Examples of GOP Leadership

Fogdog said:

I just read that tweet.

How does one burn down a street?

Next she'll accuse us of burning down rocks.

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Fogdog said:

I just read that tweet.

How does one burn down a street?

Next she'll accuse us of burning down rocks.

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Budzbuddha said:

Speaking of idiot drunks …..Rudy , Rudy , Rudy . ( smh )

This retard is gonna be the “ iceberg “ to the Trump Titanic. Rudy can’t seem to stay out of bedrooms apparently.
Maybe Borat will catch him again with dye stained hands on his pee pee.

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Fogdog said:

That makes me think Rudy is going to prank the Jan 6 committee.

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

i hope so, because they can crucify him then...charge him for EVERYTHING he did, and NO deals on the table...a 5 year sentence pretty much guarantees he'll either die in jail or come out so old and addled he'll wander around a city park all day trying to tell people about his "secret Hillary stash"...

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schuylaar said:

how many votes do we need from the GOP?

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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Tuesday he would not support a federal court nominee he had previously recommended to President Joe Biden -- a move that could stop the nominee, Wisconsin state court Judge William Pocan, from being confirmed.

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injinji said:

The way it works is the two Senators from a nominee's home state has a veto. It's called a blue sheet. If a home state senator says they don't support the person, they don't return the blue sheet on them.

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Russia fight shows off tensions between McConnell, pro-Trump wing
The unfolding crisis in Ukraine is creating tensions between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans who back a tough military posture toward Russia, and those more aligned with former President Trump’s “America First” worldview. McConnell has emerged as a leading proponent of the traditional Republican foreign policy views, advocating for a strong military that protects American interests and deters foreign threats around the world. He led the effort in Congress to push back against Trump’s plan in 2019 to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan in Syria. Now he’s pushing Biden to send U.S. troops to NATO allies bordering Ukraine and military arms and intelligence to Ukraine itself.

“The United States and our partners should waste no time in helping Ukraine prepare for war. Weapons, materiel, advice, logistics, intelligence. We should be building the infrastructure to help Ukrainians sustain their resistance to Russian aggression if and when it comes,” McConnell said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

Republican senators more closely aligned with Trump and his “America First” worldview are leery about shifting additional NATO and U.S. troops along Poland’s and Romania’s borders with Ukraine.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago last year, says other steps should be taken before shifting U.S. troops closer to potential hostilities with Russian forces. “The last thing you ever want to do is have troops at risk,” Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said. “So I think they ought to do the other things first.” “I think we ought to do it in this order: No. 1, shut down Nord Stream 2; No. 2, go ahead and sanction Russia; No. 3, get all of our allies to do the same thing,” he said. Nord Stream 2 is the natural gas pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.


Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says Republican voters are suspicious of the U.S. getting involved in new foreign military entanglements. “I would describe my own foreign policy views as nationalist, and that means we shouldn’t be trying to build a liberal empire abroad, we shouldn’t be trying to be the world’s policemen, we need to act what’s in the best interest of America’s national security, economic security,” he said, arguing that the United States should prioritize China as “the leading threat.” “That means that we can’t expand our security commitments in Europe,” he said, suggesting that the United States should reduce troop levels in Europe instead of sending more soldiers. “There’s a question of repositioning troops that are already there, that’s one thing. Sending new troops, expanding the security commitment in the form of expanding NATO, I just think that’s a strategic mistake,” he added.

Speaking to reporters in Kentucky last month, McConnell warned the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “extremely serious.”He said he advised the White House “from the very beginning” to send surface-to-air and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine and to “forward deploy additional NATO troops, including some of our own, into Poland, Romania [and] the Baltics” immediately. On Wednesday, he applauded Biden for following his advice.

“I welcome the president’s deployment of additional forces to the territory of NATO allies situated on our alliance’s eastern flank. I recommended he take such action months ago,” he said, noting that members of the 101st Airborne Division are leaving Ft. Campbell this week to join NATO forces in Eastern Europe.

The pro-Trump GOP wing, in contrast, is more concerned about the idea of more American troops going abroad.

Hawley said “the military is worried about escalation because they’ve said that to us” and that voters “do not want more American troops sent to Europe.”

The Pentagon earlier this month announced the deployment of 3,000 U.S. troops to Poland, Romania and Germany.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said, “I think we need to carefully weigh the strategic interests that the U.S. has with relation to Ukraine.” “I think they are less than our strategic interests elsewhere,” she said, though she conceded “the disruption in stability in Eastern Europe” that would be caused by a Russian invasion is “definitely worth considering.”

Hawley and Lummis endorsed, respectively, sending “lethal aid” and “guns, bullets and tanks” to Ukraine to help their military defense.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said, “We’re all concerned here about escalation.”“This is not good for anybody concerned. It’s unfortunate that we are in this place and I think it’s in response to a long series of missteps, policy missteps that have generated this, going all the way to waging war on the oil and gas industry here in America, which increased energy prices globally. Those increased energy prices had a direct positive benefit to Vladimir Putin because they’re the No. 2 energy supplier in the world,” he said.

Asked if he was comfortable with McConnell’s call for a buildup of U.S. and NATO troops in neighboring Poland and Romania, Hagerty said, “Here’s what concerns me: If the escalation ... occurs in a way that triggers our Article 5 responsibilities under NATO, I think President Biden has put himself in a very difficult position domestically because he won’t defend our Southern Border yet he’s going to be called upon to defend the borders of other countries.” “I think we’re in a very tough spot,” he said.

Trump, who maintains a strong grip on the GOP and is viewed by many Republicans as the party’s de facto leader, has stayed relatively quiet on the buildup of tensions with Russia over Ukraine’s sovereignty. A Washington Post analysis published last month found that Trump’s Save America PAC didn’t publish any statements centered on Ukraine other than complaining about being impeached by Democrats over his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia fight shows off tensions between McConnell, pro-Trump wing

The unfolding crisis in Ukraine is creating tensions between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans who back a tough military posture toward Russia, and those more ali…

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Fogdog said:

I have no idea how he arrives at the decisions he makes. The Mellissa Carrone comedy scene, for example. It was just theater. The Four Seasons Landscaping company parking lot, the repeated court scenes where he is thrown out of court for providing no evidence and on and on. What is he thinking of when he re-enacts the Borat scene on Newsmax? Is he trolling the committee? Seems to me he is.

I don't know what he's going to but whatever it is, I don't expect him to either give testimony or sit there and pledge the fifth. Expect some theater is my guess. Somehow he never really pays the piper for the crap he pulls. He acts the fool but he has too much experience and knowledge for me to simply dismiss him as an idiot. That said, I'd be overjoyed if your scenario becomes reality.

So, what's he up to? We wonders, yes we do.

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Russia fight shows off tensions between McConnell, pro-Trump wing
The unfolding crisis in Ukraine is creating tensions between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans who back a tough military posture toward Russia, and those more aligned with former President Trump’s “America First” worldview. McConnell has emerged as a leading proponent of the traditional Republican foreign policy views, advocating for a strong military that protects American interests and deters foreign threats around the world. He led the effort in Congress to push back against Trump’s plan in 2019 to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan in Syria. Now he’s pushing Biden to send U.S. troops to NATO allies bordering Ukraine and military arms and intelligence to Ukraine itself.

“The United States and our partners should waste no time in helping Ukraine prepare for war. Weapons, materiel, advice, logistics, intelligence. We should be building the infrastructure to help Ukrainians sustain their resistance to Russian aggression if and when it comes,” McConnell said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

Republican senators more closely aligned with Trump and his “America First” worldview are leery about shifting additional NATO and U.S. troops along Poland’s and Romania’s borders with Ukraine.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago last year, says other steps should be taken before shifting U.S. troops closer to potential hostilities with Russian forces. “The last thing you ever want to do is have troops at risk,” Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said. “So I think they ought to do the other things first.” “I think we ought to do it in this order: No. 1, shut down Nord Stream 2; No. 2, go ahead and sanction Russia; No. 3, get all of our allies to do the same thing,” he said. Nord Stream 2 is the natural gas pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.


Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says Republican voters are suspicious of the U.S. getting involved in new foreign military entanglements. “I would describe my own foreign policy views as nationalist, and that means we shouldn’t be trying to build a liberal empire abroad, we shouldn’t be trying to be the world’s policemen, we need to act what’s in the best interest of America’s national security, economic security,” he said, arguing that the United States should prioritize China as “the leading threat.” “That means that we can’t expand our security commitments in Europe,” he said, suggesting that the United States should reduce troop levels in Europe instead of sending more soldiers. “There’s a question of repositioning troops that are already there, that’s one thing. Sending new troops, expanding the security commitment in the form of expanding NATO, I just think that’s a strategic mistake,” he added.

Speaking to reporters in Kentucky last month, McConnell warned the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “extremely serious.”He said he advised the White House “from the very beginning” to send surface-to-air and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine and to “forward deploy additional NATO troops, including some of our own, into Poland, Romania [and] the Baltics” immediately. On Wednesday, he applauded Biden for following his advice.

“I welcome the president’s deployment of additional forces to the territory of NATO allies situated on our alliance’s eastern flank. I recommended he take such action months ago,” he said, noting that members of the 101st Airborne Division are leaving Ft. Campbell this week to join NATO forces in Eastern Europe.

The pro-Trump GOP wing, in contrast, is more concerned about the idea of more American troops going abroad.

Hawley said “the military is worried about escalation because they’ve said that to us” and that voters “do not want more American troops sent to Europe.”

The Pentagon earlier this month announced the deployment of 3,000 U.S. troops to Poland, Romania and Germany.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said, “I think we need to carefully weigh the strategic interests that the U.S. has with relation to Ukraine.” “I think they are less than our strategic interests elsewhere,” she said, though she conceded “the disruption in stability in Eastern Europe” that would be caused by a Russian invasion is “definitely worth considering.”

Hawley and Lummis endorsed, respectively, sending “lethal aid” and “guns, bullets and tanks” to Ukraine to help their military defense.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said, “We’re all concerned here about escalation.”“This is not good for anybody concerned. It’s unfortunate that we are in this place and I think it’s in response to a long series of missteps, policy missteps that have generated this, going all the way to waging war on the oil and gas industry here in America, which increased energy prices globally. Those increased energy prices had a direct positive benefit to Vladimir Putin because they’re the No. 2 energy supplier in the world,” he said.

Asked if he was comfortable with McConnell’s call for a buildup of U.S. and NATO troops in neighboring Poland and Romania, Hagerty said, “Here’s what concerns me: If the escalation ... occurs in a way that triggers our Article 5 responsibilities under NATO, I think President Biden has put himself in a very difficult position domestically because he won’t defend our Southern Border yet he’s going to be called upon to defend the borders of other countries.” “I think we’re in a very tough spot,” he said.

Trump, who maintains a strong grip on the GOP and is viewed by many Republicans as the party’s de facto leader, has stayed relatively quiet on the buildup of tensions with Russia over Ukraine’s sovereignty. A Washington Post analysis published last month found that Trump’s Save America PAC didn’t publish any statements centered on Ukraine other than complaining about being impeached by Democrats over his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia fight shows off tensions between McConnell, pro-Trump wing

The unfolding crisis in Ukraine is creating tensions between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans who back a tough military posture toward Russia, and those more ali…

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Russia fight shows off tensions between McConnell, pro-Trump wing
The unfolding crisis in Ukraine is creating tensions between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans who back a tough military posture toward Russia, and those more aligned with former President Trump’s “America First” worldview. McConnell has emerged as a leading proponent of the traditional Republican foreign policy views, advocating for a strong military that protects American interests and deters foreign threats around the world. He led the effort in Congress to push back against Trump’s plan in 2019 to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan in Syria. Now he’s pushing Biden to send U.S. troops to NATO allies bordering Ukraine and military arms and intelligence to Ukraine itself.

“The United States and our partners should waste no time in helping Ukraine prepare for war. Weapons, materiel, advice, logistics, intelligence. We should be building the infrastructure to help Ukrainians sustain their resistance to Russian aggression if and when it comes,” McConnell said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

Republican senators more closely aligned with Trump and his “America First” worldview are leery about shifting additional NATO and U.S. troops along Poland’s and Romania’s borders with Ukraine.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago last year, says other steps should be taken before shifting U.S. troops closer to potential hostilities with Russian forces. “The last thing you ever want to do is have troops at risk,” Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said. “So I think they ought to do the other things first.” “I think we ought to do it in this order: No. 1, shut down Nord Stream 2; No. 2, go ahead and sanction Russia; No. 3, get all of our allies to do the same thing,” he said. Nord Stream 2 is the natural gas pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.


Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says Republican voters are suspicious of the U.S. getting involved in new foreign military entanglements. “I would describe my own foreign policy views as nationalist, and that means we shouldn’t be trying to build a liberal empire abroad, we shouldn’t be trying to be the world’s policemen, we need to act what’s in the best interest of America’s national security, economic security,” he said, arguing that the United States should prioritize China as “the leading threat.” “That means that we can’t expand our security commitments in Europe,” he said, suggesting that the United States should reduce troop levels in Europe instead of sending more soldiers. “There’s a question of repositioning troops that are already there, that’s one thing. Sending new troops, expanding the security commitment in the form of expanding NATO, I just think that’s a strategic mistake,” he added.

Speaking to reporters in Kentucky last month, McConnell warned the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “extremely serious.”He said he advised the White House “from the very beginning” to send surface-to-air and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine and to “forward deploy additional NATO troops, including some of our own, into Poland, Romania [and] the Baltics” immediately. On Wednesday, he applauded Biden for following his advice.

“I welcome the president’s deployment of additional forces to the territory of NATO allies situated on our alliance’s eastern flank. I recommended he take such action months ago,” he said, noting that members of the 101st Airborne Division are leaving Ft. Campbell this week to join NATO forces in Eastern Europe.

The pro-Trump GOP wing, in contrast, is more concerned about the idea of more American troops going abroad.

Hawley said “the military is worried about escalation because they’ve said that to us” and that voters “do not want more American troops sent to Europe.”

The Pentagon earlier this month announced the deployment of 3,000 U.S. troops to Poland, Romania and Germany.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said, “I think we need to carefully weigh the strategic interests that the U.S. has with relation to Ukraine.” “I think they are less than our strategic interests elsewhere,” she said, though she conceded “the disruption in stability in Eastern Europe” that would be caused by a Russian invasion is “definitely worth considering.”

Hawley and Lummis endorsed, respectively, sending “lethal aid” and “guns, bullets and tanks” to Ukraine to help their military defense.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said, “We’re all concerned here about escalation.”“This is not good for anybody concerned. It’s unfortunate that we are in this place and I think it’s in response to a long series of missteps, policy missteps that have generated this, going all the way to waging war on the oil and gas industry here in America, which increased energy prices globally. Those increased energy prices had a direct positive benefit to Vladimir Putin because they’re the No. 2 energy supplier in the world,” he said.

Asked if he was comfortable with McConnell’s call for a buildup of U.S. and NATO troops in neighboring Poland and Romania, Hagerty said, “Here’s what concerns me: If the escalation ... occurs in a way that triggers our Article 5 responsibilities under NATO, I think President Biden has put himself in a very difficult position domestically because he won’t defend our Southern Border yet he’s going to be called upon to defend the borders of other countries.” “I think we’re in a very tough spot,” he said.

Trump, who maintains a strong grip on the GOP and is viewed by many Republicans as the party’s de facto leader, has stayed relatively quiet on the buildup of tensions with Russia over Ukraine’s sovereignty. A Washington Post analysis published last month found that Trump’s Save America PAC didn’t publish any statements centered on Ukraine other than complaining about being impeached by Democrats over his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia fight shows off tensions between McConnell, pro-Trump wing

The unfolding crisis in Ukraine is creating tensions between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans who back a tough military posture toward Russia, and those more ali…

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Roger A. Shrubber said:

wow...never read so many bad opinions of what to do in one situation before...you watch, some psychologist is going to come out with a book about republican disfunctionalism soon, it'll be a best seller...because them cocksuckers don't understand why they do what they do any better than the rest of us understand them

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Rand Paul threatens to block Ukraine, Russia resolution
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned on Thursday that he will block quick passage of a symbolic resolution supporting Ukraine and sending a warning to Russia unless it incorporates changes he wants.

“We have some amendments to it. We believe that it should say nothing in this resolution is to be construed as an authorization of war and nothing in this resolution is to be construed as authorizing the use of troops into Ukraine,” Paul said. Paul said that he offered the amendments to sponsors of the resolution on Wednesday night but they were rejected. He said that he would object to quickly passing the resolution if it doesn’t incorporate his amendments.

Because the bipartisan group is trying to pass the resolution by unanimous consent they need buy-in from every senator to allow the resolution to pass quickly.

Portman said that he was in talks with Paul. “We’re working through it,” Portman said. Portman and Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), James Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) offered the resolution.

Beyond offering support for Ukraine, the resolution "denounces the Russian military buildup of over 150,000 troops on Ukraine’s border" and signals that Biden should impose sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine.

"[The Senate] encourages the President that, should any further invasion or other malign activity to undermine the sovereignty of Ukraine occur by Russia, the United States Government should exhaust all tools at its disposal to impose significant costs on the Russian Federation to restore peace in Europe," it states.

Rand Paul threatens to block Ukraine-Russia resolution

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned on Thursday that he will block quick passage of a symbolic resolution supporting Ukraine and sending a warning to Russia unless it incorporates changes he wants. …

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