President Richard Nixon famously complained that Republican candidates were expected to show how conservative they were in GOP primaries only to feel obligated to make a dramatic run for the center in the general election. The irony is that in 2022, GOP primaries are way to the right of where they w
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Nonetheless, one does see, in 2022, a pivot among some Republicans in swing states and swing districts; now that they’re in the general election, they are trying to downplay how pro-Donald Trump and anti-abortion they were in their primaries. And according to the Daily Beast’s Sam Brodey, it’s no coincidence that pro-MAGA and anti-abortion messages have
disappeared from their websites.
One of them is Bo Hines, a former college football player who is running for a U.S. House of Representatives seat in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District. “Right after Bo Hines won a crowded primary for Congress in North Carolina, a visitor to the Republican hopeful’s campaign website would immediately find his declaration that he was ‘100 percent Pro-Life’ and ‘100 percent Pro-Trump,’” Brodey explains. “Just a click away was a section focused on ‘life and family’ issues, which professed Hines’ position that ‘life begins at conception’ and his commitment to ‘protect the rights of the unborn.’ Naturally, the first thing greeting any visitor to the site was the grinning face of Donald Trump — and his endorsement of Hines’ campaign. Today, all of that is gone.”
“Trump remains as popular as ever among the GOP base and is as unpopular as ever outside of it,” Brodey observes. “The Supreme Court’s move in June to overturn abortion rights is a dream come true in the GOP base — but a nightmare to many more outside it. Stuck between their past posturing and their current campaigning, a growing cohort of Republican candidates have turned to a simple solution for reconciling it all: just delete it.”
See LINK to continue READING ... I have tears in my eyes from laughing at these idiots ... the Trump believers, not the candidates. LOL
Here in NC they've begun scrubbing their websites of any mention of abortion
and when asked, their responses are that they've always supported abortion for *******, ******* & threat to mom's life. And on top of THAT, to avoid having to explain their NEW positions on abortion,
they're refusing to debate the Democratic candidates. And NOW they're dropping Trump because of his support & association to QAnon ... and you Trumptards just
keep on believing. You folks are a riot!
Anything to WIN ... that's the new Republican Party's entire platform ... ANYTHING to WIN!