Yikes.
https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1319810135443865604?s=21
I mean, on the one hand, fuck Lindsey Graham and good in short term that this might hurt himā¦ on the other, we are drawing live to some really bad shit if everyone but the most absolute batshit insane is driven out of the R party by Trump and the Fox News White Power Hours.
Fox News turning on Linzee is truly shocking. I have no idea what the hell is going on.
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Trump wants him to announce heās investigating a bunch of things in the senate and linzee has balked.
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Man, no one likes Linzee. Heās like slightly more palatable to the Chiefsplanet crowd than Mitt Romney. Iām totally unsurprised that the Trump cult will turn on him.
But he didnāt actually do anything yet. Turning on him before the elections is really surprising
A few things about this:
- Zuckerman aināt winning. Phil Scott is popular here.
- Phil Scott is also not an idiot. Appointing someone who caucuses with Mitch McConnell would be the end of his career in Vermont. He knows this.
- If the Bernie seat were vacated, there would be a special election within 6 months by state law. Iām guessing Scott would push for a quick election and leave the seat vacant or fill the seat with an independent who caucused with Democrats.
- The seat will be filled by a Democrat in that election (my guess is TJ Donovan).
Basically, we donāt have to worry about that seat. (Though I get why Zuckerman is pushing Scott on the issue)
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that personality loves to turn two people kissing his ass against each other
Especially when the senate outcome range is pretty wide, 50 seats is very possible. Canāt get boned in the senate for 6 months in a new presidency because year 1 is the year you usually get the most shit done versus the entire rest of the term.
If this were the case, there would be ENORMOUS pressure on Scott to appoint an interim Democrat/Independent.
He canāt fuck around too much. There is a Democratic supermajority in both chambers, and Vermont governor terms are 2 years.
This is disgusting. For all intents and purposes, the President of the United States and the Republican Party have endorsed QAnon, and 24% of American adults believe it. It is now a mainstream political ideology in America and an accepted viewpoint in American society.
Iām not sure how we reverse that, but Iām shook. This is a thing that is going to be with us for a while.
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Like there will be more qAnon believers in Congress next year than now, more in 2023 than 2021, more in 2025ā¦ We have to hope they donāt gain Tea Party level power, but itās in play.
Iām not sure we can just handwave away something that 24% of Americans believe.
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I really donāt get throwing Lindsey under the bus. Like I get that Trump is mad he isnāt launching hearings into Obamagate, or Hunter Bidenās laptop or whatever. And I even get that Lou Dobbs will do whatever Trump says. But the GOP is staring down the barrel of a landslide election and they desperately need Linzeeās seat.
Maybe they think itās pressure to get him to announce some investigation pronto, like literally on Monday?
https://twitter.com/JacobNPeters1/status/1319837808672919553
back to the photo, bunch of people said itās not mark, they clearly dgaf.
Thatās a real dirty fucking trick but weāre gonna get more of them in any race they think they should do it.
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Asymmetrical warfare. Not good.
Inmates are running the asylum, surely this is a Lou Dobbs specific thing rather than something Rupert Murdoch wants.
I think itās great and extremely beneficial to thr D party long term