Within the communo-fascist bubble nothing has changed.

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

Are you saying the procedure detailed in the Constitution is not "civilized" and "law-abiding"?

[Dillinger]

I can't imagine T and his candidates aren't the greatest money raisers for (D) ever why wouldn't they prop them in the short-sighted-term?

[Ben_]

Because Democrats always want to trick voters and manipulate the process rather than treat voters with respect. We saw that with Fetterman. We saw the attempt with the Paul Pelosi storytelling.

Democrats don’t like America or Americans and don’t really believe in government by the people.

[Pear Satirical]

Also with the Katie Hobbs break in story.

[Tony]

Whatever propaganda gets you people repeating conspiracy theories within minutes of a violent right-wing attack ought really to be illegal, don't you think?

[NOYB2]

If people had claimed DePape was a Russian prostitute and that Paul Pelosi liked to get pissed on, no doubt you would have believed it, right? I mean, when Pelosi pushed that theory about a political opponent, you were all in!

For years, Pelosi has pushed one conspiracy after another on the American people, for political and financial gain and to destroy our democracy. People are just mocking the Pelosis. Except for you, nobody seriously believed that the decrepit, alcoholic husband of that creepy Botox victim actually has a gay lover.

[jimc5499]

Wouldn't know. I haven't seen a "violent right-wing attack". I've seen a few that were called that until further investigation showed that they weren't.

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

Speaking of which, the SF police have noted that among the items seized from David DePape at the Pelosi's was a "journal". Will it contain "gay, leftwing, nudist" stuff or material more similar to what DePape had apparently posted on his "frenly frens" website?

[Quo Usque Tandem]

Today Gibbs is polling 47.4 to the Democratic challenger 48.5; this race may be just a tad tighter than the Democrats expected, for their money.

It would be hilarious if they still lost.

[damikesc]

I guess "minority voices" are only wanted if they are the right kind of minority voice.

[Minadin]

Just ask Mayra Flores and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

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[jdgalt1]

The article gets a time sequence backwards. Justin Amash was one of the few Republicans to vote for Trump Impeachment #1 (over the Russia hoax), and changed party to Libertarian shortly after that vote. Thus he was not a Republican when he voted for Impeachment #2 (over Jan 6).

[Unicorn Abattoir]

Dems are fighting to win, and the means justify the ends.

This is the problem with the McConnell establishment types of the GOP. They want to believe that electoral politics are as dignified as a pink-glove southern cotillion, when their own eyes are telling them they're in a back-alley knife fight.

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

Not only that, but the ends justify the means, too!

[Unicorn Abattoir]

DAMMIT!

[Tony]

You just mean it's the journey that counts.

[Tony]

Mitch McConnell is famously one of the most ruthlessly nihilistic politicians in American history. All of the flaming remnants of civilization you see falling before you were set ablaze by his match. The entire Republican party's newfound appreciation for having no principles or moral lines is a reflection of his political philosophy. What more is he supposed to do for you? Steal more supreme court seats, threaten even more destruction of the government as a negotiation tactic, or support more insane lunatics as president?

[retiredfire]

Once again, making your stupidity undeniable, by expressing your opinion, rather than keeping those, who haven't seen it, wondering.

[damikesc]

Keepimg noted hack Garland off of SCOTUS almost inspires me to request a statue of him.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

I was referring to his unwillingness to undermine the opposing political party viz the electoral process, as discussed in this article. But you knew that.

[NOYB2]

Steal more supreme court seats, threaten even more destruction of the government as a negotiation tactic, or support more insane lunatics as president?

Anything that throws sand into the gears of the Democrat machinery sounds good to me.

[The New Number Two]

Mitch McConnell is famously one of the most ruthlessly nihilistic politicians in American history.

The other being his counterpart in the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

[JFree]

Once again the solution is sortition - random selection - rather than elections.

[Pear Satirical]

Better idea; steel cage Texas deathmatch. All candidates go in, one comes out. We can even charge pay-per-view.

[retiredfire]

Isn't that how society in the future got President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho?
As we move closer to Idiocracy, the result seems inescapable.

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

Propose that at the next Constitutional Convention. Good luck.

[NOYB2]

Actually, the solution is strictly limited government and voluntary association.

Sortition may be helpful in preserving that, but by itself, it doesn't bring it about.

[Sevo]

Better idea: Throw the chicken littles who supported the lockdowns in cages and hand out squirt-bottles of vinegar to passers-by.

[Eeyore]

It is a real life game of "Secret Hitler".

[Unicorn Abattoir]

It's no secret. They're all Hitler. And Stalin. Some of them are also Mao.

[The New Number Two]

What, no Pol Pots? That's some bullshit.

[TJJ2000]

Sounds like the Nazi(National Socialist)-Empire is buying RINO'S.

[Tony]

Because what's the downside? A "regular" Republican is going to be a psychopathic asshole with no ideas other than stealing the wealth of the nation for his puppetmasters. But on the other hand, a MAGA cretin might just turn off some swing voters with their lack of social skills or vocal neo-Nazi beliefs or whatever.

The only worry is that Dems are singularly responsible for helping elect the one Trumptard who swings a vote in Congress toward turning women into chained broodmares or eliminating elections. But even then their fault would logically be at least one degree of separation away from that of the voters themselves.

The worst scenario is "normal" Republicans continuing to earn their party respect from the people and the media that decades ago it should have lost, and would have if it weren't the repository for fat white men who, well into adulthood, think wiping their ass is something for which they have to pray for atonement but killing Muslims by the millions is God's work.

Bring on more crazies. Masks are for parties, and there's something respectable about Republicans who appear exactly as stupid and evil as they are.

[NOYB2]

A “regular” Democrat is going to be a psychopathic asshole with no ideas other than stealing the wealth of the nation for his puppetmasters.

There, Tony, FTFY.

[tekcoyote]

“ Why Are Democrats Still Backing Trumpists in GOP Primaries?”

Maybe because the alternatives are the Whitmers/ Bidens/Pelosis of the world?

[SoSoCoCoMoFo]

I think you may have missed a nuance or two...

[Liberty Lover]

It depends, I would agree with that statement on the rank and file Democratic voter. On the other hand the political elite are under the delusion that a lot of Republican rank and file voters hate Trump. They don't, Trump is the most popular politician in the US right now. Ask you self why now that he is out of office why the Democrats are legally harassing him so hard? Because they fear Trump's popularity.

[Fist of Etiquette]

A strategy that worked so well for them in 2016.

[The New Number Two]

Makes me wonder if Democrats would financially back Trump in a primary battle against DeSantis.

[Sevo]

Makes me wonder if TDS-addled steaming piles of shit can die from the infection.
Fuck off and die, asshole

[Town Crier]

Here is what I like to call beautiful irony. In Michigan 2018 election the democrats won the elections with about 53% for governor and Senator. A ballot proposal for “non partisan” redistricting commission passed with 60% . Safe to say predominately passed by democrats with a little republican support. This is the first election with the newly created non partisan districts. For the first time in decades Michigan will not have a black democrat representative in Congress let alone a couple as they have. They had a few every cycle when the republican majority State Legislature drew the districts. Now this election if a black candidate wins a seat in Congress from Michigan they will be Republican as there are 3 candidates. 2 having good chances 1 having slim chances. So I can safely say democrats engineered the removal of black democrat Representatives from the State of Michigan.