Infighting Is Funny

“That’s just reality, they’re foreigners and they’re not good foreigners. They’re bad people. Trump, because Trump is ascendant. MAGA is ascendant. You don’t see Fox attacking Nikki at all. You certainly don’t see them attacking her positions as positions that are stone-cold losers. “Why? Because it’s their positions. They are neo-liberal neocons. They fully support the concentration of wealth in …

The Virginia Scope reports: Rep. Bob Good, R-VA05, was forced to leave an event in his district over the weekend where Republicans gathered to support Donald Trump. Good supporters believe the event was doubling as a campaign event for state Sen. John McGuire, who is primarying him for the Republican nomination this year. The event occurred in Farmville at a …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) railed against former Kevin McCarthy on Monday after the former House speaker mocked her inability to keep her D.C. office staffed, saying she needs “help to straighten out her life.” Mace, one of the eight House Republicans who helped oust McCarthy from the speakership, responded by posting a video on social media …

Mediaite reports: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) condemned Tucker Carlson on Thursday for making a video gushing over a Russian grocery store, remarking, “The Soviets had a term for people like Tucker: useful idiots.” During his controversial trip to Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, Carlson filmed a short video at a Russian grocery store, where he praised the prices …

Politico reports: For nine months in his speakership, Kevin McCarthy seemed like a man with a title but no power — desperately improvising to keep his job amid factions ready to turn on him in an instant. Now, in his fourth month in alleged power, Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished what once seemed unthinkable: making McCarthy seem like a skilled …

The Houston Chronicle reports: A $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that passed the Senate overnight has sparked a battle between two of Texas’s most prominent Republicans, with Attorney General Ken Paxton calling U.S. Sen. John Cornyn an “America Last RINO” and Cornyn raising Paxton’s ongoing legal troubles. Paxton went after Cornyn on social media early Tuesday …

CNN reports: Donors no longer want to contribute to their campaigns. Primary opponents are lining up to take them out. And some of them have been ex-communicated from caucuses on Capitol Hill. The eight House Republicans who took the unprecedented step of removing Kevin McCarthy from the speakership are facing blowback, both in Washington and back home. It’s a sign …

“I think people see now how far Matt Gaetz will go and the fear he has of what’s in the ethics complaint. He’s trying to protect himself, and that harms our caucus, that harms our majority. In the end, people will see why Gaetz would want to do that. And I think in the end, Gaetz would have a hard …

The Daily Beast reports: GOP political consultant Alex Bruesewitz has emerged in recent years as a key online ally of Donald Trump, coming to the former president’s defense when he’s attacked and consistently going on offense to needle Trump’s enemies, like Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Joe Biden. But after a House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas …

Politico reports: Matt Gaetz led the GOP push that ejected Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. Now he’s turning to his next target: Booting another fellow Republican from the House entirely. The Florida Republican is slated to headline a campaign rally next week with Darren Bailey, the GOP primary rival of Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs …

Fox News reports: Sen. Ted Cruz doubled down Tuesday on his call for fresh leadership, saying the Senate’s crafting of its border bill has been a disaster from its inception. Cruz told Fox News that by calculating the amount of illegal immigrants permitted per day through the law it portrayed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. James Lankford, and other …

The Daily Beast reports: Ann Coulter didn’t mince her words when asked what former president Donald Trump could do to “help us take America back.” “Maybe he could die?” she wrote on X. The one-time MAGA supporter—and author of In Trump We Trust—became a born-again anti-Trumper in recent years, admitting she was “a very stupid girl” to support Trump in …

“Every four years we have this narrative, pin the racists on the Republicans, and they try to depict the Republican Party as the party of racism. The Republicans refute that by saying, well, we’re the party of Lincoln. We freed the slaves. And that’s all good. I will say this, though, there is there isn’t a white supremacy component to …

Politico reports: Kevin McCarthy is not done trying to exact revenge on the fellow Republicans who ended his Hill career. A top McCarthy ally, Brian O. Walsh, is overseeing an attempt to recruit primary challengers to take on members of the infamous “Gaetz Eight” — the Capitol’s nickname for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and seven Republicans who supported his fire-McCarthy …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) endorsed Virginia State Sen. John McGuire’s (R) primary challenge against House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.) on Monday. Greene, one of former President Trump’s closest supporters in Congress, sharply criticized Good for first endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over Trump in the presidential race. “Bob Good is an angry, disloyal, …

Axios reports: The House Freedom Caucus may begin to routinely hijack Republican messaging bills as an act of retaliation against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), according to multiple members of the right-wing group. It would mark a significant escalation in hardliners’ rebellion against Johnson after he pursued bipartisan deals to pass critical government funding bills. “If they don’t want or …

“Okay. I’m not making this up. I’m not making this up. They’re taking a snow day tomorrow. They’re taking a snow day tomorrow. The House votes are canceled tomorrow with snow on the way. It has snow. “I mean, you got a couple inches from that. It’s quite cold. It’s called winter. They’re taking a snow day tomorrow. So taking …

“Do we have that clip from Johnson saying about, uh, Biden being the will of God? Yo, bro, get focused here. Johnson needs some help. Be prepared to have your heads blow up. Let’s go ahead and hear it. [Clip plays.] Yeah. Dude, he’s an illegitimate president. Have you lost your freaking mind? This election was stolen. Don’t, don’t start …

“The House Freedom Caucus board is filled with Never Trumpers led by their new chairman angry disloyal MAGA traitor Bob Good. HFC and their donors are victims of a hostile takeover by Never Trumpers and that’s going to be a disaster for Pres Trump’s next administration. “Bob Good ran on MAGA and Trump’s endorsement in 2020 AND 2022 and now …

Mediate reports: Right-wing provocateur Benny Johnson has deleted and expressed regret over a “poorly-worded tweet” that drew the ire of Donald Trump’s supporters over the weekend. In his initial tweet, Johnson announced that he was “Back in Iowa” and that his fans could catch him “on the campaign trail with @VivekGRamaswamy.” The response from Trump World was furious. On X, …