I'm not been an Indiana resident for awhile so don't follow him closely, but wasn't Braun a fairly solid dude at one point?
Even though I'm not right leaning, seems like he impressed me a few times on tv for being even keel. Maybe I'm confused.
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Even though I'm not right leaning, seems like he impressed me a few times on tv for being even keel. Maybe I'm confused.
None of them truly believed there was fraud. It was all a giant group pander, led by Cruz and Hawley.
Jurys out on him. He’s the district next to mine I have to see if he has any real substance other than the man standing in the breach against Trump. That’s an easy role to play.
Obviously if he won the gubernatorial primary id vote for him.
He is well liked in the community & seems like a solid dude aside from his politics. He lost me when he started pushing for the Mid States Corridor, but this election stuff has been a major mis-step...
No. Hell no. Braun's only campaign platform when he ran for Senate was "Trump likes me more than he likes Messer and Rokita."
Here is a paragraph from Brain's Wikipedia page:
Braun opposes the Affordable Care Act, same-sex marriage, abortion, and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Braun is a self-described conservationist who has pressured the Republican Party to take climate change more seriously; however, he also supported U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords. During Trump's presidency, he supported Trump's trade and tariff policies after having previously been a free trade advocate. Braun voted to acquit Trump in the impeachment trial related to the Trump-Ukraine scandal. After Joe Biden won the 2020 election and Trump refused to concede while making false claims of fraud, Braun defended Trump's attempt to overturn the election results.
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How Never Trumpers Are Becoming Pro-Democracy Republicans
Republicans who left the party over Trump are staying away over authoritarianism.
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Biden needs to do away with the filibuster and focus on legislation to save democracy from itself. That would be a noble legacy.How Never Trumpers Are Becoming Pro-Democracy Republicans
Republicans who left the party over Trump are staying away over authoritarianism.
Biden and the Democrats need to figure out exactly what they can do to help West Virginia. Turn West Virginia into the model 21st century state. And do it all in the next two years. Same with Arizona and Sinema. Their only chance of getting rid of the filibuster and doing everything else they’d like to do in the next two years.
And they should. Don’t think the Republicans won’t next time they control the Senate. Republicans will do anything they can to retain power. Anything.
West Virginia and 21st century economy don’t go together. That state may be too far gone for democrats to salvage. Arizona, with some work, could turn blue. It’s already a purple state. I’d just give Manchin and Sinema a duffle bag of cash, some pork for their constituents, and enact my agenda. Hardball.
Sad. Extremely hard-working people and not a lot of opportunities there.
Yes. They keep holding onto the coal industry as their lifeline, and whenever a politician claims to want to convert them to clean energy jobs, they dig in further.
Don’t buy into Morrison’s Schtick.
2% of West Virginian adults work in the coal industry, not an insignificant number but also not a bell weather like say oil and gas in Texas or Coal in Wyoming.
More than likely, they’re able to see the BS in politicians like John Kerry promising nonexistent wind and solar technician jobs to 30 year coal miners in between stops on his G5 to give another speech about protecting the climate.
I’m not talking about turning West Virginia Blue, I’m talking about working with Manchin to figure out how to make that state a modern economy. It’s absurd to think it’s not possible. Of course it’s possible.
It’s possible, but Manchin would probably lose his senate seat trying. I don’t mean to sound cynical. I agree with you that modernizing the WV economy is needed and is possible, but man that’s a heavy lift with the political climate in that state.
Having spent a fair amount of time in wv it’s a heavy lift for a ton of reasons
Well my original point was to find out what they need, what they want, to improve their situation. I doubt the younger people want to mine coal. They want to have pride in what they’re doing whatever that is. Find out from them. Maybe it’s just infrastructure for starters. Something, anything. Surely Manchin knows what they want. Give Manchin what they want. That’s my point. This is not complicated. I’m not talking about forcing solar panels on them if they don’t want to make them.
Manchin says he might be willing to revert to the old stand there (no leaning, sitting, bathroom break) and talk rules. That is probably the best likely solution.
How Never Trumpers Are Becoming Pro-Democracy Republicans
Republicans who left the party over Trump are staying away over authoritarianism.
So does that mean that always Trumpers are becoming the anti democracy Republicans? I think it’s very clear that many would happily throw away the will of millions as long as their team stays in power.
How many GOP majority state legislatures have moved to bipartisan redistricting commissions? Democracy has become an inconvenience to many in the GOP. This latest raft of bull shit voter suppression legislation from all over the country is saying the bad part out loud. They don’t even try to hide it anymore.
Gentlemen, be aware that we have been living in a golden age of democracy. A historically fleeting phenomenon.
Voter suppression is like beetle juice to you people.
Say it three times and hope it appears.
Seeing as the Biden admins two part immigration plan seems to be
1. Undermine border security
2. Work toward amnesty
You can’t really fault someone for wanting to put in voter ID laws that most Americans support.
The soft bigotry by Democrats who think that low income people can’t produce an ID or navigate the interwebs to find a vaccine station shows who the true racists are.
I have no issue with requiring a valid ID to vote. But that’s not what any of the new rounds of measures are about now.
Hard bigotry is throwing out “urban” votes like the GOP tried to do in Atlanta, Detroit, and Milwaukee.
Here’s a good article that highlights some of the items in HR1. I’d be interested in hearing from those against these changes and their rationale for their resistance.
www.brennancenter.org
Five Ways H.R. 1 Would Transform Redistricting
A historic voting rights bill could make maps fairer and more representative.
yup, what he really wants to know is if the FBI caught any of his phone calls that day which might be used against him.
What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it? | Brookings
Molly Reynolds explains the history of the Senate filibuster and the possible, but politically unlikely, ways to reform or eliminate it.
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How is analyzing voter data, finding out where/when/how democrats tend to vote more so than republicans and then trying to restrict that voting not voter suppression?
No one wants people to be able to vote without an ID. No one is for allowing voter fraud, which none of these changes are attempting to even address. Putting in extra obstacles and barriers to vote just because it helps one party over the other is complete BS and you're apparently closing your eyes to it.
Trump wanted people to believe that voting by mail is rife with fraud but yet he and his family voted by mail. You hear GOP congressmen talk about other states being susceptible to fraud because of how they allowed votes but then they look dumbfounded when it is pointed out that their own state had the same rules that he was just complaining about with the other state. It's fraud if it is a democrat state but ok if it is a GOP state?
Doesn't make sense. They just want people to believe there was a lot of voter fraud when there wasn't any more than usual. Some of the voter fraud that was found was dead people voting for Trump. I would be willing to bet that the little amount of fraud that exists happens on both sides and would tend to cancel each other out.
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Hawley hauls in $3M after attempt to block election results
The Missouri senator collected more than 10 times what some of his colleagues have raised at a similar point in their terms.
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Hawley raises big bucks after trying to block election results
Also read that MTG is really hauling in the donations.Hawley hauls in $3M after attempt to block election results
The Missouri senator collected more than 10 times what some of his colleagues have raised at a similar point in their terms.
Hawley raises big bucks after trying to block election results
Reminds me of the P.T. Barnum quote (maybe) about how often suckers are born.
The Missouri senator who resides in Virginia. Ahole.Hawley hauls in $3M after attempt to block election results
The Missouri senator collected more than 10 times what some of his colleagues have raised at a similar point in their terms.
Hawley raises big bucks after trying to block election results
I see a lot of people trying to emulate the “Trump playbook”. Like denying everything, and doubling down on preposterous claims. And then telling supporters that it’s not the person they’re going after, they’re going after YOU.
And it NEVER ends well for them. The most recent example being Matt Gaetz.
Hell, it may even catch up with Trump. The reason he wanted to stay in office so badly was that he knew all of the inevitable lawsuits for all his previous bad behavior would be put on hold for the next four years. The guy is looking at serious civil and criminal legal exposure right now, and he doesn’t have a title of his daddy to save him this time.
However, he does have lots of suckers that willingly part with their $$$ for him. It blows my mind that people still give him money. He has shown nothing but contempt for his supporters, as evidenced by the straight grift employed in manipulating people’s donations to him. The refund rate on giving is astronomical, and that’s just the folks that have spoken out at this point.
Trump: McConnell ‘helpless’ to stop Biden from packing court
Former President Trump said late Monday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “helpless” against considerations by President Biden to expand the number of Supreme Court justic…
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If only certain influential people hadn't convinced Republicans it was pointless to vote in the Georgia Senate runoffs, maybe McConnell would still be in a position to do something.
The commission is a sop to the progressives. Nothing is going to happen. They'd have to eliminate the filibuster first before they could expand the Court.Trump: McConnell ‘helpless’ to stop Biden from packing court
Former President Trump said late Monday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “helpless” against considerations by President Biden to expand the number of Supreme Court justic…
If only certain influential people hadn't convinced Republicans it was pointless to vote in the Georgia Senate runoffs, maybe McConnell would still be in a position to do something.
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