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Herschel Walker has $4 Million + left in Campaign acct. Refuses to share it with Trump or GA Republican Party
Former Georgia Bulldogs running back Herschel Walker appears to be caught in a pretty significant lie following his failed run at a Georgia Senate seat back in 2022, and the Georgia GOP is not happy about it.
According to a report from Politico, Herschel Walker still has more than $4 million in unused campaign funds that he seemingly has no intention of sharing with Georgia Republicans or Donald Trump even though the Georgia GOP is “nearly broke” and “in dire need of money.”
Based on the latest financial disclosures filed to the Federal Election Commission which were obtained by Politico, Walker still had $4.3 million in his account as of the end of March. But during a recent phone interview with Politico, Walker suggested that he didn’t have any money left in the account.
“It wasn’t money left in my account. Everyone keeps saying that,” Walker told Politico.
But when asked to elaborate or clarify his comments, Politico reports that Walker quickly ended the call, saying “We could talk about it some time.” However, he has not replied to any inquiries since.
Needless to say, it appears as though Walker has been caught in a pretty major lie as he claims that he does not have leftover campaign funds while documents show that he does.
Former Trump advisor and MAGA podcaster Steve Bannon suggested on his War Room podcast Friday that Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer are bought off by donors who back Nikki Haley.
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Former Trump advisor and MAGA podcaster Steve Bannon suggested on his War Room podcast Friday that Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer are bought off by donors who back Nikki Haley.
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Marge says the Republican Party is just a bunch of feckless, useless people who all have their heads up their asses.
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Marge says the Republican Party is just a bunch of feckless, useless people who all have their heads up their asses.
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I agree with that statement. Pretty accurate description of them (and her)Marge says the Republican Party is just a bunch of feckless, useless people who all have their heads up their asses.
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Marge says the Republican Party is just a bunch of feckless, useless people who all have their heads up their asses.
House Republicans Blast Rep. Troy Nehls for Wearing Revoked Military Pin
House Republicans slammed their colleague Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) for continuing to wear a military honor pin that he didn’t earn and demanded that the GOP congressman give it up, NOTUS reported. Nehls, an Army veteran, has worn the Combat Infantryman badge for service in Afghanistan since he joined the House in 2021, but that honor was revoked from his record in March 2023, after it was discovered that the pin had been awarded by mistake. Still, Nehls continues to wear it around the halls of Congress—a move that some of his fellow veterans on Capitol Hill consider an affront. At least eight GOP reps expressed to NOTUS their outright disapproval of Nehls, and many of them said he needed to stop wearing it. “As a former commander, it matters what you wear on your uniform,” Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a retired Navy SEAL, told NOTUS. “And if you didn’t earn it, you shouldn’t wear it.” Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) was outraged when he heard about Nehls’ decision: “That’s ridiculous. That’s stolen valor.”
A 12-state campaign led by lifelong Republicans is challenging the presumptive GOP nominee on his "absolute immunity" claims.
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A 12-state campaign led by lifelong Republicans is challenging the presumptive GOP nominee on his "absolute immunity" claims.
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Lindsey Graham compares fellow Republican Tommy Tuberville to Nazi appeasers of the 1930s
Senator Lindsey Graham made the comparison between members of his own party who oppose further military aid to Ukraine and the European leaders of the 1930s who pursued a policy of appeasement with Adolf Hitler on Sunday.Graham was speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation when he made the remark, which was likely to rile up far-right members of his party in the House and Senate who voted against that assistance when it passed both chambers in the national security supplemental legislation passed in April. The bill was not likely to be the last package of assistance to Ukraine to come before Congress, and such legislation is currently relying on a fragile alliance of Democrats and neoconservative Republicans in both chambers.
“These are the most dangerous times since the ‘30s. Don’t make the mistakes of the ‘30s,” Graham said on Sunday. He used the same comparison to describe the question of further military aid to Israel in its effort to fully eradicate Hamas. Israel is facing international condemnation for the scope of its military assault on Gaza and the scale of the civilian death toll there.
“Pull the plug on [aid to] Israel? That didn’t work in World War II, it’s not going to work now,” he said.
While Graham’s argument was impassioned, there’s little reason to think that aid to Ukraine would continue with such frequency, if at all, under a Republican administration in 2025.
Donald Trump’s most vocal allies in the GOP congressional caucuses, such as Tuberville and JD Vance in the Senate and Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House, are also the biggest opponents of further aid to Ukraine. While the ex-president has not said one way or the other whether aid would continue under a Trump second term, the ex-president would face little pressure from the MAGA-aligned sectors of Congress to take action.
President Joe Biden continues to tout his stewardship of the US reponse to the invasion of Ukraine, given his base’s support for a US-backed defence of the eastern European country. The incumbent president’s policy of arms and munition transfers has also been supported by top brass including General Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
"If Ukraine loses and Putin wins, I think you would be certainly increasing, if not doubling, your defense budget in the years ahead,” Milley, now retired, told CBS in 2023.
"And you will increase the probability of a great power war in the next 10 to 15 years,” he continued. “I think it would be a very dangerous situation" if the Russian leader's invading forces were ‘allowed to win’.”
Trump himself was notable for his friendly demeanor towards Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who is accused of organising the assassination of his political enemies, during his time in the White House. At one famous 2018 press conference alongside the Russian president in Helsinki, he questioned the assessment of the US intelligence community on Russian election interference efforts while lavishing praise on his Russian counterpart.
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Trump, Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans gang up on Freedom Caucus chair in primary https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...arthy-republicans-bob-good-primary-rcna157442
BREAKING: The House Ethics Committee said it is probing whether Rep. Matt Gaetz sought to obstruct investigations into his conduct, is dropping other lines of investigation into him, and has issued 25 subpoenas in matters surrounding the congressman.
Illinois Republican Chair Resigns, Slams Colleagues Weeks Before Convention
Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy is resigning from his political post, and has condemned colleagues for choosing to fight each other rather than the Democrats, in a letter explaining his decision.
Tracy said in a statement sent to party members on Wednesday, just four weeks before the GOP convention in Milwaukee, that he was spending too much of his time "dealing with intra-party power struggles."
The Republican Party suffered a burst of infighting over the past year which was largely focused on who would be its 2024 Republican presidential contender. Former president Donald Trump clashed, sometimes bitterly, with rivals Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former U.S. U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley. Following a string of primary wins, Trump is now the GOP's presumptive 2024 presidential nominee.
In his resignation letter, Tracy hit out at Illinois Republican infighting, commenting: "In better days, Illinois Republicans came together after tough intra-party elections.
"Now however, we have Republicans who would rather fight other Republicans than engage in the harder work of defeating incumbent Democrats by convincing swing voters to vote Republican."
He added: "Unfortunately, I have had to spend far too much time dealing with intra-party power struggles and local intra-party animosities that continued after primaries and County Chair elections."
Tracy cited conflict over recent internal elections as a factor in his resignation as voluntary chair, a role he has held since 2021. He said he wanted to be replaced no later than July 19, a day after the 2024 GOP convention in Milwaukee.
He commented: "Recent events, including the RNC Committeeman election, immediately followed by the retribution sacking of the losing candidate Vice Chair Mark Shaw, a longtime State Party leader and worker, without due process and without taking any step disciplining others for alleged or admitted Convention misconduct, portends a direction of the state party I am not comfortable with."
The Democratic Party currently dominates the politics of Illinois, providing the state's governor and having strong majorities in both chambers of its legislature.
Reacting to Tracy's announcement the local party said: "While the IL [Illinois] GOP finds itself in chaos, the Democratic Party of Illinois enters the 2024 general election as a united party standing for freedom and opportunity for all of Illinois' working families.
"As a reminder, last cycle, Illinois Democrats defeated the IL GOP's MAGA candidate for Governor, reelected Senator Tammy Duckworth, protected supermajorities in the IL General Assembly, and expanded our representation in Congress.
"In contrast, the IL GOP has been defined by a litany of electoral disasters, constant infighting, meager fundraising, and a strict adherence to a losing set of anti-choice, anti-worker, pro-Trump policies."
Mockingly the Illinois Democrats added: "While we don't expect new leadership to change any of that, we do wish the best of luck to the inevitable MAGA extremist who will succeed Don Tracy as Chair."
House Freedom Caucus Chair race is still too close to call for the GOP Primary
GOP Rep. Bob Good Cites Suspicious 'Fires' In His District On Primary Election Day
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the House Freedom Caucus chairman fighting for his political life after a close primary, expressed suspicion Thursday night about several “fires” at polling sites in his district on Election Day, two days earlier.
Good, whose race is still too close to call after three days, wrote on social media that “we had 3 ‘fires’ on election day in 3 precincts ... Does anyone recall even 1 fire at a precinct on election day?”
In a follow-up post, he noted: “AI estimates the probability being 0.0000000318% chance.”
Good’s posts seemed to suggest the incidents Tuesday weren’t random. But in all three of the counties that Good cited, elections officials told HuffPost nothing happened except routine fire alarms going off.
“Steam from the water heater set the alarm off,” said Miriam English, the deputy registrar in Hanover County, part of Good’s 5th District in south-central Virginia.
The evacuation at a high school polling site began at roughly 11 a.m. and lasted exactly 30 minutes, she said. “There were no voters in there.”
Daniel Pense, the voter registrar in Lynchburg County, home of the evangelical Liberty University, said in a statement that a brief evacuation happened at a polling site at the university for students who live on campus, and lasted 15 minutes.
“The Chief of that precinct called to tell me of this alarm and that they needed to evacuate the precinct. He also told me that it was reported to him that there was not a fire, but that the alarm was triggered by cleaning equipment being used in the building,” Pense said.
Good’s campaign acknowledged to HuffPost on Friday that no fires actually happened, only fire alarms.
“They were fire alarms [and] they went off resulting in polling locations being evacuated until the alarms were checked out,” Diana Shores, Good’s campaign manager, said in an email. “We don’t have any further information.”
When asked specifically if Good is suggesting that his primary opponent, state Sen. John McGuire, had something to do with the fire alarms going off on Election Day, Shores demurred.
“No one is suggesting anything,” she said. “Just stating the fact that three precincts were evacuated due to fire alarms going off. We don’t know anything further at this time. We are focused on our canvassing observation efforts.”
McGuire did not respond to a request for comment about whether he had anything to do with these quote-unquote “fires” at precincts.
Good is currently trailing McGuire by more than 300 votes after making enemies of both former President Donald Trump and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). If Good loses, he’ll be the first House Republican to go down in a contested primary this cycle.
The GOP congressman cited these Election Day “fires” in Albemarle, Hanover and Lynchburg counties. McGuire leads Good in two of the three counties.
Good is no stranger to election objections. He’s one of the congressional Republicans who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in several swing states after raising concerns about election integrity in those states. There was never evidence of the widespread voter fraud that Trump and his supporters alleged.
Troy Nehls ineligible for military badge, Army confirms
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) has not qualified for the military pin that he proudly wears on his suit jacket despite repeatedly claiming the Army was mistaken for rescinding the badge, according to the congressman's service record.
Nehls has received backlash from some other House members for wearing a Combat Infantryman Badge despite an investigation from CBS News that found the pin was revoked from his military record in 2023. Nehls has repeatedly claimed the Army “got it wrong” and that he did qualify for the distinction — but the Army confirmed to NOTUS that he was not eligible.
Nehls was given the award after serving as a civil affairs officer in Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division in 2008, which later awarded him the infantryman badge. But that designation was a mistake, according to Army standards.
“The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) follows the Army’s regulatory guidance prescribed in the service’s guide on Military Awards, also known as AR 600-22,” said Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler, spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell. “For specific award discrepancies involving former Soldiers, I would refer you to the team at U.S. Army Human Resources Command.”
Military records show Nehls was given the Combat Infantryman Badge in October 2008 for his service in Afghanistan, which is also listed on his discharge documents. However, records obtained by CBS News showed the badge was rescinded after his records were amended due to his service as a civil affairs officer rather than an infantryman or Special Forces officer.
A Combat Infantryman Badge is only awarded to infantrymen or Special Forces soldiers engaged in active ground combat. The awards are specifically given to “provide special recognition of the unique role of the Army infantryman, the only Soldier whose daily mission is to close with and destroy the enemy and to seize and hold terrain,” according to the Army.
Instead, Nehls was awarded the Combat Action Badge, which is given to soldiers outside those job fields who are “actively engaging or being engaged by the enemy,” according to Army guidelines.
“The Army reviewed the record of Rep. Nehls in 2023 and issued a DD215 to correct the record,” Army spokesman Bryce Dubee told the Washington Examiner earlier this month, referring to a military form used to correct any errors to discharge documents after they have been delivered or documented. “The DD215 did not include a Combat Infantryman Badge.”
Nehls has defended his military record despite the investigation, especially pushing back on the findings that the Texas Republican had earned one Bronze Star rather than two. Nehls later posted a photo last month that showed his two medals and the paperwork approving the designations in 2004 and 2008
Enough signatures collected to force recall election for Wisconsin GOP leader, commission says
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on what district the recall should be held in, based on a review by the state elections commission released Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet Thursday to vote on whether to order a recall election targeting Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. But the key question for the commission will be whether signatures to force the recall needed to come from the district Vos was elected to represent in the 2022 election, or if they should have come from his district created under new maps in effect for the 2024 election.
If the old maps are used, petition circulators gathered just enough signatures to force a recall, the elections commission staff said. If the new maps are used, they fell more than 3,000 signatures short. The staff took no position on which maps should be used.
The commission’s decision on whether to call the recall election can be appealed to circuit court.
The elections commission asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to clarify whether any recall election should take place in the district where Vos was elected to serve, or under new district boundary lines that take effect for the regular November election.
The court in April declined to further clarify or amend its December ruling that found the current maps to be unconstitutional and barred their future use.
Recall organizers targeted Vos, the longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history, after he refused calls to decertify President Joe Biden’s narrow win in the state. Biden’s win of about 21,000 votes has withstood two partial recounts, numerous lawsuits, an independent audit and a review by a conservative law firm.
Vos further angered Trump supporters when he did not back a plan to impeach Meagan Wolfe, the state’s top elections official.
If the commission decides to order a recall election, it would be held on Aug. 6. If more than two candidates run in a recall election, the primary for that would be Aug. 6, with the recall election Sept. 3.
The state's regular fall primary election, where Vos will be on the ballot seeking another two-year term, is Aug. 13. Even if there is a recall election and Vos loses, he would only be out of office through the end of the year. He could win the general election and be back in office starting in January. The Legislature is not scheduled to be in session again until January.
Trump supporters, including former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, on May 28 submitted more than 9,000 signatures to trigger the recall election.
They needed 6,850 valid signatures to force a recall election in the district where Vos was elected to serve. There were 6,866 valid signatures collected from that district.
There needed to be 7,195 from Vos's new district for a recall, but only 3,807 were collected from that one, the elections commission report said.
Vos, who has derided those targeting him as “whack jobs and morons,” did not return a message seeking comment.
In March, the group submitted more than 9,000 signatures, but the elections commission determined that only 5,905 of them were valid.
Trump-backed Colorado GOP chair loses House primary to Mike Johnson/Tom Emmer backed candidate.
Republican candidate Jeff Crank has won the GOP primary for retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn’s (R-Colo.) seat, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Donald Trump.Crank, an official at the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity who enjoyed the endorsements of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), defeated state GOP chair Dave Williams in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. Williams had been endorsed by Trump.
The primary exposed clear divisions between largely conservative hardliners. Williams has been mired in controversy since taking the reins of the state GOP. He has drawn criticism from within his party after resources were used to tout Williams’s congressional run, prompting a Federal Election Commissions (FEC) complaint.
The tipping point for some in the party came earlier this month when Williams and the state party posted anti-LGBTQ content, including a state GOP post on X that said “Burn all the #pride flags this June,” prompting Republicans to push for his ouster.
Williams’s fate as state GOP chair remains in limbo for now.
The 5th Congressional District went for Trump by 10 points in 2020, making Crank the favorite for the seat in November.
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