Infighting Is Funny

The Daily Beast reports: Nikki Haley’s decision to become the first Republican to jump into the 2024 race against Donald Trump has finally given the Trump campaign an official foe. And even if Haley has little interest in slamming Trump—four Trump advisers told The Daily Beast they think Haley’s presidential run is more about running for vice president—Trump’s campaign appears …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: ‘Sloppy’ Chris Christie, the failed former Governor of New Jersey, spent almost his entire last year in office campaigning in New Hampshire for the Republican Nomination for President. Much like his term in office, where he left with an Approval Rating of just 9%, his Presidential campaign was a complete disaster. He endorsed me …

Mediaite reports: Far-right former Trump adviser turned podcast host, Steve Bannon, told his audience Monday “whatever you do, don’t send them any money” – referring to the Republican National Committee. Bannon, who ran former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and worked briefly in the White House, expressed concern over the RNC reelecting Ronna McDaniel as chair on Friday. Ahead …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Club For No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years. We worked together for a period, but they couldn’t get away from China, Europe, Asia, and part’s unknown. They know I won’t play that game, I am America First all the way. That’s …

Politico reports: On Saturday, Trump took his sharpest swings at DeSantis to date, accusing the governor of “trying to rewrite history” over his response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Trump said DeSantis, who has been openly skeptical about government efforts to vaccinate people against the virus, “promoted the vaccine as much as anyone.” He praised governors who did not close down …

Vice News reports: Three weeks into his first term in Congress, New York Rep. George Santos is finding it very hard to make friends. On Monday, Sen. John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana told CNN reporters that the 34-year-old congressman—who has also been known as Anthony Devolder, Anthony Zabrovsky, and by a bunch of other aliases—was “nutty as a fruitcake” and …

“I never had a conversation with Jared, Ivanka, or the president about the vice presidentship. What I will tell you is it’s really sad when you are having to go out there and put lies and gossip to sell a book. I don’t know why he said it, but that’s exactly why I stayed out of D.C. As much as …

Mediaite reports: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened fire on Nikki Haley in his upcoming memoir, insulting her multiple times and accusing his fellow Trump administration alum of plotting to replace Mike Pence as vice president. In a published excerpt, Pompeo vents about a time when Haley got a personal Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump back when she …

Fox News reports: Former President Trump said in an interview this week that he’s prepared to “handle” a potential challenge from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.  Speaking to CBN host David Brody, Trump took credit for DeSantis’ rising political fortunes, noting that his endorsement in 2018 catapulted DeSantis to the front of the pack. “I …

Puck News reports: Republicans have been fixated on whether 71-year-old Rep. Vern Buchanan might retire from Congress after losing the House Ways & Means chairmanship to the 42-year-old Speaker’s pet Jason Smith, potentially reducing Kevin McCarthy’s margin of error from four votes to three. Just how angry was he? A source on the House floor during the vote told me …

The Daily Beast reports: On the first day of Congress this year, Jan. 3, the mounting tension between Greene and Boebert reached its boiling point. According to multiple sources, the two women were nearly in a screaming match in the Speaker’s lobby ladies room just off the House floor. “Greene questioned Boebert’s loyalty to McCarthy, and after a few words …

The Daily Beast reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t even declared whether he’ll run for president in 2024, and Donald Trump has tried to restrain himself from going after his top GOP rival, but the former president’s allies are already mounting an offensive—with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem now leading the charge. Noem may be interested in running for president …

Bloomberg News reports: Representative Matt Gaetz is emerging from last week’s bitter speaker fight as the member of Congress everyone in Washington loves to hate. While he pegged Kevin McCarthy as “the biggest alligator in the swamp” and the “masthead of the lobbying corps” whose bid for House speaker was an “exercise in vanity,” Gaetz’s fellow Republicans want the Florida …

Homocon nutbag Jim Hoft writes at Gateway Pundit: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA 14th District) said during an interview on Sunday that she believed Joe Biden was legitimately elected as president. She also distanced herself from the online group QAnon for getting her “sucked into” their conspiracy theories. Green made an appearance on the far left Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” on …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: Great job Kevin! We must now stop Mitch McConnell and his China flagrant boss, Coco Chow. It’s as though he just doesn’t care anymore, he pushes through anything the Democrats want. The $1.7 TRILLION quickly approved Bill of the week before was HORRIBLE. Zero for USA Border Security. If he waited just ten …

The Associated Press reports: In an interview, Boebert said “this slim victory, it opened my eyes to another chance to do everything that I’ve been promising to do.” To the congresswoman, that means being “more focused on delivering the policies I ran on than owning the left,” adding she hoped “to bring the temperature down, to bring unity.” Some of …

“Things get heated and things get said. Obviously, to the people who took offense by that, it’s pretty obvious that it’s meant as a turn of phrase. “I’ve got thick skin. I’m called awful, vile things by the very same wing of the party that I was fighting at that moment. “So I was a little taken aback by the …

“No, listen. I’m on the floor, Laura. These 212 Democrats are going to vote for Hakeem Jeffries every single time. He is a historic candidate for them. They are not going to cleave off under any circumstance. I assure you if Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican, I will resign from the House of Representatives. That is how …

“I’ll spare no words. They all look like idiots, and that’s how they are acting. And let me make something plain about what the future is for House Republicans over the next two years. “If they cannot achieve unity, if they cannot act like a team, why are they there? There is no purpose in serving in government if you …

NBC News reports: For a third consecutive day, a bloc of ultraconservative bomb throwers denied GOP leader Kevin McCarthy the speaker’s gavel Thursday, even after he caved on a set of concessions the right-wing Republicans were demanding. It marked the ninth straight defeat for McCarthy, who has vowed not to drop his bid for the top job. While he still …