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Gaetz Keeps Pushing Far-Right Candidates On GOP

Politico reports: Republicans are desperate to avoid nasty primaries next year. But the architect of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster from the speakership has other plans. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is continuing to buck party leadership, which has tried to coalesce early this cycle behind candidates in key races. Gaetz has instead thrown his support to other congressional hopefuls. Gaetz, a prominent …

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Insider: MI GOP Chair Is “Incompetent Dumpster Fire”

CNN reports: Kristina Karamo – a former community college professor with limited political experience – became the head of the state party in February after pushing far-right election conspiracy theories and promising to end the party’s reliance on traditional wealthy donors. Now, some of the pro-Trump party members who voted Karamo into office have soured on her leadership and accuse …

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MTG Calls For Unseating Sen. Lindsey Graham [VIDEO]

“How can Lindsey Graham in Washington, D.C. on Meet the Press say that he hasn’t seen a smoking gun of evidence, that he doesn’t think that we produced enough evidence to impeach Joe Biden? Let me ask the American people, do you think that we have produced enough evidence to impeach Joe Biden? Well, I think somebody better run for …

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GOP Scrambles To Block Ohio QAnon House Candidate

Politico reports: House Republicans are scrambling to fix a potential nightmare that’s unfolding in a must-win race in northwestern Ohio. The GOP is eager to block J.R. Majewski from winning its nomination to challenge veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Majewski lost his previous bid for Congress last year, after a news report on his military records indicated he lied about …

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McCarthy Takes Parting Shot At “Crazy” Matt Gaetz

The Messenger reports: McCarthy, in a nearly hour-long interview with a small group of reporters in his hideaway Capitol office on Thursday afternoon, took aim at Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the man who spearheaded the push to dispose him as speaker. “He’s just, you know, people study that type of crazy mind — maybe at the FBI,” McCarthy said of …

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New GOP Cage Match: Sen. Markwayne Mullin Mocks Rep. Matt Gaetz For “Living Off Your Daddy’s Money”

Newsweek reports: Representative Matt Gaetz has a new Republican enemy in Senator Markwayne Mullin. Gaetz criticized Mullin for profiting off stocks while serving as a member of Congress this week, renewing his long-held position against lawmakers trading stocks. Retweeting a post on X from Quiver Quantitative that found Mullin increased his net worth by $51 million between 2018 when he …

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Bannon Rages At Mike Johnson For Allowing “Demonic Garbage” In Defense Bill: Don’t Tell Me You’re Christian

“If you had the stones and the balls, you could shut this thing down right now. The NDAA just passed. It just passed. This is Mike Johnson, and don’t tell me you’re a Christian. “I don’t want to hear you’re Christian. Don’t wear your faith. Don’t give me the bible. I don’t want to hear more Bible verses when you’ve …

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Freedom Caucus: Johnson Is Like “Woke” John Boehner

Axios reports: House Freedom Caucus members are slamming Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), likening him to former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a list of internal talking points obtained by Axios. “This is an obvious play to end-run conservative objections and pass liberal ‘woke’ military policy with the help of House Democrats — …

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DeSantis Blames Trump For Satanic Temple Display

“So it’s interesting, I heard this and then I was like, well how did it get there? Is that even a religion? And lo and behold, the Trump administration gave them approval to be under the IRS as a religion. So that gave them the legal ability to potentially do it. “So I don’t know what the legislature– what they, …

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Trump: Casey DeSantis Is Plotting To Rig Iowa Caucus

Politico reports: Former president Donald Trump seized on an apparent blunder by Casey DeSantis, accusing Florida’s first lady of attempting to “commit organized voter fraud” with her invitation to out-of-state voters to participate in next month’s Iowa caucuses. Appearing on Fox News on Friday along side her husband, Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Casey DeSantis claimed that …

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Charlie Kirk: “Ronna McRomney” Was Planted By Dems

“You’re a loser. A professional Romney infiltrating loser. Is there any difference now between the RNC and the DNC? I have a real question. Is Ronna McRomney there to make sure we lose in 2024? I am telling president Trump privately and publicly that he better remove her. Does Ronna Romney want Donald Trump in prison? That’s a really interesting …

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DeSantis Team Blames Own PAC For Lousy Results

Politico reports: Tensions between Ron DeSantis’ struggling presidential campaign and his allied super PAC are boiling over, with the campaign losing confidence in Never Back Down’s leadership and ability to orchestrate a TV advertising campaign, according to two people close to the Florida governor. The criticism comes amid mounting questions about the strength of DeSantis’ campaign, and that of Never …

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Newsmax: The RNC Priced Us Out Of Hosting Debate

Axios reports: After Fox News and Fox Business hosted the first two debates, the RNC proposed that Newsmax co-sponsor the third debate as the junior partner to ABC News, four people familiar with the matter told Axios. Newsmax executives were wary of being a junior partner with a mainstream media outlet, and thought the $2 million co-sponsor fee the RNC …

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Kevin McCarthy: Unserious Matt Gaetz “Belongs In Jail”

Politico reports: Florida Republicans should have clout in the House. They have the numbers, the pedigree and the recently earned distinction as an epicenter of Republican politics. Despite the numbers, they yield little sway. No members are in leadership. No Florida Republican holds a gavel. And while they often vote together on Florida issues, they’re otherwise a motley crew with …

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BOOK: Trump Called Evangelicals “Real Pieces Of Shit”

The Guardian reports: In the heat of the Republican primary of 2016, Donald Trump called evangelical supporters of his rival Ted Cruz “so-called Christians” and “real pieces of shit”, a new book says. The new book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta, an influential reporter and staff writer for …

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Convicted Cultist Jenna Ellis Flips To Endorse DeSantis

First, this happened a few days ago: Ex–Donald Trump attorney Jenna Ellis lashed out at her former boss, after his allies attacked her for flipping on the former president in the Fulton County case. Noted Islamophobe Laura Loomer, whom Donald Trump Jr. recommended as his father’s next press secretary, took aim at Ellis on X. Loomer called Ellis a “waste …

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DeSantis PAC Head Quits After Near Brawl In Meeting

The New York Times reports: Chris Jankowski, the chief executive of Never Back Down, the main super PAC backing Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential bid, resigned on Wednesday, following the creation of a new outside group supporting Mr. DeSantis and publicly aired infighting among his allies. The departure came after days of internal tensions within Never Back Down, which along with …

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DeSantis PAC Leaders Get Into Near Brawl Over Money

NBC News reports: Leaders of Ron DeSantis’ Never Back Down super PAC met privately last Tuesday to hash out a strategy for fighting Nikki Haley’s rise in the polls. Instead, two of them nearly came to blows. Jeff Roe, the top consultant for the super PAC, got into a heated argument with longtime DeSantis confidant Scott Wagner while a small …

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Right Wing Org That Gave Candace Owens Her Start Cuts Ties: She Has Become “Ignorant, Hateful, Selfish”

“Six years ago, the David Horowitz Freedom Center invited the then little-known Candace Owens to its annual Restoration Weekend gathering of conservative movers and shakers, about which she later referred to as ‘the conference where everything started for me.’ “The David Horowitz Freedom Center went on promoting Candace, honored her with an Annie Taylor Award for Courage in 2018, and …

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McCarthy Suggests Gaetz Will Get Santos Treatment

Florida Politics reports: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy said a House investigation could leave Rep. Matt Gaetz without his current relevancy. During an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, the California Republican unprompted added further fuel to his ongoing feud with Gaetz. Bartiromo asked McCarthy about progress in the House since the transition, and the former Speaker suggested dissent within the …

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