Is This Seriously Who Republicans Want Representing Georgia Instead Of Raphael Warnock?
"What Do You Call a Failed Insurrection? PRACTICE" [...] When she reaches Georgia, new Republican Senator Herschel Walker objects to accepting Harris’ choice of the slate of Electors pledged to Joe Biden, the slate submitted by Georgia’s Governor Stacey Abrams. Instead, Sen. Walker demands Harris count the vote of the slate submitted by Georgia’s GOP-controlled legislature with Electors committed to Donald Trump."
Walker should never be able to win a seat in the US Senate.
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Rachel Maddow looks at the dubious qualifications of former football player Herschel Walker, a Republican candidate for Senate endorsed by both Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell, who apparently had good reason to avoid interviews.
And as a deeply flawed individual Walker seems an obvious choice to run evangelist bumper stickers together with Trump..
Faith and freedoms: why evangelicals profess unwavering love for Trump [...] Evangelicals feel Trump has kept his covenant with them by nominating conservative judges to federal courts and to the supreme court; by tacitly supporting abortion bans; by supporting Christian universities and organizations that profess a moral objection to same-sex marriage or contraception; by supporting religious dispensations from anti-discrimination laws; by moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and other measures. P - Meanwhile, Trump has addressed a central concern for white evangelicals that they are losing influence as a group and that the sun is setting on the United States they dream of – a nation that is white and Christian in its majority and in its essence. [...] Trump’s perceived delivery on that dream overwhelms qualms that many religious voters might have about sexual assault allegations against Trump, or about his multiple marriages or worship of mammon, Fea said. P - “They don’t see this at all as hypocrisy,” Fea said. “They believe that Trump is appointed by God for a moment such as this. They believe that God uses corrupt people – there are examples in the Bible of this, so they’ll call upon these verses. P - “They truly believe that ‘God works in mysterious ways. He uses even someone like Donald Trump to accomplish His will.’” P - But some evangelicals go further. They no longer even see such a conflict because they believe Trump is no longer a corrupt person, because he has had a kind of spiritual awakening since running for president. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=149801072
Evangelists made up 26% of 2020 voter. They voted 81% for Trump. Herschel Walker is a deeply flawed individual. Like Trump. Though it's been said McConnell gave Trump the flick after Jan.6, 2021 McConnell has endorsed Trump's man Walker.
So all in all - really - it looks Walker is an ideal today's GOP candidate.
A majority of Trump's 2022 endorsements have questioned the 2020 election results
"What Do You Call a Failed Insurrection? PRACTICE "Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun"
How does a wannabe strongman prepare for another run. He stacks the deck with his own people. Some GOP states are working on it too. See above two.
Chuck Todd and Mark Murray and Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman and Alexandra Marquez
Sat, January 15, 2022, 1:34 AM·6 min read
WASHINGTON — If it’s Friday ... President Biden talks infrastructure as his voting rights push appears all but dead. ... Biden also plans executive action on police reform. ... Super PAC attacks Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania. ... And TODAY celebrates 70 years on the air.
But first: Former President Donald Trump is bringing the 2022 roadshow to Arizona this Saturday for his first rally of the midterm-election year.
And the event will include Arizona Republicans like Kari Lake (a candidate for governor) and Mark Finchem (running for secretary of state) who have trumpeted Trump’s attacks on the 2020 presidential election — and have earned the former president’s endorsement.
In fact, one way Trump has wielded power after Jan. 6 and leaving office is through his endorsements — 93 of them in total, according to NBC News’s count — both in GOP primaries and general elections. He’s endorsed many incumbents and high-profile challengers, but is also attempting to boost some political novices with his political strength, too.
Of these 93 endorsements:
* 73 are men, 20 are women
* 35 are candidates for the U.S. House
* 15 are U.S. Senate candidates
* 12 are running for governor
* 15 are challenging GOP incumbents
* 59 have questioned the 2020 election results, including by voting against the Electoral College certification in Congress.
In addition to questioning the 2020 election result, 10 candidates who received Trump’s endorsement attended his rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump’s win/loss record in these races will be one good metric to gauge his ultimate political strength, particularly in GOP primaries. First up on that primary calendar is March 1 in Texas, where Trump has backed 21 candidates — the most of any state — from governor down to county judge.
And there could be more endorsements to come. Trump has yet to take a side in wide open GOP Senate primaries in Arizona, Missouri and Ohio, and gubernatorial primaries in a handful of competitive races. So stay tuned.
Data Download: The number of the day is … 5
That’s the number of states where Trump has endorsed at least five candidates — Texas (21 candidates), Michigan (13), Florida (9), Georgia (5) and Arizona (5).
The former president has a preferred slate for almost every statewide office in the Lone Star State: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and land commissioner, along with a large slate of congressional endorsements and a few down-ballot races.
Ten of Trump’s endorsements in Michigan are at the state legislative level, as he’s declared the state “needs a new legislature .. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-tsxbe9gefc1054 ” that would not “refuse to conduct a Forensic Audit.”
Trump’s endorsements in his adopted home state of Florida are largely incumbent members of Congress. And his moves in Georgia and Arizona come in two states he focused on significantly in the wake of his 2020 loss.
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