If a recent poll is correct (polls are only estimates) that most Republicans want Trump to be the leader of the party… that is all I need to know about the Republican Party… and they will NOT receive any votes from this INDEPENDENT.
@postlive
@jleeannis
@GovLarryHogan
What the hell? In the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - a Governor feels he must have the state’s National Guard guard health care supplies b/c he fears the Federal Government will SEIZE them... after the President has told states they were “on their own” to procure such supplies?
@newt50
IMHO… the problem with this does not lie in NYC… it lies at the feet of/on the desk of the Texas Governor Abbott. Yes…he has a horrific challenge with immigration in Texas, but he has no right to, & morally an obligation not to burden other states with his challenges!!!
@mitchellvii
There is a cultural chasm the size of the Grand Canyon between Trump MAGAs & Biden Democrats. Trump himself & his MAGAs are all about a lot of noise & chaos, flying enormous numbers of flags, signs all over, garish clothing, etc. & verbal “trash-talking”. Democrats are not that.
@JoJoFromJerz
I recall Presidents back to Eisenhower. Without question Trump’s Presidency is one that has no “dignity”, ZERO dignity, not the slightest bit of dignity! A decades long Independent I don’t agree with Biden on everything…but at least he has restored DIGNITY to the Presidency!
@goldman
I observed Trump for 5+ years… I am not shocked, not even mildly surprised at this. Furthermore, I’m 100% confident that NOTHING yet to be revealed will even mildly surprise me. I saw Trump for who/what he was when he came down that damn escalator. He proved me right every day!
@CMargaronis
@crackersnatch
@RiegerReport
@MEPFuller
It is…it is absolutely STUNNING how quickly, easily, constantly, consistently GOP folks absolutely SPEW LIES. It is like GOP folks have suffered an instantaneous genetic effect that renders them 100% unable to be truthful! They even lie when the lie does not really benefit them!
Just watched the White House news conference with Buttigieg responding to questions. Buttigieg always seems to be 100% “on top” of any situation & can articulate good & thorough descriptions/explanations of & for anything. He may be, certainly one of, THE BEST ever at doing that.
@realTuckFrumper
The most significant part of all of that is NOT Lauren Boebert becoming a grandmother at age 36… it is her son becoming a father at age 17. SEVENTEEN…and a father? Sure…I know it is far from being the first time a kid becomes a father at 17…but it is rarely a good thing.
@RonFilipkowski
A “deal”… with the IRS? I pay the IRS taxes out of each monthly paycheck. It is mandatory & I have little control over it. At the end of the year I fill out tax forms that determine if I’ve paid enough or if I owe more. I must pay it. I don’t get to say “Let’s make a deal.”!
@RpsAgainstTrump
We oft hear mention of “guardrails”. Guardrails already in place MUST be strengthened & new, additional guardrails put in place to insure that NO PRESIDENT, EVER, has the power to do what Trump has already done & especially what he threatens to do!
@OMGno2trump
@McCainSuzanne
Additional reminder: Trump did not pass the bill… he supported its passage & he signed it. GOP members of Congress supported it & collectively voted for & passed the bill. That bill is OWNED, not only by Trump, but by all GOP members of Congress!!! Don’t forget THAT!
“Dr. Sanjay Gupta: It’s time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing …”
I have a lot of respect for Dr. Gupta… but he would also be 100% justified in saying the same for Trump. Why does he not do that?
@OccupyDemocrats
@Rptrgodess
There is clearly a “common denominator” to just about all the acrimony & angst we are experiencing in our country today, especially within our government/politics at all levels… that is Donald J. Trump. Trump has been & is the catalyst, if not the direct cause, of everything!
@laraseligman
@NatashaBertrand
Yet something else to deal with post-Trump. We need legislation that deals with the ability of a President to ignore Congress via executive orders and “acting” appointees. Trump has been unconscionable with both! No President should be able to do that!
@AdamKinzinger
I don’t agree with Kinzinger on everything… but I believe he deserves to walk the halls of & sit in a seat in Congress. Greene & Gaetz do not serve to set foot in Washington DC, much less walk the halls of Congress & definitely NOT to occupy a seat in Congress!
@mollysmcdonough
@tracyb12371
@froomkin
@JohnJHarwood
@CNN
When Ted Turner began CNN, I was excited about it! As a “news junkie” having a 24/7 TV news station I could watch anytime I wanted was “perfect”. I became less & less happy with CNN in recent years & now rarely turn it on. CNN…making the decisions you’ve made have consequences!
@Mrs_Delecto
@jleeannis
College degree/dropout? High School? I grew up in a blue collar family, parents finished high school (grades 1-11, no K or 12). I earned 3 degrees inc. a PhD. A degree does not guarantee “smartness/intelligence”, lack of one does not mean “non-smart/ignorance”. It “depends”…
@erikhalvorsen18
@charles_gaba
I’m an Independent who has voted for Repubs and Dems throughout my life... but at this point, with this Trump fiasco including the enabling, gutless, idiotic behavior of virtually the entire GOP... I say vote them ALL out. - and I mean anybody with an “R” next to their name!
@highbrow_nobrow
@atrupar
Any member of Congress, President or VP, Governor, any elected official at any level, etc., who says they are not interested (same as not caring) in allegations being accurate or not… should immediately be impeached… no matter the party! Grassley needs to retire!
@MuellerSheWrote
@BeaReno
LOL! Trump conveniently forgot to mention there are many people around the country who are enraged that Trump has not yet been charged and arrested.
@JoyceWhiteVance
@BeaReno
Trump did not think he would win, was shocked when he did. He really did not want to be President until he discovered the power of the position. Then… he abused to hell that power. He treated the Presidency of the USA as a gangster organization in which he was the mafia “Don”!
@BrianKarem
I’m a decades long Independent who has voted for both Repubs & Dems. b/c I believe a balanced government is best. Never thought I’d say this… but I cannot CANNOT vote for the GOP for the foreseeable future!!! It is a party that has lost itself & is “rotten to the core”!
@anon_zen_dog
@OccupyDemocrats
Absolutely ZERO tolerance for even the slightest bit of nonsense for 2024. Be prepared…anticipate the worst possible scenario and put it down quickly, efficiently, effectively…then speedy trials with appropriate consequences! “Alternate electors”? Be prepared & SHUT THAT DOWN.
@JRubinBlogger
@Alagai
A TV commentator, post-speech, said “It was a very political speech.” My reaction as a 50+yrs objective, pragmatic INDEPENDENT. It was a speech by a politician…you have to concede it was “political”. That said…from my perspective it was decidedly a PRO USA/PRO democracy speech!
@4everNeverTrump
@ebizarch
@brithume
“Trump decided against it.” That is mere fact much more than something for which Trump should “get credit”. Trump did & continues to do everything possible to overturn a legitimately won election by Biden… that is also a fact, a fact for which he deserves perpetual vilification!
@RpsAgainstTrump
Hell… Trump does not behave like anyone you’d want to be President of the USA. He never has!!! Yet the damn GOP nominated him & unconditionally supported & defended him. And, the GOP is about to do it all over again… if we let them! Turn out and VOTE!
@stuartpstevens
@crackersnatch
@DLoesch
@GOP
What is now 100% clear is the Republican Party fervently believes the “end” justifies the “means”. Their “end” is total, 100% power/control/domination of this country even though they are a minority. Their “means” is whatever it takes to accomplish that…NOTHING is off the table.
@jaggedLiL_pill
@ebizarch
@Strandjunker
My Dad, US Army Sgt, led his squad from France into Germany in WWII. He survived/returned home. One thing he said that was emphatically emphasized for all, military & US/Allied citizens, was the mantra “Loose lips sink ships.” Mr. Rubio/others missed that history lesson.
@RepsForBiden
@irongirl26
I could have put that together. For ~3 yrs at least I’ve said on multiple occasions: the GOP knew who/what Trump was when he announced! They learned more during the campaign, & MUCH more since Jan 20, 2017. Yet... they have supported him 100% through it all. The GOP is DONE!
@Patrice_Royale
@speshalteacher
@DashDobrofsky
My parents emphasized integrity to me and my two younger brothers. A constant mantra was “If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing.” Associated with that was: “If people cannot trust your word, you have nothing.” We MUST make LYING WRONG! We must INSIST on TRUTH!
@nprscottsimon
@RedTruthEriksen
Damn right… that is the way it should go, the way it should always go. Both Democrats and Republicans should be ON THE SAME DAMN TEAM… the USA TEAM! Yes… disagree & debate policy & legislation/bills…but BOTH parties fervently supporting our democratic principles & laws!
@davidfrum
@amandacarpenter
I agree… however, even without Jan 6 having happened, a retired GENERAL saying/doing what Flynn has said/done cannot be brushed off as “just talk”. Flynn should be recalled into the military… then court marshaled.
@robreiner
I’ve lived enough “life” to observe It is absolutely possible to lose without being a loser. Some incredibly competent & absolutely GOOD people have “lost” elections, positions, promotions, etc. Those people may have lost but are clearly not losers. Trump lost & he IS A LOSER!
@JoJoFromJerz
A decades long INDEPENDENT… I do not agree with AOC on quite a few things, but I like her, her intellect, & spirit. With this… I agree with her totally! Any, and I mean ANY, participation at any level in any way by a member of Congress in Jan 6 should result in EXPULSION!
@MicheleCochrane
@OmarRiverosays
Yes…Candidate Hillary warned us. So did others! But…why the hell did people have to be “warned” by anyone? I closely follow news & politics daily but don’t “live & breath” it the way some do. Yet, I knew Trump was “bad news” when he came down that damn escalator.
@What46HasDone
@morgfair
Nothing else need be said. Except this… remember what was said when you begin marking your ballot for the 2022 and especially the 2024 election. REMEMBER!!!
@meiselasb
@BeaReno
@GOPChairwoman
@GOP
The thought of kowtowing 100% to a party line never appealed to me & decades ago I registered as INDEPENDENT. I’ve voted both GOP & Dem over the decades. I’ve always believed a balanced government best, neither party with a super majority. But no way in hell can I vote GOP today!
@highbrow_nobrow
@patriottakes
I was a college student for ~8 yrs while earning 3 degrees. I have been a professor for 55 yrs at a large state university. Students are NOT indoctrinated one way or the other politically. Unless you take a “political science” class, many do not, you don’t discuss politics.
@TNendzone
@matthewjdowd
Trump is psychologically/intellectually incapable of processing virtually anything. It is absolutely mind-boggling the USA elected a person such as Trump to President. It is absolutely mind-boggling the GOP has defended & supported Trump for over 4 years now! The hell with both!
@realTuckFrumper
Who knew? That being “woke” has anything to do with menstruation! Does this mean that even MAGA women who menstruate are “woke”? That kind of “logic” is indeed MAGA logic.
@FrackHazReveal
@ebizarch
@DineshDSouza
I am old enough to have observed that… I know this political cartoon is “SPOT ON”. It has been a transformation that is truly difficult to believe. The Repub Party was exactly that in 1968… and, unbelievably, the Repub Party is accurately depicted for 2022. Damn the GOP!
@PittsburghMktg
@TBoisseauATX
My Dad was in the US Army 1940-1945. As a Sargent he led soldiers through France, ultimately into Germany. Two of his 4 brothers fought with him in Europe, one in the Pacific. ALL would be absolutely APPALLED/DISGUSTED/SICK at Trump & the GOP today.
@VABVOX
When I was a kid my Dad ALWAYS watched the evening local & national news & I did with him…becoming a “news junkie”… during the Walter Cronkite era. There is a huge contrast btwn news programing then & now. Today’s news media/programming is failing us… miserably!!!
@Nasrat_mma
@40AcresBuilt
Dad passed ‘94, Mom 2001. Each year after Dad died I worked hard to make the trip to take her to dinner on Mother’s Day. 2001 my schedule was incredibly busy, I almost called to tell her I could not but I made it happen. She passed ~a month later. SO GLAD I went that last time.
@HarpersDranma
@PAULUSV3
Trump doesn’t know this? Hell NO! There is SO MUCH Trump did not know when he became POTUS, but the worst part of it is that HE MADE NO ATTEMPT, EXERTED NO EFFORT WHATSOEVER TO LEARN ANYTHING! We can NEVER let another such ignorant person of such poor character become POTUS!
@JoJoFromJerz
I have never, in writing or verbally, put the word “President” before the name Trump. I have never referred to Trump as “President”. Why? Trump does not deserve the respect of the office or the title. I will never call him “President”.
@RandyResist
I’m not an attorney & don’t have knowledge of the nuances of state vs federal law… but I don’t see how that can possibly withstand a challenge with regard to individual rights/freedoms granted to all Americans by the Constitution of the US. No state should be able to do that!
@highbrow_nobrow
@patriottakes
I have worked in higher education for ~55 years, a half-century plus. Colleges do NOT indoctrinate students. Unless you major in political science…most students will have few, if any, classes in which politics are discussed. Chemistry? Math? Biology? No time/place for politics!
@HelenKennedy
@ShannonFreshour
That response makes absolutely NO sense. A person, a human being has been in prison for FORTY YEARS and it is discovered he is NOT guilty of the crime. Why… WHY would it not be a huge priority? I’d immediately order the papers prepared and sign them as soon as they were ready!
@JoJoFromJerz
Set aside potential obvious disqualifying things for membership in the US Congress…focus on moral CHARACTER, which includes INTEGRITY. Gaetz, Greene, Boebert, & several other current members do not possess the CHARACTER we should demand of all in elective leadership positions.
@samstein
@irongirl26
I am a NC native, born in/grew up/educated in NC, a working productive citizen of the state for decades, and an INDEPENDENT! For Trump to make that demand of a Governor during a pandemic is unbelievable. My advice to Gov. Cooper... tell Trump what he can do with his convention!
@Jane57Lisa
What you describe is inevitable! The GOP will be so much better off when Trump is gone. I believe many in the GOP know that but lack the courage to push Trump out.
@GenMhayden
My Dad enlisted in the Army 1940. Fought in Europe frm France into Germany. I loved hearing him describe experiences during training & his battle experiences in Europe. I clearly recall him talking about the many vaccinations required of all. No choice, but no objections either.
@marie30013
@AccountableGOP
Agree… the Judge who allowed him to be “Free” pending his appeal should have slapped a “gag order” on him as well. Violate it and he waits in jail until his appeal.
@bakerjjw
@Kathleenandron
@TexasTribune
I believe it is noteworthy that we have a group of people who value the life of a viable human being outside of a uterus less than a non-viable life in a uterus… that the existing former should be sacrificed for the POSSIBILITY of the latter. Makes no sense to me…
@SophiaBush
@laurenboebert
If Lauren Boebert’s behavior, as described, can be verified and found to be true... I see no alternative but to expel her from Congress... forthwith and ASAP! Investigation into possible criminal charges should quickly follow!
@JoJoFromJerz
Can we possibly see a copy of her “signed check” to pay all the expenses of litigation? It should be posted as a warning to all who file frivolous lawsuits… along with documents in which the Judges admonish/punish attorneys who are part of such lawsuits.
@jaketapper
At many points in time I have thought things could not possibly become more absolutely, straitjacket, padded room INSANE. But blocking money for testing, tracing, and funding the CDC during a DAMN PANDEMIC takes the insaneness to a truly stratospheric level! Blatant INCOMPETENCE!
@ThePlumLineGS
@jaketapper
@JaneMayerNYer
It is not just “nuances of antitrust law...” Trump does not understand, there a whole hellava lot about many things that this ignorant, narcissistic, buffoonish man fails to understand. He wants to be “King”! He cannot leave or be removed from his office one second too soon!
@MontyBoa99
@DyanLondon444
@Liveuamap
What do you suppose Lavrov would be saying if a rabid mob of Russian citizens had stormed Russia’s Parliament building like those folks who stormed the US Capitol? What action would Russia have taken immediately and what would they now be doing with those Russian citizens?
@justinbaragona
I am a “laid-back”, easy going guy who does not have a violent molecule in my body. However, if I’m “cornered” by someone, that someone will wish they had not. Basically I walk away from ignorant loudmouths... but I’d have a hard time not punching Jim Jordan in the mouth.
@highbrow_nobrow
I’ve never seen anyone who clearly does not belong in Congress… more than Ms. Greene. And for me she is “Ms. Greene”… not Representative Greene, not Congresswoman Greene… just plain ‘ole “Ms. Greene”.
@BetoMedia
@matthewjdowd
Folks-I said it before, a long time INDEPENDENT I have issues with both parties & split my vote… sometimes for Dems, sometimes Repubs. NEVER have I EVER thought I would say this… for the foreseeable future I cannot vote GOP. With few exceptions the party of Trump is despicable!
@CalltoActivism
@DIngbritsen
FOX News deserves this… and more, much MUCH more. The damage FOX has helped Trump do to our great country is more than sufficiently great… this business/news organization should not exist when this court case is finished.
@JoJoFromJerz
It is just not a “fair fight”. Raskin will take Boebert to the cleaners on any topic at any time. lntellectually, Raskin is a universe apart from Boebert, light years ahead of her.
@atrupar
@BeaReno
All anyone needs to know about the GOP/Republicans is… they DEMONIZED this man. They demonized, and continue to demonize Anthony Fauci! That alone is sufficient to know the kind of political party the GOP is and the people in the party.
@realTuckFrumper
I am not a devoted Maddow fan… but when it comes to “smarts” and the ability to quickly see the “core” issue of a complex issue… I go with Maddow over Guilfoyle EVERY. SINGLE. DAY!
@ChrisMurphyCT
@irongirl26
I ask, beseech our world neighbors in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany & others to understand that Trump is a outlier of outliers, a true anomaly! Trump is not America! Please know that we will get back on track & become a good neighbor & world leader again. Please be patient!
@soledadobrien
@irongirl26
That man is the face of Trump’s America. Not a flattering image of a great country. Come November... are you with the raging lunatic... or are you with the lady firmly standing her ground for what is right?
@FrankFigliuzzi1
Boebert seems much more focused on trying to project the image of a “Bad Ass” than she is with governing as an elected Representative... far more!
@SundaeDivine
If I were being questioned by Johnson in that manner…I’d have no tolerance for it. I’d make it clear… ask me realistic, reasonable, sensible questions questions and I will answer… otherwise you will get no answer from me.
@ForeignPolicy
@GioeINT
@GenMhayden
All the far right rhetoric about “defunding” and/or “shutting down” the FBI, CIA, NIH, CDC, etc. is plain nuts! Those are key, crucial agencies to national security & the health/well-being of all Americans!
@MacFarlaneNews
Mr. Ponder’s “excuse” carries no weight for me. He, and his “riot mates” are adults… well past a point in time at which they should have mastered a level of self-control that prevents such “caught up in” moments.
@matthewjdowd
Yep! As an INDEPENDENT I thought I’d never say that one party needs a complete, at least 99% purge…but at this point in time that is indeed what must happen to the GOP! It is beyond redemption. Vote out all current GOP folks & refuse to vote for new GOP who are like the old GOP.
@davenewworld_2
All that was over a damn face mask??? A dispute about wearing a face mask precipitated all of THAT??? If that does not provide prima facie evidence of just how STUPID the politicizing of COVID, masks, etc. has become... what the hell does? Trumpism has led to absolute INSANITY!
@ABCPolitics
I’m sick of Congress, most who have not truly studied the Constitution, expressing such a firm opinion on what is “constitutional” & what is not. The question of constitutionality should have been SETTLED before the trial began by discussion/debate with CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS!
@realTuckFrumper
I am in an environment loaded with Democrats… I know of NO Democrat, have heard NO Democrat even hint that b/c of the indictment that they will now vote for Trump. Ain’t gonna happen!!!
@MiaFarrow
One question that must be addressed by all... but especially the GOP: How did a low-life con man win your primaries & become your nominee? How did he become President? How did you come to support a low-life con man in a 100% sycophantic fashion as you have? YOU supported him!
@amandacarpenter
“…coordinating with potentially hundreds of state legislators to block Biden’s certification…”. Is that not the very definition of a conspiracy?
@latimes
@morgfair
No President should be able to repeatedly “bypass” Congress. Executive Orders are necessary... but what Trump is doing is ridiculous and there should be a limit.
@PolitiFact
@morgfair
If Rep. Andrew Clyde can watch that TV footage and truly think it was a “normal tourist visit”, and his eyesight is at least minimally good… he has absolutely no business being a member of Congress.
@SykesCharlie
@ebizarch
“We wait & take orders from our president.” ???? In our system of government no one is obligated to “obey” & “execute” an ILLEGAL order. The legality of an order to “storm” the Capitol is clear... IT IS ILLEGAL! Trump folks believe Trump’s words are “law”... they are NOT!
@grace_panetta
@Susan_Hennessey
Let’s not “complicate” this! Trump does not get to “declare victory” on incomplete results! HE may think he can and he may actually do that... but his word is not the final word. On the morning of Nov 4th he may very well claim victory but TRUMP can’t make it so by saying so!
@matthewjdowd
The news media are so obsessed with “scooping” each other & sensationalizing whatever may increase their ratings that they seemingly have no concern for “perspective & proportionality”. IMHO the news media are abdicating a sacred responsibility to the public.
@AccountableGOP
Any candidate for any office at any level should immediately be stricken from the ballot for making such a statement. It is a clear statement that literally “screams”… “I do not support Democracy and will do everything I can to prevent fair, democratic elections.”
@ConscienceIsIt
Folks… be you Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarian, whatever… our government is sick, sick, SICK! When you remove folks like Schiff, put folks like Santos from/on committees it defies any reasonable consideration of anything other than political partisanship.
@joncoopertweets
@tracyb12371
THIS- is what we need, what it will take to bring COVID under control and ultimately defeat it. We cannot count on “government” to do it all for us. It will take clear, objective, rational thinking by business owners, CEOs of companies, etc. - and likewise by a citizen majority.
@benjaminwittes
@GenMhayden
I long for a time in which I do not go to bed at night with my brain “fried” from the news of what the President did/said/tweeted that day, only to wake the next morning to a barrage of overnight angry and nonsensical tweets from the President.
@NBPT_John
@GrayorGray
Alabama’s AG seems to want to imprison the state’s citizens within the boundaries of the state. This is about as true “NUTS” as it can get. I’ve always been a non-partisan Independent & never thought I’d support one party 100% over the other, but I do now…VOTE BLUE 100%!