Infighting Is Funny

Politico reports: Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is among the biggest donors to a super PAC devoted to torpedoing Missouri Republican Eric Greitens’ Senate campaign. The second-term governor, who hails from one of the wealthiest megadonor families in the Republican Party, has contributed $250,000 to Show Me Values, according to campaign finance disclosures released late Wednesday. Ricketts and his family are …

Starnes is very upset about yesterday’s marriage vote: The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass the “Respect for Marriage Act.” It would codify same-sex marriage into law. It’s a free-for-all at the altar these days in America — for better or for worse. House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) and GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) are …

The Daily Beast reports: The war of words between former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk is intensifying — and getting weirder. On Tuesday evening, Trump responded to a series of tweets the Tesla CEO had sent Monday encouraging Trump to end his political career. “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat …

Yahoo News reports: Elon Musk said on Monday it was time for Donald Trump to “hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,” days after the former U.S. President mocked the billionaire at a political rally and called him a “bullshit artist.” Writing on Twitter, Musk said, “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang …

Fox News reports: “I want to thank you and I want to say a big hello Anchorage, hello,” Trump started his remarks, before noting how beautiful the state was. “It is a very beautiful state of Alaska.” “Elon. Elon. Elon. He’s not going to buy Twitter,” Trump said after encouraging those in attendance to use a competing social media platform, …

The Hill reports: Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said that a “friend” who was in the White House during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot told him that Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was experiencing “a little bit of both” incompetence and a “nervous breakdown” as the event unfolded. He said he was texting with a …

Mediaite reports: Steve Bannon lit into Joe Rogan on Wednesday after the popular podcast host said earlier in the week he did not want to have former President Donald Trump on his show. “You got Joe Rogan over there, trash-talking Trump. ‘I don’t give Trump any platform. No offense.’ He doesn’t need your platform. He doesn’t need your low-information voters,” …

Politico Playbook reports: Amy Kremer, chair of Women for America First and an organizer of Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 rally: “Donald Trump is disconnected from the base. It’s time for those of us in the movement to get back to basics, back to our first principles. We were here long before President Trump came along, and we’re going to be …

The Arizona Mirror reports: Ron Watkins, the man purported to be an architect of the QAnon conspiracy theory, filed an ethics complaint against Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers for a post she made about him on social media. Watkins’ complaint stems from a February post by Rogers on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app favored by conservatives, in which she asked …

Yet another entry for our Infighting Is Funny files: Sen. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is lashing out after former President Donald Trump decided to endorse his competition. Trump announced late on Friday that he is endorsing Katie Britt against Brooks in the GOP primary runoff. “His words caused me to withdraw my Endorsement, and Mo has been wanting it back ever …

Politico reports: Allies of Donald Trump Jr. issued a stark warning to Elise Stefanik recently: Keep friends’ kids out of your political rivalries. Those Trump Jr. allies were recently told that Stefanik’s camp was behind an effort to plant negative stories about Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), a potential Stefanik competitor in House GOP leadership. It was also relayed to them …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump is denying a key anecdote in a former aide’s new book, saying he would have banished Kellyanne Conway from his inner circle if she had ever told him he lost the 2020 presidential election. In a Thursday morning post on his social media network, Truth Social, Trump refuted Conway’s assertion that she “may have …

The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton has faced a slew of controversies in the past few years, including an FBI investigation into allegations he abused his office to help a wealthy donor, a 7-year-old felony securities fraud indictment, a lawsuit from the state bar challenging his ethics as a practicing attorney for suing to block the 2020 election …

From Alabama’s right wing Yellowhammer News: Alabama’s 2022 race for the U.S. Senate has proven that there is no love lost between U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Federal Election Commission (FEC) records unveiled last week that the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a super PAC affiliated with the Senate GOP leader, has invested $2 …

Posted today to Cawthorn’s Instagram page: When the establishment turned their guns on me, when the Uni-party coalesced to defeat an America First member very few people had my back. This list includes the lion share of figures that came to my defense when it was not politically profitable. These are honorable men and women who are the type of …

Mediaite has the transcript: Third-place finisher Kathy Barnette is now attacking yours truly on Twitter. She’s putting out videos blaming me for her loss. Kathy, my first instinct was to put up all of your incendiary tweets again, and there’s a ton of them, but I really don’t need to defend myself. You’re the one that really needs to answer …

Sean Hannity has suddenly decided that the “peaceful” march on the US Capitol was a bad thing because the woman challenging Trump’s pick for the US Senate took part alongside the Proud Boys. From his rant last night: Kathy Barnette is now facing a massive and evolving scandal over her past beliefs, her past comments, her past tweets, and her …

“He [Trump] said she cannot win in November. Frankly, every time Kathy tries to answer a question, it leads to a lot more questions, which is why she’s not answering any questions. “Imagine if you’re a Democratic pollster or a partisan and you are watching a woman that said openly homophobic statements and Islamophobic statements, made all kinds of allegations …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence will headline a get-out-the-vote rally with Gov. Brian Kemp on the eve of Georgia’s May 24 primary, marking a new split with Donald Trump as each maneuver for a possible 2024 White House run. Pence called Kemp “one of the most successful conservative governors in America” in a statement announcing the …

The Hill reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) criticized former President Trump on Twitter after Trump’s comments about Christie and several other GOP governors supporting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R)’s push for reelection instead of Trump-endorsed candidate, former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.). His tweet came after Trump called Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) …