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Elections GOP WTF?!

Ditzy Herschel Walker Declares: America Is ‘The Greatest Country In The United States’

Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is trying to drum up support as he heads into a December 6 runoff election with incumbent Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D).

Why is there a runoff? The Associated Press explains:

A third candidate, Libertarian Chase Oliver, took 2.1% in the initial round of balloting Nov. 8. That was enough to keep both Warnock and Walker, the former University of Georgia football standout, from taking more than half the vote, which is required to avoid a runoff.

Less than 1 percentage point separated Warnock and Walker, with Warnock slightly ahead. They will be the only candidates up for consideration Dec. 6.

As he’s done repeatedly since he announced his candidacy, Walker is making a complete fool of himself with remarks he made to a group of supporters, asking them, “Do you know we’re the greatest country in the United States…?”

Yes, we most certainly are the greatest country in the United States because we ARE the United States! Damn! Thanks for that information, Captain Obvious.

If you’ve followed Walker’s campaign at all, then you’ll know this is about the 10 millionth stupid thing he’s said since he announced his candidacy with the enthusiastic support of disgraced, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump. Here’s a few other examples:

  •  “They continue to try to fool you like they’re helping you out, but they’re not. They’re not helping you out, because a lot of the money is going to trees. You know that, don’t you? It’s going into trees. We’ve got enough trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?”
  • In a July 9 appearance, he spoke about climate change, suggesting that Georgia’s “good air decides to float over” to China, replacing China’s “bad air,” which goes back to Georgia, where “we got to clean that back up.”
  • At a town hall and lunch for women on August 19 in Wrightsville, he said that inflation affects women more than men because “they gotta buy groceries.” 

Twitter lit up with mockery for Walker’s latest gaffe.

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Elections GOP

Stephen Miller Claims GOP Lost Midterm Election Because Mitch McConnell ‘Is Not Exciting’

According to Stephen Miller, who served as a senior adviser to disgraced, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump, the reason Republicans did so poorly in the 2022 midterm election has nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Miller told host Maria Bartiromo that he blamed mail-in voting and a lack of proper funding from the GOP for the lackluster performance of many Republican candidates.

“The financial disparity between the Democrats and Republicans is still enormous, particularly at the top of the ticket.”

And then Miller turned his fire on McConnell.

“We have to note the extraordinarily fateful decision on the part of the senate leadership fund and Mitch McConnell to take the money that should have been spent in Arizona to get Blake up on TV early on, and instead give it to Lisa Murkowski for a Republican battle against the Republican-backed nominee in Alaska.”

McConnell didn’t waste resources on Masters because he knew he was a deeply flawed candidate who was going to lose no matter how much money was pumped into the Arizona Senate race.

Miller also claimed that Republicans had failed to attract independent voters because the party didn’t focus on wedge issues, pointing to abortion.

“Democrats don’t need it to be a majority issue, they just need it to be an issue that they can target and activate the right voters with, with overwhelming enthusiasm.”

Oh, and McConnell isn’t exciting, according to Miller.

“So you’re going to lose these close races because the Republican brand, set by Mitch McConnell on down, is not exciting, is not persuasive, is not convincing to voters.”

Miller — much like Trump and others on the right — simply cannot admit that the majority of voters are in the center and see the GOP as a threat to basic freedoms and American democracy. They’re also sick and tired of Donald Trump and want to see him indicted and put on trial.

Here’s the video:

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Congress Elections

Revised Projections From Steve Kornacki Show Democrats Could Retain Control Of The House

An already bad midterm election for Republicans could be on the verge of turning disastrous, according to MSNBC elections expert Steve Kornacki, who reported Saturday that some surprises in key House races could result in Democrats retaining control of the House of Representatives.

Mediaite reports that Kornacki revealed his new projections with host Ali Velshi as new updates were being released out of Maricopa County in Arizona.

“The decision desk has just revised its estimate for where the House will land, and look at this,” he said as the graphics updated. “218 seats needed for a majority in the House, and we are now estimating that Republicans will finish with 219.”

Velshi whistled at the shift in numbers as Kornacki continued.

“And I would stress the margin for error here is plus or minus four seats,” said Kornacki. “So the Republican range could still extend into the low 220s, but it could also fall under 218. Meaning that Democrats still very much have a possibility of retaining control of the House.”

“So the House very much in play according to our model.”

21 House districts remain uncalled, and Democrats only need 15 to keep control. Republicans need victory in 7 districts to take over leadership of the House.

Buckle up. The 2022 election isn’t over with just yet.

 

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Congress Elections GOP Social Media

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Irony Rich Post About ‘Candidate Quality’ Gets Her Lit Up On Twitter

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks she knows why her party failed to win big in the 2022 midterm election, but her theory led to mockery and ridicule when she shared it on social media.

In a Twitter thread she posted Friday, Greene said she “truly” believes “one of the most important paths to saving America is by having as many strong Republican governors as possible” and “keeping them in place.” She added:

“How about candidate quality, individual campaign work ethic & ability, and their campaign strategies?”

Greene also took the ubiquitous right-wing shots at the media, which is a requirement for Republicans even though they have Fox News pumping out their propaganda 24/7.

But it was Greene’s call for “candidate quality” that drew the most commentary and mockery on Twitter. After all, if such a thing actually mattered, the congresswoman would never have been elected (much less reelected) to the seat she currently holds.

Or, as one person noted, “Irony is dead.”

 

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Donald Trump Elections U.S. Senate

Trump Claims Arizona ‘Stole The Electron’ After Senate Race Is Called For Democrat

The Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly and his Republican challenger, Blake Masters, was called Friday evening, with Kelly being declared the winner after 83% of the ballots had been counted.

NBC News reported:

Kelly’s projected victory on Friday comes three days after polls closed, and as Arizona officials continued counting ballots that were mailed or dropped off, particularly in the vote-rich Maricopa County, home to Phoenix. It gives Democrats 49 Senate seats, one short of securing a majority, with Nevada still counting votes and Georgia’s contest headed to a Dec. 6 runoff.

Masters, it should be noted, was enthusiastically endorsed by failed, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump.

As you’d expect, Trump was apoplectic after it became clear that Masters had failed to win. He took to his failing Truth Social social media site and demanded a new election be held.

“They stole the Electron from Blake Masters. Do Election over again!”

Stole the electron? What in the hell?

There were also these posts from the disgraced ex-president:

But it was the “electron” typo that drew the most attention and ridicule.