Infighting Is Funny

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) …

“Q is such a horrible thing that I hate even talking about it. It was all a delusion so the Democrats could steal the election. “Do you understand that we lost the country because of Q? And I have to put up with the Q people all over the place! And I’m tired of it! “So I’m not mad at …

From far-right Christianist and Gab CEO Andrew Torba: In 2000 Mules we learn that PA was one of the worst in terms of rigging. So why is it that Trump endorsed a World Economic Forum dual citizen globalist Hollywood doctor instead of @KathyBarnetteForSenate who has a track record of fighting for election integrity? She sued Montgomery County for illegally alerting …

The American Independent reports: Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz’s campaign blasted a primary rival for “pathetic and xenophobic” attacks against him. In the same statement, Oz’s campaign touted an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, who has frequently pushed similar bigoted tropes. “Now that he lost President Trump’s endorsement, he’s resorted to sad and desperate attacks that are no …

Forbes reports: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz—who former President Donald Trump endorsed—poses “national security concerns” due to his ties to the Turkish government and military, and called for Oz’ campaign to provide an explanation. Pompeo told reporters on a call hosted by Oz’s competitor, David McCormick, he has questions about …

Variety reports: Devin Nunes, the former congressman who is now CEO of Donald Trump’s social-media rival to Twitter, claimed that his new boss “encouraged” tech mogul Elon Musk to acquire Twitter, to “take on these tech tyrants.” Musk says that’s false. “I’ve had no communication, directly or indirectly, with Trump, who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on …

The Hill reports: Marc Short, an ex-top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, is joining Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection campaign as the Republican incumbent fights off a primary challenge from former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), who is backed by former President Trump. The development comes just weeks before the Georgia gubernatorial primaries, which are scheduled for May 24. …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: In a tele-rally phone call for Perdue, the former president told supporters that a vote for Kemp was a vote for Democrat Stacey Abrams because GOP turnout in November will nosedive if the governor is the party’s nominee. He added that Kemp’s victory would also hurt Herschel Walker, the Trump-backed former football star who is expected …

Politico reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert look from the outside like MAGA twins, both loathed by Democrats for their incendiary right-wing rhetoric. But inside the House GOP, they’re not quite buddy-buddy. Privately, Republicans say Boebert — who’s seen as more of a party team player than Greene — detests being tied to her Georgia colleague. And when the …

Via press release from hate group leader Bill Donohue: We are delighted with all the kind comments we have received from Catholics, clergy and lay alike, about our denunciation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Anyone who says the Catholic Church, or its leadership, is run by Satan is a bigot. But we have our critics, too. There are those who …

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis rages about Cawthorn to Politico: He’s got temperament and judgment issues. He’s made comments at the worst possible time with respect for president Zelenskyy, called him a thug, now he apparently has this insider trading thing which just needs to be handled like everybody else. If there’s no problem there, there won’t be any problem with …

From hate group leader Bill Donohue’s letter today to the House Ethics Committee: As president of the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, I am requesting that you levy sanctions against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her virulent anti-Catholicism. On April 21, Greene was interviewed by Michael Voris, the head of Church Militant. In their discussion about the role of …

Florida Politics reports: The Lincoln Project released a new TV ad Thursday directed at Donald Trump supporters, asserting that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy believes they’re stupid and laughs at them and the former President behind their backs. “Kevin McCarthy doesn’t think Trump’s supporters and MAGA Republicans are stupid; he knows it,” the ad says. The TV spot, which will …