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Apparently even the debate fly has abandoned Mike Pence. 🪰
He'll probably eventually endorse Trump just like the 99% of spineless Republicans.
Peter Meijer was a GOP House member who then lost his seat because of a MAGA primary challenger; BTW, a Democrat now holds that seat.
Meijer, now a GOP candidate for nomination to the US Senate, says he would support Trump in 2024 – even though his impeachment vote implied that he thinks Trump is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. huh? 🤔
GOP Senate Candidate Says He Stands By His Vote to Impeach Trump Over Jan. 6, But Will Still Support Him In 2024
Republicans have lost all trace of scruples. Political courage in the GOP is on the borderline between highly endangered and extinct.
It might be fun to start a pool regarding what day (or week) Mike Pence finally endorses Trump. Perhaps Pence will announce, "I've decided to hang with Donald Trump!"
#mike pence#that fly#january 6th#assault on the us capitol by pro-trump terrorists#donald trump#the trump cult#peter meijer#high crimes and misdemeanors#mi-03#michigan#republicans#the gop is spineless#election 2024#dave granlund
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Don’t keep coming to me asking where are all the good Republicans that defend democracy and then take your donors’ money and spend half-a-million dollars promoting one of the worst election deniers that’s out there.
Adam Kinzinger, on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s intervention in the Republican primary for Michigan’s 3rd congressional district. Moderate Republican incumbent Peter Meijer lost to Trump-endorsed John Gibbs.
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Republican US House candidate John Gibbs has expressed that he wants to repeal the 19th Amendment. He believes it was a mistake to give women the right to vote. Say "No!" to the Republicans!
Agreed that we should say "'No!' to the Republicans!"
John Gibbs ...during a GOP unity reception at the Kent County GOP headquarters in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.... Joel Bissell | MLive.com
According to CNN Politics:
John Gibbs, who defeated in the primary an incumbent Republican who had voted to impeach Trump, also made comments in the early 2000s praising an organization trying to repeal the 19th Amendment which also argued that women’s suffrage had made the United States into a “totalitarian state.”
As a student at Stanford University in the early 2000s, Gibbs founded a self-described “think tank” called the Society for the Critique of Feminism that argued women did not “posess (sic) the characteristics necessary to govern,” and said men were smarter than women because they are more likely to “think logically about broad and abstract ideas in order to deduce a suitable conclusion, without relying upon emotional reasoning.”
Hosted on Gibbs’ personal page at Stanford in 2000 and 2001, the Society for the Critique of Feminism argued for a patriarchal society run by men, calling it “the best model for the continued success of a society.”
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On the site, Gibbs actively argued against women being granted the right to vote, saying it led to an enlarged federal government.
“Some argue that in a democratic society, it is hypocritical or unjust for women, who are 50% of the population, not to have the vote,” Gibbs’ website read. “This is obviously not true, since the founding fathers, who understood liberty and democracy better than anyone, did not believe so. In addition, all people under age 18 cannot vote, although they too comprise a significant portion of the population. So we cannot say that women should be able to vote simply because they are a large part of the population.”
“We conclude that increasing the size and scope of government is unequivocally bad,” Gibbs added. “And since women’s suffrage has caused this to occur on a larger scale than any other cause in history, we conclude that the United States has suffered as a result of women’s suffrage.”
Of course Gibbs recently denied that he really believes that stuff.
“I was in college, 23 years ago.”
“And this was made as a satire, of trolling against the liberals on campus after we had a discussion about what freedom really means.”
What Gibbs wrote was so off-the-wall it would be hard to believe it wasn't satire. Still, he was "trolling against liberals" at the expense of women. Even if it was satire, my guess is on some level Gibbs believes some of the things he was writing or he wouldn't have even thought to "troll" liberals in that way.
And to think that John Gibbs beat a man with integrity, Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach Trump after the insurrection. Too bad for Michigan.
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Kinzinger on Meijer defeat: ‘Democrats own that’ | The Hill
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Ex-congressista espera que OVNI abatido sobre o Alasca não seja alienígena
O ex-congressista dos EUA, Peter Meijer, um republicano de Michigan, questionou se o objeto que foi abatido sobre o Alasca na sexta-feira poderia ou não ser um OVNI alienígena, enquanto as autoridades do Pentágono permanecem em silêncio sobre o que era esta ameaça.
Ex-congressista estadunidense, Peter Meijer, espera que objeto abatido sobre o Alasca não seja alienígena.
Meijer, que representou…
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Peter Meijer served honorably -- in Iraq and in Washington.
We will never support anyone who does any less.
We don't compromise our values to make deals or climb the ladder. Neither should you.
As for the Freedom Caucus, they're persona non grata to us.
For those of you still guzzling from Trump's punch bowl, that's Latin for, "We're not available."
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The fundamental problem, Meijer said, is that Republicans are offering no plans for improving lives and making the future a more promising place. Instead, the party continues to rely on grievance and fear—and misinformation—to scare voters into their ranks.
— What the GOP Does to Its Own Dissenters (December 2021)
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By boosting his far-right opponent, the Democrats did Peter Meijer dirty — and are playing a dangerous game | Informed Dissent | Detroit
By boosting his far-right opponent, the Democrats did Peter Meijer dirty — and are playing a dangerous game | Informed Dissent | Detroit
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U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer.
It’s possible, if not likely, that John Gibbs would have beaten Michigan’s U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer without Democrats’ help.
While the $450,000 they spent exceeded what Gibbs raised during the campaign, it paled in comparison to Meijer’s arsenal. Besides, Gibbs had Donald Trump’s endorsement, which is worth twice…
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#Arts#City Council#Concerts#Culture#Democrats#Detroit Metro Times#Detroit News#Elections#Events#gop#Grand Rapids#Informed Dissent#john gibbs#local news#Metro Times#Michigan News#Peter Meijer#Politics#Primary#Republicans#Restaurants#sports news#Things to Do in Detroit#Trump&039;s America#weather updates
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Playing Games in Politics
Dirty tricks in politics. So what's new?
Just stop making everything in a political campaign about winning and gaining power, while ignoring the benefit of having people in Congress who have integrity, strength of character, something resembling a moral compass, and a willingness to work with others in government to get things done in Washington.
After listening to the Daily Podcast on Wednesday morning that revealed how the DNC has…
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#commentary#flowers#John Lyly#Peter Meijer#politics#proverbs#The Daily Podcast#William Taverner#maryann miller
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Trump had a good day
Trump had a good day
But at the expense of Republican chances in November?
What did we tell you? Oh, now we remember! The circular firing squad purging Republicans who doubt the divinity of Trump now is concentrating its fire on WI Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
After the previous blogge went to press, Trump (The Old Pretender) tarred Vos with the dreaded “RINO” word and endorsed young Adam Steen, “who has had the…
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Cynical and craven
Democrats often are their own worst enemies. At least the ones who make up the political committees are. At a time when the Republican Party is beginning to be defined as authoritarian, dishonest, and extremist, the Democrats are defining themselves cynical and reckless.
In Michigan, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the DCCC, has funded a large ad buy helping a Trump-backed,…
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En ons altijd weer boeit door Peter C. Meijer: 'Duistere praktijken' (220)
Natuur: En ons altijd weer boeit door Peter C. Meijer: 'Duistere praktijken' (220)
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Gisteren (26 april 2024) schreef Mátýas Bittenbinder in het Noordhollands Dagblad een stukje over de Rode Rotshaan. Deze vogelsoort wilde ik graag in Suriname zien. In 2015 ging ik met en groep naar dit land. Wij hebben veel vogelsoorten gezien en zelfs Sidderalen. In mijn verslag schrijft ik:
‘De volgende dag maakten wij een tocht door de jungle naar de Moederval. Een…
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Peter Meijer, Republican who voted to impeach Trump, loses Michigan seat
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Need To Prod Congress To Enact the Afghan Adjustment Act
A recent Wall Street Journal editorial strongly endorsed enactment of the pending Afghan Adjustment Act to provide changes in U.S. immigration law to protect the 67,000 Afghans relocated to the U.S. after its withdrawal of forces from that country.[1]
However, that editorial did not discuss the reasons why Congress has not done so. A recent column in the Philadelphia Inquirer by columnist Trudy…
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#Afghan Adjustment Act#Afghanistan#Biden Administration#For Country Caucus#Philadelphia Inquirer#Rye Barcott#Trudy Rubin#U.S. representative Peter Meijer#U.S. Representative Seth Moulton#U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar#U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley#U.S. Senator Tina Smith#U.S. U.S. Rresentative Illhan Omar#Wall Street Journal#With Honor
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[The Washington Post] Several election deniers backed by Trump prevail in hotly contested primaries
Criminally-stupid planning on the part of the Democrats, particularly in regard to Peter Meijer of Michigan, who is, at least, articulate, well-informed, and a rational thinker.
This stunt where Dems threw money at the most extreme Republicans just to make the GOP look bad to voters is going to end up murdering the Democratic Party.
Pelosi is tone deaf when it comes to human behavior, and it shows. The 60s peacenik, "We're all brothers" thinking is great -- as long as everybody thinks the same way.
The problem is, they don't. The problem is not Republican vs. Democrat. The problem is aberrant behavior vs. baseline mental health. It's not a war of issues any more. It's a war of the sick against the somewhat well.
The Dems need a behavioral psychologist if they're going to win -- not a political strategist. That's how far America has fallen.
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The real threat isn’t Donald Trump; it’s somebody who watched Donald Trump and can do this a lot better than he did.
— Peter Meijer (December 2021)
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