Infighting Is Funny

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday accused Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) of leaking their tense argument in the House chamber to the press, calling it “unfortunate” that she did so. “I find it unfortunate that Lauren Boebert leaked that conversation that we had to the press. But once she leaked it out, I had to confirm …

Politico reports: Tensions inside the conservative House Freedom Caucus have reached the point that some members are floating the idea of purging colleagues from the group. At least two hardliners have discussed — and proposed to Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.) — trying to boot members who no longer meet the group’s ideological standards, according to three Republicans with …

Semafor reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. isn’t backing down after calling Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. a “little bitch” to her face on the House floor Wednesday during a fight over their dueling efforts to impeach President Joe Biden. Asked whether there was any chance the two would reconcile after the confrontation, Greene said: “Absolutely not.” “She has genuinely been a …

The Daily Beast reports: The messy feud between two of MAGA world’s biggest stars burst into public view on Wednesday, when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) a “little b—h” to her face on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. The angry exchange came as the two lawmakers have been swiping at each other …

The Hill reports: House Republicans on Wednesday teed off on one of their own colleagues, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), over her stunning move to force a vote this week to impeach President Biden. While no fans of the president, Boebert’s GOP critics said her move to stage an impeachment vote this week is wildly premature, harming the Republicans’ ongoing efforts …

Rolling Stone reports: Earlier this year, Donald Trump sent some of his lawyers and political advisers on a “small fact-finding mission,” as a person with knowledge of the matter describes it to Rolling Stone. The former president wanted to know, according to that source and another person close to Trump: “What is Mark doing?” Trump was referring to his former …

Fox News reports: Live Action founder and pro-life leader Lila Rose told Americans to trust their conscience when voting for president in 2024, and argued that former President Trump was backsliding on pro-life issues, despite his role in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She made waves on Twitter after she declared in April that Trump “disqualified” himself from the …

NBC News reports: “Trump hasn’t won Nevada the last two go-arounds,” said former state Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a 2022 Senate candidate who is heading a super PAC backing DeSantis. “I was a two-time Trump chair. I don’t see a path for him to win Nevada in a general election. Those voters are not coming back.” Laxalt made the comments …

The Daily Beast reports: Mike Pence was caught in a heated exchange with conservative radio host Clay Travis on Wednesday after the former vice president refused to confirm if he would pardon Donald Trump. In an interview on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Pence demurred on the question of pardons, saying that it was too early to decide. …

Mediaite reports: Harmeet Dhillon, a MAGA influencer and lawyer for Tucker Carlson, urged Republican leaders to boycott Fox News on Monday. Dhillon made the call, the latest move in Carlson’s ongoing battle against his former employer, after the network sent Carlson a second cease-and-desist letter following the second episode of Tucker on Twitter, which aired last week. She shared her …

Mediaite reports: Conservative author Ann Coulter jokingly(?) called on “every Republican to commit suicide in solidarity” with former President Donald Trump on Friday after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk encouraged Trump’s rivals to drop out of the Republican primary in solidarity with Trump over his indictment. Following news of Trump’s indictment on Thursday, Kirk proposed that “every ‘Republican’ running …

The Daily Beast reports: Ron DeSantis is turning to A.I. in his war of words with Donald Trump. In a new campaign ad, the Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful deploys several A.I.-generated images to attack the former president, renewing fears about the use of the technology to spread misinformation. The ad, posted to Twitter by DeSantis’ rapid response team, …

Rolling Stone reports: This is how petty and aggressively stupid the 2024 GOP presidential primary has become: several close aides and allies to Donald Trump want to challenge Ron DeSantis to a literal dick-measuring contest. It wouldn’t be the first juvenile move by Team Trump in this young primary season. Already, Trump has suggested that DeSantis, his chief rival, might …

The Hill reports: Fox News claimed Wednesday that Tucker Carlson violated his contract with the network after launching a new show on Twitter. The network reportedly notified its onetime anchor of the breach of contract claim shortly after he posted the first episode of his new show to the social media platform on Tuesday evening. “Pursuant to the terms of …

“The American people deserve to know that on that day, President Trump also demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution and I always will. “Now, voters will be faced with the same choice.  President Trump was wrong then and he’s wrong now. “Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president of …

Mediaite reports: Steve Bannon, whose War Room podcast is highly influential with the MAGA base, declared that in the “Republican Party, those 149 who voted for it, all have to be primaried.” “Let me repeat that. All of them, including people we’re quite fond of and some who we used to be fond of, have to be primaried,” Bannon added, …

Newsweek reports: Far-right activist Laura Loomer is teasing an election run for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat after the Georgia congresswoman warned against former President Donald Trump adding Loomer to his 2024 campaign staff. After a report from The New York Times surfaced in early April that Trump had asked his aides to hire Loomer, a failed two-time Republican congressional …

“Otherwise, we wouldn’t know what Trump thinks because he’s releasing statements on literally — every time Ron DeSantis blinks, Trump has a statement at Truth Social. We are way past dude code violations, frankly, into homoerotic territory. For one guy to be stalking another man and his actions this much, you just cannot be hetero. Unless you’re a sociopath, you …

Florida Politics reports: Addressing a crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire Thursday evening, the Florida Governor fulminated about rampant federal spending, and repeated his contention that the accord wouldn’t stop the country from “careening toward bankruptcy.” But it’s not just the GOP’s usual suspect, President Joe Biden, who earned DeSantis’ ire — it was also his chief 2024 opposition, former President …

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis is retaliating against continued attacks from former President Donald Trump. During a Thursday morning hit on the Pulse of New Hampshire, the Florida Governor blasted Trump for “petty” and “juvenile” attacks, suggesting that ad hominem tendency is one reason Republicans are out of power. “I think it’s so petty. I think it’s so juvenile. I …