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The anti-Trump party chorus among Republicans lawmakers gets louder….

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There IS a ‘tug of war’ going on folks….

No doubt….

Republican Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday that she was “appalled” by the Utah GOP’s attempt to censure Sen. Mitt Romney for his votes to convict former President Donald Trump.

The resolution to censure the former GOP presidential nominee failed Saturday at the Utah Republican Party organizing convention, where Romney was also booed earlier in the day.

“We are not a party that is led by just one person,” Collins (R-Maine) said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring to Trump. “There are many prominent, upcoming younger men and women in our party who hold great promise for leading us, and I think all of us who abide by [Republican] principles should remember Ronald Reagan’s admonition to Republicans that the person who agrees with you 70 or 80 percent of the time is your friend, not your enemy.”

Collins herself was the subject of a censure effort in March by Maine Republicans, upset at her votes to convict Trump. That effort also failed.

Collins also went to bat for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who was censured by her state’s Republican Party in February for her vote to impeach Trump. Cheney has continued to face criticism for speaking out about the role she feels Trump played in the Jan. 6 insurrection. And tensions heightened this week as Cheney, who hasn’t ruled out a presidential run in 2024, said some of the senators who “led the unconstitutional charge, not to certify the election” should be disqualified from the 2024 field….

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The intraparty rift has been evident, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declining to say whether Cheney was still a good fit for his leadership team, saying that it’s a question for the House GOP conference. Members voted less than three months ago to keep Cheney in her leadership spot, at McCarthy’s own urging.

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    • Notice these last paragraphs…

      “The Wood flop is rightly understood as the latest piece of evidence that while Trump is no longer in office,his influence over the GOP HASNT WANED A BIT(emphasis added).This remains his party ENTIRELY (emphasis added)…

      “IF a there’s a fight within the GOP the Trump forces are winning.”

      This from Chris Cilliza,the chief political guy for CNN.

      But hey we got James and of course,Thomas Williams!And they know better!

      • Well Jack?

        Liz Cheney ain’t quitting by accepting Trump’s ‘alternate reality’ attempt to OVERTURN Biden’s win as DSD points out…….

        “The 2020 presidential election was not stolen,” Cheney wrote. “Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.”…

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        • More on Cheney’s support….Which isn’t loud , but there nevertheless

          ….Cheney’s allies like Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) have lauded her conviction.

          “If a prerequisite for leading our conference is continuing to lie to our voters, then Liz is not the best fit,” Gonzalez told The Hill. “Liz isn’t going to lie to people. Liz is going to say what she believes. She’s going to stand on principle.”

          Cheney’s tweet echoes recent remarks made by a fellow prominent Republican who has spoken out against Trump: Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

          During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, McCain called the GOP-backed election audit in Arizona’s Maricopa County “ludicrous.”

          “The election is over. Biden won,” McCain said to host Jake Tapper. “I know many of them don’t like the outcome but you know, elections have consequences. And so … this does not surprise me, you know, that things are just aloof and crazy out there right now with regards to the election.”…

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        • Good ,tell Liz to convince the 70% or more of her party that believe the election was stolen from Trump.

          Then tell her she better placate the Republican House Leadership, whose members are making very negative remarks about her lately.One even opining she won’t be in the Leadership much longer.

          Finally wish Liz good luck out in Wyoming where the Trumpites have the knives out for her in 2024.

          Don’t get me wrong.I admire Liz Cheney standing up to the bully Trump and his lying minions.

          Unfortunately for her?Her Party is listening to Trump far more than to her.

  2. But will she still be standing or singing when the Trump supporters try to push her down the mountain?

    And some of those Wyoming mountains are steep.

      • Yeah and if it’s one thing we know about Republicans?

        They want nothing but the “truth!”

            • House GOP Looking at Women to Replace Cheney

              House Republicans are moving closer to ousting Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) from leadership, and are already considering replacements — including Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN), congressional aides tell Axios.

              “The conference meets next Wednesday, May 12. Most members expect the process to oust Cheney to begin then, whether formally or informally, after some of McCarthy’s top lieutenants broadened their complaints against her.”

              “It would take up to a two-thirds vote of the 212 caucus members to replace her — a relatively high bar if a secret ballot is held.”

    • Trump today labelled Romney a”stone cold loser “and Liz Cheney “A Big Shot Warmonger.”

      He also predicted that Cheney won’t even run again .

      Let’s see how many Republican politicians condemn Trumps remarks.

      James do a post on this tomorrow.Due to Trumps “declining” influence in the party Im sure there will be a bunch of Republican politicos eager to blast such intemperate talk against a member of the House Republican Leadership and a former Republican standard bearer.

      • For the up tenth time ?

        DONALD TRUMP IS THE LOSER

        Liz Cheney is NOT…

        We have been hearing of several Republicans political demise according to the FORMER PRESIDENT…

        This while they CONTINUE working IN Congress‼️😆

        • John “Mac” Stipanovich, a longtime GOP operative in Florida and a staunch anti-Trump voice, said, “That is the struggle that is underway. If [Sen.] John Thune and Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney all go down, then there will be no moderates in the Republican Party. But it will be a smaller, ethnic party with a largely rural footprint.”

          The Hill….

          (Again?… With my mantra of …’everything Trump touches turns to Shit’?… The Big Guy could actually screw the Grand ole’ Party into hole for next years midterms ALL (Democrats hope?) by himself?)

          • Shit?

            Maybe i should be hoping i’m wrong and ur right Jack…

            Let the Big Guy have the idiot’s drive the fucking party into a hole?

        • For the umpteenth time…

          What does that statement have to do with the simple fact that the vast majority of Republicans believe that Trump really won and that they still support him?

          That’s the issue.

          And what this latest idiocy of yours that such and such is still “working?”Once again what does that have to do with Trumps dominance of the Party?

          Hell using that goofy standard?Trump himself wasn’t “working” when he was elected President.Neither was Joe Biden.

          Where do you come up with these silly angles of yours?

  3. As I just texted you, if Cheney is knifed (and lets be clear it is because she constantly calls out Trump BS) will you still constantly post about Trump influence waning…the reason she would be ousted is because they don’t like her upsetting the Orange Menace that they worship…McCarthy couldn’t run to Florida Quicker after impeachment to kiss the ring…

    • We’ll see….

      The ‘Aye’ voters are STILL working st their jobs…

      Again…

      Trump ain’t…

  4. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report thinks that Trump has won the GOP battle. Tamara Keith says that it’s still unclear if he will be the Republican nominee for President in 2024.

    From the “Political Stakes” segment of Monday’s PBS NewsHour
    Emphases added. by me.

    …Lisa Desjardins [PBS]:

    Yes, those are boos.

    Amy, where are we for the battle — in the battle for the Republican Party?

    Amy Walter:

    Well, the battle is over, Lisa, and Donald Trump won. It is Donald Trump’s party.

    There are some strugglers who have continued to speak out against the president, as you pointed to Congresswoman Cheney. But they are a very rare commodity right now. Many of them are already facing primary challenges.

    Many of them are — there aren’t that many, but the ones who are there are — could lose their primaries or get redrawn out of their districts in redistricting. And we saw, most recently, there was a special election this weekend in Texas to fill a Republican seat, not an overwhelmingly Republican seat, but still a Republican-leaning district outside of Dallas.

    Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate did take the most votes. The candidate who was campaigning as the never-Trumper, who had gotten support from Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who, as we know, also voted for impeachment, has been outspoken about the Republican Party moving beyond Donald Trump, that candidate got 3 percent.

    So I think it’s pretty clear that this is a party now that has decided to line up behind President Trump. The only question is what happens in 2022, especially in these battleground districts, where Trump may endorse a candidate, and you may see Democrats using that endorsement against them in a general election, right?

    It may work in a primary. It’s good to have the endorsement of Donald Trump in a primary if you’re Republican, but it may not be a great badge to wear in a state that’s leaning more blue.

    Lisa Desjardins:

    Tam?

    Tamara Keith [NPR]

    Yes, the former president really thrives on these sorts of feuds. And you saw him put out multiple statements today going after all of the people who Amy just mentioned.

    And part of this is, he’s trying to maintain relevance. He’s trying to maintain control over the party. It’s clear that the never-Trumpers don’t control the party, but it’s not clear that Trump will ultimately be the standard bearer or if they will find someone else to sort of lead the path forward.

    And, today, he put out this statement where he said, the big lie shall now forever be known as the election fraud, making a false accusation about the election being stolen from him. He’s now trying to rebrand the concept of the big lie, just like he tried to rebrand and successfully rebranded fake news back in 2017…

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tamara-keith-and-amy-walter-on-republican-support-for-trump-and-vaccine-politicization

        • James described Thomas Williams as a human being. He tweeted something that Janes posted on here that said Trump’s influence in the GOP was fading by the day.

            • Thomas Williams? I’m getting a Chauncey Gardner vibe here from “Being There”

              • There are several Thomas Williams on Twitter (as one might imagine), but I think, from fuzzy memory, this is the one that James was citing (about the same number of followers, 83 now: 80 then), and not even he seemed, on Feb. 7th, to agree with James’ appraisal:

                Thomas Williams
                @tomwill1961
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                Feb 7
                Waiting the news, unless we give in to the GOP we will divide the country more. Tell me one, one issue if Dems give in Republicans will admit the election was fair are going to work together from that point forward.

                https://twitter.com/tomwill1961

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