GOP picks new conference chair

[crimson5pheonix]

The GOP recently ousted Liz Cheney from her position as the 3rd highest ranking member of the GOP and had to find a successor. It basically came down to two choices, Chip Roy and Elise Stefanik. Roy is a hard-right MAGA Texas Republican who's hard stuck on state's rights. Stefanik is a New York Republican who spends most of her time voting against the party, including on immigration.


To nobody's surprise, Chip Roy lost handily. Not because he's MAGA, but because his hard state's rights stance led him to opposing the Texas lawsuit against the other states after the election, because he rightly pointed out that it would set federal precedent in states dictating laws for other states while the centrist Stefanik just shut up about her stances and said "Trump Good", and thus got his endorsement, while Trump has called for Roy to be primaried.

 

[Revnak]

To nobody's surprise, Chip Roy lost handily. Not because he's MAGA, but because his hard state's rights stance led him to opposing the Texas lawsuit against the other states after the election, because he rightly pointed out that it would set federal precedent in states dictating laws for other states while the centrist Stefanik just shut up about her stances and said "Trump Good", and thus got his endorsement, while Trump has called for Roy to be primaried.

Trump’s total lack of any redeeming qualities whatsoever just rules so much sometimes.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Republicans have become the Cult of Trump, and I am perfectly okay with that, because when he inevitably crosses the line and does something horrible that even his apologists can't excuse, they will go down with him.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Republicans have become the Cult of Trump, and I am perfectly okay with that, because when he inevitably crosses the line and does something horrible that even his apologists can't excuse, they will go down with him.

I think you might be underestimating his apologists there.

 

[Seanchaidh]

Republicans have become the Cult of Trump, and I am perfectly okay with that, because when he inevitably crosses the line and does something horrible that even his apologists can't excuse, they will go down with him.

Nothing is actually beyond the pale in a two-party system.

 

[Cheetodust]

Republicans have become the Cult of Trump, and I am perfectly okay with that, because when he inevitably crosses the line and does something horrible that even his apologists can't excuse, they will go down with him.

Yeah, eventually he'll do something crazy like encourage an armed insurrection to overthrow an election and then we'll... Never mind.

OT: all I want is for Ted Cruz' wife to leave him. The idea of being a suck up to a man who spoke about my partner the way Trump talked about Ted's wife makes me sick to my stomach. Like I hate everything else about the GOP because they're vile but Ted Cruz trying to play the strong man while being a toady to someone who spoke about his wife that way just makes me angry in a very primal way. The modern GOP making me have to go say things like "fair play to Mitt Romney" is also making me mad.

 

[happyninja42]

Republicans have become the Cult of Trump, and I am perfectly okay with that, because when he inevitably crosses the line and does something horrible that even his apologists can't excuse, they will go down with him.

Given the completely bullshit, unproveable, and literally magical shit that the majority of his worshippers already believed before he even showed up, there really isn't anything they can't ignore and handwave away. Just say "Jesus jesus, 'Murica, Freedom, Forefathers, Jobs" in front of anything, and they'll shovel that shit down their gullets like it was the finest of wines.

 

[Agema]

OT: all I want is for Ted Cruz' wife to leave him. The idea of being a suck up to a man who spoke about my partner the way Trump talked about Ted's wife makes me sick to my stomach. Like I hate everything else about the GOP because they're vile but Ted Cruz trying to play the strong man while being a toady to someone who spoke about his wife that way just makes me angry in a very primal way. The modern GOP making me have to go say things like "fair play to Mitt Romney" is also making me mad.

The spouses of politicians tend to know how the game is played just as much as the politicians: they too can be scheming, ambitious, venal scumbags. That's a lot of why why they married one in the first place.

 

[Cheetodust]

The spouses of politicians tend to know how the game is played just as much as the politicians: they too can be scheming, ambitious, venal scumbags. That's a lot of why why they married one in the first place.

Fair, if she had any decency she wouldn't be married to Ted Cruz.

 

[Gordon_4]

You know for some odd reason when I read this thread title I thought it was in reference to an actual chair for a conference. Like the big news is they'd bought a new chair.

 

[Seanchaidh]

You know for some odd reason when I read this thread title I thought it was in reference to an actual chair for a conference. Like the big news is they'd bought a new chair.

Only the most wholesome and luxurious sitting and spinning for the Republican Conference.

 

[Gordon_4]

Only the most wholesome and luxurious sitting and spinning for the Republican Conference.

“It is said there are two kinds of chairs for two kinds of ministers. One sort just folds up instantly and the other goes round and round in circles”

 

[Agema]

Fair, if she had any decency she wouldn't be married to Ted Cruz.

I struggle to see why anyone would be attracted to Ted Cruz, outside the benefits of him being rich and powerful.

More so for the likes of Donald Trump. It must take a woman with a vast and steel-hearted dedication to winning a life of extreme luxury to hitch themselves to that wagon - but then, he's a great deal richer than Ted Cruz.

 

[Trunkage]

I struggle to see why anyone would be attracted to Ted Cruz, outside the benefits of him being rich and powerful.

More so for the likes of Donald Trump. It must take a woman with a vast and steel-hearted dedication to winning a life of extreme luxury to hitch themselves to that wagon - but then, he's a great deal richer than Ted Cruz.

Imagine a fuck, kill, marry with Cruz, Trump and McConnell

 

[Avnger]

Imagine a fuck, kill, marry with Cruz, Trump and McConnell

Marry: McConnell - Most obvious one. He's a despicable shitstain, but he's been one of the most powerful people in the country for decades at this point. Might as well ride the coattails there. Natural death being the soonest of the three helps as well.
Fuck: Cruz - Lack of other options. Not a turtle and not Trump, so yeah....
Kill: Trump - Duh.

 

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[AndrewEB]

At this rate, the only way for the GOP to actually get rid of Trump is if America ends up in a 2nd civil war.

 

[Gergar12]

Another corporate goon, hard pass.