The media STILL doesn’t ‘get it’….
All the stories about the US House Republicans going after Hunter Biden isn’t where the action is right now….
It’s in the US Senate….
Donald Trump ( The ‘Godfather????) is a infection they don’t want to get to most US Senate Republicans who ARE the MInority party STILL there….
Those who try to follow the ex-President are NOT gonna go far there….
Even hardcore right leaners are gonna have issues there….
The Same -Sex Marriage Bill is about to get support from enough Republicans to make it law it seems….
Florida GOPer Senator Rick Scott is one finding this out the hard way….
It’s not every day that a senator quotes a famous mob movie to describe the state of his political party after a week of infighting.
“You’ve gotta have a war every five or 10 years to get rid of the bad blood,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said, paraphrasing a line from “The Godfather” to paint a picture of Senate Republicans. “And then you start over.”
Tension built within the Senate GOP for nearly two years, from former President Donald Trump’s post-insurrection impeachment through a host of bipartisan Biden-era deals that many Republicans opposed. And after the party’s midterm election losses, those cracks turned into a chasm….
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McConnell celebrated his overwhelming support this week with a thumbs-up and a triumphant press conference, striking a positive tone as his super PAC pours more into next month’s Georgia Senate runoff. But the same-sex marriage bill that moved forward this week with 12 GOP votes simultaneously drove a new wedge, similar to the split it caused earlier this year among the also-feuding House GOP conference….
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Without the majority, Republicans will be on defense for the next two years as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer still controls the floor. Schumer split Republicans on legislation like gun safety and infrastructure, earning McConnell’s vote along the way — although that dynamic will be muted now that Republicans have the House….