Infighting Is Funny

Everett Piper writes for the far-right Washington Times: Last year as the direction of our country hung in the balance, millions of us watched in horror as Mr. Trump decided to draw attention to himself rather than throwing every bit of influence he still had into winning these two Senate seats. The result was a Democrat victory because many conservative …

“Let me start off by saying I am so pissed off, I cannot even see straight. We had an extraordinary opportunity. We had a generational opportunity. This should have been a fundamental landslide election. “We should have won the House and the Senate. We should have a 30, 40, 50 vote majority in the House. We should have 53, 54, …

The New York Post reports: A new national poll gives Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a 7-point edge over former President Donald Trump in a potential presidential primary battle, the first survey of the 2024 cycle to do so — and the first poll since February 2016 to point to a weakening of Trump’s GOP dominance. The YouGov poll, released Friday, …

The Birmingham News reports: “It would be a bad mistake for the Republicans to have Donald Trump as their nominee in 2024,” Brooks said in an interview with AL.com. “Donald Trump has proven himself to be dishonest, disloyal, incompetent, crude and a lot of other things that alienate so many independents and Republicans. Even a candidate who campaigns from his …

The New York Post reports: DeSilence is golden. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his team have ignored Donald Trump’s ongoing rhetorical offensive because they believe the former president is only damaging his own brand, an insider told The Post Friday. “There is no upside to rolling around in the mud with Trump at this point,” the DeSantis source said. “Only …

From right wing commentator Erick Erickson: Either the GOP heads to the future, or it stays in the past. That is a choice for its voters. Independent voters went against the GOP because it turns out they’d rather stay in a terrible economy with leadership who won’t start World War III by tweet than hand the country over to a …

Florida Politics reports: A second Florida Senator seems willing to consider life in the GOP caucus after Mitch McConnell’s leadership. Fresh off a decisive win Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Friday that the “Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed.” This comes as other Senators, including Rick Scott, circulate a petition to that effect. Rubio’s tweet was …

“We lost in ’18. We lost in ’20. We lost in ’21 in Georgia. And now in ’22 we’re going to net lose governorships, we’re not going to pick up the number of seats in the House that we thought and we may not win the Senate. “There’s only one person to blame for that and that’s Donald Trump. The …

Real Clear Politics reports: Two days after Republicans dramatically underperformed in the midterms, but even as control of Congress remains too close to call, Sen. Josh Hawley has completed his autopsy and offered it to his party’s leaders for consideration. The topline: The failure is all their fault. The Missouri populist believes the Republican Party offered voters plenty in the …

Fox News reports: “I would say maybe not so fast. Maybe we should have a good discussion within the confines of our internal body,” Biggs said. “Look, we were told we were going to have an incredible, incredible wave. And if that would’ve been the case, any 20, 30, 40-seat margin, anywhere in there you would say, okay, Kevin is …

Mediaite reports: As the Republican red wave failed to live up to expectations in the midterms elections, Ben Shapiro blamed the situation on Donald Trump. The Daily Wire founder took to Twitter on Wednesday with his thoughts on how Democrats are likely to maintain their hold on the U.S. Senate, and Republicans failed to win a commanding majority of seats …

“Ron is a person – I’ve always had a decent relationship with him – but when I endorsed him, he was gone. He was not even going to be able to even be a factor in the race. And as soon as I endorsed him, within moments, the race was over. I got him the nomination. He didn’t get it. …

Politico reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), asked on Monday if he’d support Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as majority leader if Republicans take the Senate, said he would not. “I don’t imagine I will, no. … I’m not sure if any other senator will run or not. Nobody’s indicated they would. But my view is that we need new …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba issued a stern warning to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday night at the former president’s rally in Dayton, Ohio, telling the unofficial 2024 Republican presidential contender to stand down. “DeSantis is DeSantis because of Trump,” Habba said on the pro-Trump YouTube channel Right Side Broadcasting Network. “He needs to stay …

Vice News reports: America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), the pseudo-medical group that rocketed to pandemic infamy by spreading bad information about COVID, advocating for discredited treatments, fearmongering about vaccines, and attempting to influence state legislation, is suing one of its founders in federal court, months after her release from prison. AFLDS filed suit on November 4 against Dr. Simone Gold, accusing …

Mediaite reports: Saturday was Trump’s most direct shot yet as he bestowed a nickname upon the Florida governor — the ultimate sign of one’s status as an enemy in Trump-world. Yet given DeSantis’s immense popularity in Florida and among Republicans nationally, Trump’s attack did not go over well on the Right — particularly among those Republicans who believe the party …

The Insider reports: Former President Donald Trump finally bestowed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with one of his infamous nicknames, signaling a rivalry between the two popular Republicans is heating up as both men could run for the GOP nomination for president in 2024. Trump was referencing a poll that showed he was in the lead among other potential Republican nominees …

“It was always a lie. The whole thing was always a lie. And it was a lie meant to rile people up. I’ve talked about this ad nauseam, it really made me angry. “Cause I’m like, the promises you’re making that you’re gonna challenge the electoral college and overturn the election, there’s not even a process for you to do …

“I wish Trump was spending some of his money — Trump’s got a hundred million dollars and he’s spending almost none of it to support these candidates. “That is not ideal when Mitch McConnell only spends for the moderates of the anti-Trump candidates. “It would be nice if Trump would spend some of that a hundred million dollars to help …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump is coming to Miami just two days before Election Day. But one Republican won’t be there — Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump on Wednesday said he’ll hold a rally with Sen. Marco Rubio on Nov. 6. DeSantis was left off the announcement and an adviser to the former president said the Florida governor is not …