Don’t look now, but the Republican/MAGA/QAnon world is continuing to collapse under the weight of infighting, lawsuits, and finger-pointing. The latest battle: Newsmax vs. the ‘My Pillow Guy.’
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Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Let’s take a look at the conservative fight card:
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GOP Donors vs. Kevin McCarthy
On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was criticized by Republican donors for not having “the balls” to remove conservative QAnon kook Marjorie Taylor Green from the House Education and Budget committees. Apparently, McCarthy aspires to be Speaker of the House someday, so he’s been walking a treacherous tightrope between attempting to appease the Trump/MAGA wingnuts of the party and doing what he knows is right.
However, Democrats pulled a fast one on McCarthy when they made good on an earlier promise that unless McCarthy dealt with Rep. Greene himself, they’d do it for him.
And that’s exactly what they did.
On Thursday, Democrats will take what should have been a private GOP matter and publicly bring it to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote (to remove Greene from all committee assignments). Blaming McCarthy for allowing a “closed-door” matter to go so public, a top Republican donor called the move “a mistake” and said this a “career-ending” blunder for Kevin McCarthy.
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Republican Party vs. Rep. Liz Cheney
Instead of voting to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from House committees (or Congress altogether), Republicans spent most of Wednesday holed up behind closed doors to decide if Rep. Liz Cheney should remain 3rd in charge after voting to impeach Donald Trump.
Rep. Cheney, who is the daughter of former vice-president Dick Cheney, made sure to have all her ducks in a row before entering the Republicans-only meeting. At around midnight on Thursday morning, she survived a last-ditch effort to remove her from power for daring to vote her conscience and stand up to Donald Trump.
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QAnon Fantasyland
Earlier this week, former QAnon follower Jitarth Jadeja apologized to Anderson Cooper for once believing that the CNN anchor was part of a satanic Democratic cult and ate babies.
Former QAnon believer to @andersoncooper: “I apologize for thinking that you ate babies” pic.twitter.com/IcVIwpYykd
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 30, 2021
Then, Ashley Vanderbilt of South Carolina went public with how she got so sucked into the QAnon movement that she discovered she was neglecting her own 4-year-old daughter.
Next, a woman going by the name of “Linka” spoke to CNN’s Don Lemon and explained how she went from being a Democratic Bernie Sanders supporter in 2016 to a full-fledged follower of “Q” and a believer in the Trump/MAGA/QAnon conspiracy theory.
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Newsmax vs. Mike ‘My Pillow’ Lindell
If you thought Fox News was wacky and a purveyor of “alternative facts,” you haven’t seen Newsmax. In fact, it makes Fox News seem like a legitimate news source.
Recently, Newsmax was sued by Dominion Voting Systems for continuous on-air claims that their voting machines were rigged and responsible for costing Donald Trump the election. So, when the ‘My Pillow Guy’ Mike Lindell appeared on Newsmax this week and attempted to filibuster and rehash claims that the election was stolen and that Dominion was somehow responsible, Newsmax anchor Bob Sellers was forced to step in and shut Mr. Pillow Guy down — or else risk yet another lawsuit.
“We have all this election fraud with these Dominion machines,” Mike Lindell shouted. “We have 100% proof.”
However, Sellers quickly interjected.
“Mike, you’re talking about machines. We at Newsmax have not been able to verify any of those kinds of allegations,” he said, before launching into an official statement that was clearly authored by the Newsmax legal team.
“While there were some clear evidence of some cases of voter fraud and election irregularities, the election results in every state were certified, and Newsmax accepts the results as legal and final,” Sellers said. “The courts have also supported that view.”
When Mike Lindell nearly began to foam at the mouth and become visibly angry that his (new) favorite conservative news outlet would dare to sensor the big Trump talking point that the election was stolen from him, Sellers got out of his chair and walked off camera, leaving Lindell shouting and screaming all to himself.
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Yes, folks, buy a bag of jumbo popcorn and watch the circus act unfold because THIS is the new Republican Party.
Democrats should hope and pray that Marjorie Taylor Greene stays in Congress and that the ‘My Pillow Guy’ stays on TV representing the once Grand Ol’ Party. With them as the face of Republicans, Democrats should remain in power for decades to come.
Okay I’m late getting to this (was attending back-to-back Zoom meetings all morning)
[Democrats should hope and pray that Marjorie Taylor Greene stays in Congress and that the ‘My Pillow Guy’ stays on TV representing the once Grand Ol’ Party. With them as the face of Republicans, Democrats should remain in power for decades to come. ] – DJ
Yeah. Well THAT’s an understatement!….lol…smh.
Look folks WE (the majority of intelligent and SANE Americans) have a real problem on our hands. Not only is approxt 30-35% of the American population just really, REALLY dumb…they’re also incredibly gullible, easily manipulated and apparently quite delusional. Given to believe anything…and I do mean ANYTHING…as long as it’s Evil and crazy as H*ll.