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| Why The Red Wave Could Become A Red Puddle |
| 2021-12-09 |
| [AmericanThinker] Rep. Kevin McCarthy is measuring drapes for the speaker’s office, expecting to move in after the 2022 election. Hey Kev, leadership is keeping your caucus together so as not to hand Democrats big wins (i.e., the $1.2 trillion non-infrastructure bill). Leadership also is not voting with Democrats on bills that invade Americans’ medical privacy (i.e., the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act). McCarthy exemplifies the big divide between the "America First" MAGA base and Establishment Republicans. This is why an expected Red Wave has the potential to turn into a Red Puddle. The latest and most problematic divide between the MAGA base and the establishment is how Republican organizations and elected officials are going head over heels (pun intended) for transgenders. What better way to turn a potentially historic 2022 red wave into a puddle than having millions of fed-up Republicans sit home on election day (or week or month)? Less than four short years ago, Republic National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel sided with President Donald Trump on his order to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. The RNC even passed a resolution at its February 2018 winter meeting referring to transgenders as having a "disqualifying psychological and physical" condition. Now the same RNC chairwoman welcomes those same people with "disqualifying psychological and physical" conditions to join the Republican party. In November, the organization announced it was starting a Pride Coalition in partnership with the Log Cabin Republicans. How about the RNC putting the same effort into investigating and litigating the 2020 presidential election fraud or the dangerous January 6 witch hunt? MAGAs demand answers before the next election! Nah, the RNC is too busy building its Pride Coalition. As John Stonestreet and Kasey Leander wrote in "The RNC’s Pride Coalition." The RNC is mistaken to think that it is possible to be fiscally or politically conservative without, on some level, being culturally conservative first. You can’t have limited government while at the same time embracing a movement wishing to deconstruct and redefine marriage and the family since only the family reliably produces citizens able to govern themselves. The Family Policy Institute of Washington was one of many conservative organizations that disagreed with McDaniel’s announcement. In an editorial entitled, "RNIC’s ’Pride Coalition’ Betrays Christians and Families" — We have no issues with LGBT Republicans (who represent somewhere near 1% of the Republican base) in joining the party and working on issues we hold in common. There are many I appreciate working with. However, we strongly oppose partnerships supporting LGBT groups who advocate for the LGBT movement’s policies on marriage and gender. These policies directly oppose the Christian policy agenda on family, marriage, children, and life. This is a sharp departure from the biblical values that the party often claims to uphold, as the LGBT movement’s agenda is antithetical to many issues the party claims to stand for. How about the RNC putting the same effort into investigating and litigating the 2020 presidential election fraud or the dangerous January 6 witch hunt? MAGAs demand answers before the next election! Nah, the RNC is too busy building its Pride Coalition. Related: Kevin McCarthy: 2021-12-03 House Republicans propose requiring history of communism in high schools Kevin McCarthy: 2021-11-22 ‘You're guilty until proven innocent. That alone is enough to defeat this bill.’ Kevin McCarthy: 2021-11-06 Energy Secretary Granholm laughs off notion of boosting US oil production: 'That is hilarious' |
| Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed |
| #12 It’s possible Don't tease me...well, maybe a little. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-09 12:08 |
| #11 McConnell, Schumer and Pelosi ought to get a motel room in this backroom love-fest to saddle the American people with unending debt. It is going to be tough on the middle class. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-12-09 11:19 |
| #10 We love you for who you are right now, TW. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-09 10:52 |
| #9 Probability greater than zero is not the same as likely. It’s possible I will wake up tomorrow with a body like when I was twenty-five. The odds approach zero, however. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-12-09 10:49 |
| #8 ^ Meet the new boss... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-09 09:59 |
| #7 Rep. Kevin McCarthy is measuring drapes for the speaker’s office, expecting to move in after the 2022 election. Politically speaking, this guy gives me the impression he's Paul Ryan's younger brother. The only thing positive about this guy becoming Speaker is that the Democrats won't be in charge, passing multi-trillion dollar spending bills larded up with lefty wet dreams. When 2024 rolls around it'll be little better than 2016 redux. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-12-09 09:56 |
| #6 It’s a long time until 2022 elections. A lot can happen between now and then. |
| Posted by: Xyz 2021-12-09 09:43 |
| #5 Keep primarying those squish eGOPs out of there and things will be a lot better. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2021-12-09 09:30 |
| #4 Infighting will maintain: already some pushing for Trump as Speaker (no, you don't need to be an elected member of Congress to be Speaker) |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-12-09 09:00 |
| #3 GOPe is all in with the need to be loved. It worked so well for Johnny McSccccchhhhhhtain. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-09 06:07 |
| #2 Perhaps they can persuade this new sports hero to represent the Pride Coalition? UPenn swimmer Lia née Will Thomas makes a splash / smashes records |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-09 02:31 |
| #1 I think the article is nonsense but if they are preparing folks so as to avoid this worthless infighting then I approve. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-12-09 00:05 |