Signed President DONALD J. TRUMP, at Truth Social.
UPDATE: At the time Trump posted, McMaster had already offered Darline Graham Nordone the position and she had accepted, according to the NYT:
Mr. McMaster said that he has asked Ms. Nordone to fill the seat after they spoke “in the wee hours of Sunday morning” following Mr. Graham’s death, and that she accepted, “through tears.”
“I called the president afterwards, and he thought that it was a great idea,” Mr. McMaster said.
Trump's post went up at 9:43 a.m. today.
Also: "There is a long history in American politics of having the widowed wives of men who die in office finish out their terms. Mr. Graham, who never married, joked when he ran for president that, if he won, maybe his sister would take on the duties of first lady."
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I thought Trey Gowdy might be the interim, but the sister would be nice. There's a long tradition of this.
NYT: "Former Iran President Ahmadinejad Was Israeli Spy"
Wow! They sure are good at that stuff.
Good for Trump. Of course, Darleen may be a liberal democrat.
I don't like this family-steps-in-unelected stuff. It's a little un-American. Not Democrat party un-American, but adjacent.
A relative and a woman, which makes two down votes.
So are we giving Senate seats away as inheritance now?
"So are we giving Senate seats away as inheritance now?"
NOW? This has been going on forever.
Isn't SC plantation state?
The real problem with our house and Senate, is the brain drain.
Former Iran President Ahmadinejad Was Israeli Spy"
Was he a "spy"? From what I've read the Mossad wanted him to take over after the current leadership was destroyed by the sneak attack in February. He left office in 2013 and has been butt-hurt because the IRGG wouldn't let him hold another office. Reports claim he wanted to be another "Boris Yeltsin".
Its as if Iran planned to wipe out all the US leadership and install Mitt Romney as the new President. LOL.
Could be true. Or could be Israel is trying to plant evidence on him so the Iranians will prosecute him. You never know with Israel.
"So are we giving Senate seats away as inheritance now?"
Actblue: "Save RBG's Seat by Investing in These Senate Campaigns"
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/saverbgseat
Get over yourself, dude.
This is the right thing to do. The GOP will schedule a second primary election in August, and the general election proceeds as planned in November. Not a political fix like Kamala in 2024.
yes not like this is new but still a bit unsavory…
Nope. The seat is not a family asset or tradition. It is a job, even for the temp who keeps the seat warm. Don’t be like democrats and treat congressional seats as inherited goods.
We complain about our pathetic representation, but that’s actually our fault. Nobody who’s any good wants to run for Office anymore
Even harder NO on Gowdy. Sheesh. Another undercover nevertrumper. For all the FBI bootlicking he did propping up Comey and Wray he should be shunned by MAGA and Trump.
WTF, isn't the senate seat supposed to go to the oldest, married son?
It must be a male landowner in good standing... and bribable.
As long as America remains engaged in pointless, expensive, un-winnable wars, Lindsey Graham will never truly die.
"Nobody who’s any good wants to run for Office anymore"
They never did.
As long as there is a market for Democrat talking points, the endless droning will never die.
Maybe we should elect a second string of representatives on stand by.
"Maybe we should elect a second string of representatives on stand by."
Won't work for Democrats. They don't like elections, they'll want to appoint them.
As long as she's been vetted to not be a closet lefty (yeah, I know how iffy that might be), I don't have a problem with it. It's got to be somebody and it's only for 4 months. It seems like a pragmatic course of action which avoids the skullduggery real politicians would engage in.
Whose.seat? The PEOPLE'S seat! . . . er. . .the sister's seat?
The Senate seat is like a Masters ticket. You keep it in the family if you can. Ask Lisa Murkowski. Also works for a House seat. Ask Debbie Dingell.
There will be multiple candidates for the seat and if McMaster does this, he will not give any of the candidates a leg up. That seems like a smart thing to do.
Sounds good to me.
Gowdys hair will place
I recommend Gov McMaster retire faster than advertised…
bagoh20 said...
"..I don't like this family-steps-in-unelected stuff.."
So? you think it should stay unfilled, until November?
McMaster should appoint Graham's chief of staff. I don't know who he or she is, but presumably that person would carry on the political legacy and will of the deceased senator, at least until the November election and the seating of the new elected senator.
"This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!"
Well, there are Senators with fewer qualifications.
Keeping it in the family has always been a Democrat go-to when death rears its head. It’s hilarious when paid shills even mention it, let alone when they accuse their opponents of employing it. 😄
"Ask Lisa Murkowski. Also works for a House seat. Ask Debbie Dingell."
My favorite was Jean Carnahan appointed to the Senate from Missouri.
Her husband died in a plane crash too close to the election to change the ballot. Even so, the dead candidate beat the incumbent, John Ashcroft, 50% to 48%, and the Governor appointed the widow to fill the seat.
When she ran in the special election 2 years later to finish the term, she narrowly lost to the Republican nominee.
"..I don't like this family-steps-in-unelected stuff.."
So? you think it should stay unfilled, until November?
Maybe appoint someone whose qualifications are more impressive than "sister to a closet case."
It worked for Joe and Jill Biden.
Is this the sister he sort of adopted when their parents died early? (Checks).
Yes.
There could be worse picks I suppose. I don't live in SC so my opinion here is moot.
If I were a senator and I passed on and they appointed my wife, the voters would be disenfranchised, as her politics are (mostly) diametrically opposed to mine. Which seems to be a common thing. The idea that the political views of a man's wife are the same as his is an ancient fiction.
"“If the law supposes that... the law is a ass—a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is, that his eye may be opened by experience—by experience.”
""..I don't like this family-steps-in-unelected stuff.."
"So? you think it should stay unfilled, until November?"
One does not require the other. There should be a less royal way to do this in the United States.
I would assume that the reasoning for this (and every time a relative has taken over an elected seat) is that this is someone who knew the mind of the deceased politician well and that staff who might bristle at a takeover by another politician will be kinder and more helpful to a grieving relative.
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, is viewed as a leading contender for McMaster to name as a temporary replacement for Graham's seat. She maintains strong ties with the governor and received Trump's backing during the primary campaign for governor.
Actually, in the SC GOP governor's race, Trump praised candidates Evette and Alan Wilson, saying, "There are two Highly Respected Candidates running to be your next Governor in the June 23rd Republican Runoff Election ... Both have had amazing careers, and have been with me from the beginning."
In his latest mindless position change, the Demented One said:
"I have somebody that I think would be great, but I don't want to say it now, because it's just, you know, it's too soon with Lindsey," Trump said. "I don't want to even talk about anybody, but I do have somebody that I think is really good."
I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina." "This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!"
The problem is that Darline Graham Nordone has been a music teacher during her entire adult life.
RIP Sam Neill
DD would like to see a Democratic Socacialist (onymoron) in that position.
Off topic--but hombre, if you are following the comments, that substack piece you posted was well worth reading. Thanks. I'm reposting the link here. The writer gets to the heart of it.
https://hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/to-boss-ourselves
You can see it as "demented," Gadfly (and who would argue with your expertise on the subject?), but it mostly appears to be a political sidestep. A temporary, interim sidestep. Like a smart politician would make.
Appoint one of Strom Thurmond’s kids.
The same democrats demanding we vote another Dingle in office are upset at a 4 month temporary appointment until the special election?
it's only for 4 months ....
More like 5+ months
A hard no on Gowdy. He had so much promise in the house. He was going to go after the crooked Commie Dems and folded like a cheap suit. He was all talk. An absolute dud.
Nancy Mace is out of a job.
"DD would like to see a Democratic Socacialist (onymoron) in that position"
I am the only on that regularly comments that hates socialism! Literally.
You fucking commies do not care that Trump just started a brand new socialist welfare entitlement (the "Trump accounts.") Nor, do you give a shit that the fed are bullying private corporations into surrounding equity to the federal governments. What do you think will happen when someone like Elizabeth Warren or AOC get their hands on the Trump accounts and get a chance to gobble up private companies.
We are fucked, retard.
For a temporary appointment to serve out the remainder of the current term, no issues. If setting up a stepping-stone for future office, I'm not a fan.
Agree with Leland. This is a temporary deal.
Listening to corruptocrats whine - is like me thinking ' do f off.
Martha-Ann Alito is flying her Stop the Steal flag at half-staff to honor the late Lindsey Graham.
She has accepted the assignment. She pledged to support the president.
No kings, but we do appoint the occasional viscount.
The only thing that matters to me about this appointment is the assurance that the appointee will vote for the SAVE Act to clean up our corrupt elections.
DJT endorsed two time state wide election loser James John for MI governor last week. Sad though the Magic Negro approach just hasn't worked. The MN do not peel off any black votes and so they only get the GOP core vote which by itself is not enough to win here. DJT should MYOB given his previous endorsement losers. Just ask Sen. Herschel Walker
"I am the only on that regularly comments that hates socialism! Literally."
And then promote everything the Democrat party stands for.
Yes Hass. That should be the litmus test. Vote for the SAVE act or not be considered.
Quick - KAK-a-Bot(D) - arrest & throw her in the gulag.
And then promote everything the Democrat party stands for.
Like what? What have I "promoted." Retard.
For the record, I used to like the GOP back when it was headed by honorable men like Paul Ryan and Scott Walker. In the old time before the grifting and the shit coins. The GOP sucked back then, but at least they stood for something.
Hating Trump just means I have a brain. I hate democrats with equal vigor, Nancy.
Trump ran against the Bush family and dynastic politics and now this bull? I know this succession is not as bad as transfers between fathers and sons but still...
And how is this different from the gross Dingell family in Michigan? Those jokers have held onto the same congressional seat for close to a century because of bologna like this.
Widow succession should be illegal! Even if she's Lindsey's sister, it's still the same garbage...
Deep State Reformer (4:22pm):
I know it's confusing when someone has two first names and no last name, but the black Republican who ran for the Senate in Michigan in 2018 and 2020 is John James, not "James John". His qualifications are in fact excellent, so calling him a "Magic Negro" as if he was chosen for his race is ignorant and bigoted. And the 2020 election in Michigan was stuffed with gross irregularities, so it seems likely that his seat was stolen along with Trump's return to the White House. I seem to recall that he was also ahead in the vote until some very suspicious batches of ballots came in. So calling him a "two time . . . loser" is also . . . at best a gross oversimplification. Do better.
And, it has come to pass. Darling has been appointed.
DD(D) - Hating Trump means you do not have a brain.
You are a slave to the hivemind.
Remember - Democrats celebrate killing people for their speech.
It's temporary due to DEATH.
*The GOP sucked back then, but at least they stood for something.*
They didn't stand for jack shit. If they did, Donald Trump never would've entered politics.
More than 10 years later, and you still don't have a fucking clue as to why Trump is President.
Control over the Strait of Hormuz is unclear, but the collapse of governance in Washington DC is there for all to see.
Trump hasn't delivered, which isn't a surprise. The question is: do enough Americans still inform themselves, or is the partisan divide now so strong that they vote for their tribe no matter what.
IEE laments "voting for their tribe no matter what' Mere days after lamenting the fall of Platner.
Speaking of Platner: has he in fact delivered the official form to withdraw from the race? It was due at 5 pm Eastern, two hours ago. Last I heard, he said he was withdrawing, but hadn't actually done so. Mickey Kaus was suggesting that he might get blackout drunk today and forget - or "forget".
Darling, she looks marvelous..
No objection here to Graham's sister.
I do wonder if Trump made his "recommendation" after the governor of SC told him who he was going to choose.
"Trump hasn't delivered, which isn't a surprise."
You might credit that to Democrat judges, you know. Who's done more to keep Trump from delivering on his goals?
"or is the partisan divide now so strong that they vote for their tribe no matter what."
What did Democrats do when Brandon displayed his incompetence to the nation? They dumped him and voted for Kamaladingdong and Tampon Tim instead. California and Minnesota- two of the most dysfunctional states (unless you consider fraud to be a plus) in the union.
But yeah- "tribes".
There is a whole media eco-system, built in part by people like Rupert Murdoch, to reinforce the narrative that thing are going great, that Donald Trump is the Messiah, that he is the only force keeping things together. On most of the right-wing media you are never going to hear anything bad about Trump. Trump will never be portrayed in a negative light. A lot of these people are also heavily invested in the idea that Trump is great president. Human nature is what it is, and it is very hard for people who are deeply invested in an idea to admit that they are wrong. This isn't an entirely partisan point either.
The qualified good news is that there were people in 2024 who voted for Trump, not because they have great faith in Trump or are plugged into right wing media, but because they were upset with the state of the economy and hoped that Trump would turn things around. Based on national opinion polls, it is clear that millions of these voters have moved away from Trump. It is an open question whether these voters will move to the Democrats -- some probably will -- however, a larger number will probably just sit out the election.
There is a whole pseudo media made up of bots infesting comment sections posting garbage narratives that nobody would seek out.
“Trump hasn't delivered.”
He closed the border.
100% the most important thing that needed to be accomplished. And Trump did it. Anyone who wants to criticize Trump and doesn’t acknowledge that accomplishment, sorry, I’m not interested.
IEE seems to be under the belief that people haven't heard that leftists don't like Trump and that once people hear all the Democrats's claims about Trump they will stop liking him. That somehow we have all been bamboozled.
Really? Really? It's impossible to go a day without hearing the shrieking of a leftist about how Trump is the most evil human in history and how we'd all be better off if Satan, Hitler, Mao, and Stalin along with a bloodthirsty Aztec priest hell-bent on sacrificing all of us --that evil council would be better as dictators than Trump as an elected president. We hear that every single day, multiple times a day, from every leftist. No on in the world has not heard how much the left hates Trump. So IEE's "Oh, if only people could hear the leftist's view! they wouldn't like Trump then! It's our message that's not getting out!" Is just sheer B.S. We all know how much the left hates Trump and how eager they are to lie and twist everything to smear Trump.
And "Trump will never be portrayed in a negative light!" Talk about false claims! Try the truth: "Trump will never, no matter what, ever, ever be portrayed as anything other than worse than Satan" by places like the NYT, WaPo, Hollywood, etc. We all know that If Trump cured cancer, invented the Tree of Life so we are all immortal, cured world hunger, killed all the terrorists in the world, leftists like Kak and the NYT would still hate him and claim we are worse off and we should all commit suicide to atone for our sins in not screaming OrangeManBad all day, every day.
"We all know how much the left hates Trump and how eager they are to lie and twist everything to smear Trump."
They want to kill him.
Kak-a-fraud -
1) no one cares.
2) 95% of all media is leftwing and it's still not good enough for you communists.
The Republican Party at this point is so closely identified with Donald Trump that it makes no sense for candidates to pretend otherwise.
I remember in 2010 the super-intense anti-Obama backlash, after two massive and very favorable elections for Democrats. Democrats were wiped out in swing districts all over the country despite the fact that the overwhelming majority had been at pains to distance themselves from Obama, and despite the fact that Obama had put up historic numbers two years earlier.
There was a Democrat in Virginia, Tom Periello, who went the opposite direction in 2010, and actually made an effort to align himself with Obama. He lost his seat, but ended up out-performing the national average by a good margin and made things much closer than anyone might have expected. It is likely that several House members who lost seats in much more favorable districts might have held on in 2010 if they had done the same.
The key reason for this is that Obama motivated irregular and first time voters -- people who were Democratic-leaning voters -- but who were more loyal to Obama than to the party. Trump and the Republicans have a similar kind of dynamic. Damage control for Republicans in this cycle is going to turn on motivation. The Democrats do not need extra motivation. The challenge is going to be get people who are loyal to Trump, but not the Republican Party, to show up, even despite the fact that Trump's name is not on the ballot.
I'm still skeptical that this will save the Republicans in the mid-terms, especially if Trump's war against Iran starts to heat up again, and especially with the economic fallout from the war. But there is a kind of logic to what these Republicans candidates are doing. Once you have sold your soul to the devil, there is not really any benefit stopping half-way or trying to convince voters otherwise.
"He closed the border.
100% the most important thing that needed to be accomplished."
This.
some rich dreamer dreamt..
"..He lost his seat, but ended up out-performing the national average by a good margin and made things much closer than anyone might have expected.
It is *likely* that several House members who lost seats in much more favorable districts might have held on in 2010 if they had done the same..."
and by *likely*, this rich dreamer dreamt it in the same way that *i* dream about Lindsey Lohan..
That is:
it is *likely* that if pigs had wings, they could fly south for the winter.
or, if you prefer:
If ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we'd ALL have a merry Christmas
but the dreamer is RIGHT! IF things worked out differently, it is *likely* that they would have worked out differently
I think Democrats are mistaken, since they seem to believe all Americans are, like them, on the side of people who chant "death to America" and support terrorism aimed at killing Americans and Jews. Democrats like IEEE and Kak and DDriver and some alleged republicans like RCOcean may think so... but most Americans are just fine wilh Trump sending lots of terrorist Iranians to meet Allah, especially if we don't have boots on the ground. We all see Democrats weeping and wailing over "We hit a school! REEEEE!" and recall how the same Democrats say nothing or cheer when Islamics kill school children in Israel or the rest of the west.
When muslims burn down Christian churches, Democrats say nothing. So.... too bad for the kids, but things happen in a war. And Democrats are on the side of Iran, Hamas, and people who chant Death to America.
Trump accounts (investment accounts seeded at birth) might be the best policy idea this administration has had.
Michael Dell kicked in $5B to jumpstart it. Galaxy pledged one for every employee.
The real power is compounding: All of a sudden you're 13 or 14 years old and you have a nest egg.
It could have been much worse. Nikki Haley. Trey Gowdy. I wonder if the "hiking the Applachian trail guy" was in the running.
I swear Mark Levin is commenting here. Welcome Mark, hope you don't have a stroke.
Not a single Democrat spares a thought for the thousands of Christians murdered in Nigeria. Schools and churches set on fire, children and young girls kidnapped and raped and sold as sex slaves. Michelle Obama held up a paper and that was the last time any Democrat said a word about the genocide of Christians by Muslims. But boy, are they all upset when a Muslim dies in an American strike. They are never, ever upset when thousands of Christians or westerners are killed by Muslims.
When white woke leftist Jamie Carney married a Muslim "refugee" from Jordan who stole all her mony and then beat her to death and fled with the money back to Jordan, leaving Carney's 13 year old daughter an orphan... did a Democrat say a word? Yes! They said "This is bad because it might make people not like Muslims!"
So no, I don't weep over any strikes on schools in terrorist Muslim countries. I would prefer we didn't, but if we hit a school that Terrorists are launching military attacks from... so be it. Democrats don't care when Muslims kill us, why should I care if we kill some Muslim terrorists?
Actually, this is a good time to ask RCOcean if he has anything at all to say about the Christians being murdered by his good Muslim buddies in Nigeria. He defends Muslim atrocities all over the middle east so I'm sure he has a good excuse ready for why we should praise Muslims who surround Christian churches during Sunday services, spray fuel all over the church, set it on fire, then gun down the people trying to escape. That's Muslim behavior totally not connected with "Da Joooos!" that RC hates so much. Surely he defends his good righteous Muslim buddies while they do that kind of thing. After all, if only America treated the Muslims in Nigeria better, they wouldn't be doing this. Right, RC? Right? Or do you just support them no matter what?
Posted earlier on another thread- but late to the thread- and completely applicable to this one.
"𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥...
"𝘈𝘴𝘬 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘪. 𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘈𝘴𝘬 𝘋𝘦𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘭."
𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪.
𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘵, 50% 𝘵𝘰 48%, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵."
And the appointment of Jean Carnahan was wholly and completely illegal under Missouri law, which stated quite clearly at the time, and probably hasn't been changed- (probably paraphrased somewhat) "The eligible candidate with the most votes wins." Dead candidates aren't eligible to hold office. John Ashcroft didn't fight it in court- typical gentlemanly RINO surrender. He was, BTW, slightly leading in the polls... before his opponent's death. So the illegally appointed Jean Carnahan unlawfully took the senate seat and the Senate, ever graciously, permitted the unlawful illegal action to occur.
And the highly respected Ashcroft's reward for doing so by his ever respectful colleagues who he served with in the senate? To be rejected as Attorney General in a campaign led by- Jean Carnahan.
"There is a whole media eco-system, built in part by people like Rupert Murdoch..."
OK, you are trolling, and I probably should just SOB, but...YOU ARE JUST NOW FIGURING OUT THAT THERE IS A POLITICAL MEDIA "ECO-SYSTEM"?! Did you miss the last 60 years?
Nobody ever said Trump was smart. Unless maybe they were paid to do so.
@IEE
“Trump accounts (investment accounts seeded at birth) might be the best policy idea this administration has had“
No, closing the border was the best idea this administration had. Without that saving accounts, etc would mean nothing. We had an open border with the Democrats in power and they had zero will to shut down the border. You can try to obfuscate with whatever you wish but you know there was zero will in the Democrat Party to shut the border. When you acknowledge that, then I’ll give your thoughts a listen.
Otherwise, insult away. Those insults mean nothing.
“Trump accounts (investment accounts seeded at birth) might be the best policy idea this administration has had“
Since money's involved, no surprise there. The question is- how long will the thieving left wait before trying to strip funds from those accounts?
The purpose of Trump accounts is to allow those at the base of the economic ladder to benefit from and understand that capitalism produces the wealth that we all dearly love, enjoy and fight over. Perhaps this understanding may slow down the commies, who ignore history and pretend that all of the exponential and expanding wealth that the past two centuries of capitalist economic systems have generated is simply "stolen" from the local dictatorships which ruled the world in the pre-capitalist era.
But I doubt it. Communism is all about power. Which is eternal. Facts be damned.
D.D. Driver said...
"For the record, I used to like the GOP back when it was headed by honorable men..................."
And you call me ,'retard'.
Trump is not a conservative. He's what he has always been. A moderate Democrat. He has done what none of you're so called 'honorable men' have been able to do. Close the boarders. Shrink the size of government and grow the economy. But everything he has done, all of which have benefitted all of the American people, you have roundly criticized. Siding with the left most of the time.
@Dr Weevil ... if you're still reading and wondering, Platner filed a rather vile letter of withdrawal last Friday
Posted with comments from John Hinderaker at Powerline
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/07/platner-says-goodbye.php
"We had an open border with the Democrats in power and they had zero will to shut down the border."
Zero will to close it? They had 10 million reasons to keep it open. One of the most despicable political acts in a long time.
Dr Weevil @ 5:26
Whatever. The -MI Republican establishment's Magic Negro, whatever his name is james john, john james, jesse james or whatever the f*** all has lost statewide races twice. Come August it'll likely be three. That's how I see it.
Did Platner actually file that letter with the Maine Secretary of State, or just post it? I wouldn't be surprised either way. it was full of "Death to America/the Joooooos!" though.
McMaster had this thing, and it’s like, f*cking golden.
Deep State Reformer:
Your singularly graceless reply just makes you look proud of your nasty ignorance. Do you comment here instead of tweeting on X because there's no block button here?
We had an odd widow-succession in Tennessee's 3rd. A Democratic candidate, Mort Lloyd, was doing well but no shoo-in in 1974. He died in a small plane crash and the Party chose his widow, Marilyn Lloyd, for the ballot. She won (in the Watergate election) against a 2-term incumbent (pretty lackluster) Republican and proceeded to serve until 1995 on the strength of her constituent service (shades of Lindsey) and her generally moderate politics. Oh, and Oak Ridge. She worked hard for TVA and Oak Ridge funding. No one thought Mort would have done so well.
Josephbleau.
I see what you did there.
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