What about losing RNC support? – Orange County Register

Recently, the Republican National Committee took the unusual step of publicly censoring two Republican members of the House of Representatives for the purpose of “no longer endorsing (ing) them as members of Congress.” of the Republican Party”.

So what does it take to get kicked out of the party?

Yes, Congressman Matt Gaetz remains a member in good standing despite being investigated for alleged sex trafficking.

Republican Congressman Lauren Boebert’s confidence remains intact after she called a Muslim colleague a Democrat a member of “The Jihad Squad” and joked she could be a suicide bomber died.

This list could go on for a while, but it wouldn’t be complete without former President Donald Trump, whose cycle of shame includes: Constantly attacking Republicans, inspired a failed uprising (he also inspired many failed elections, but that’s another story) and bragged about sexual assault.

Trump continues to prove the RNC will be lenient about anything. In fact, Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel once attacked her uncle, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, for criticizing Trump’s lack of bravery — a point that I think is undisputed.

If sex trafficking, sexually assaulting, inspiring an uprising, openly attacking other Republicans (who are not Trump) and making racist comments is not enough to show the door, so what?

Turns out the line was trying to bring to justice those involved in the Trump-inspired January 6 uprising because it appeared many of the others were House Republicans.

Deputies Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney joined the congressional commission of inquiry that, according to the RNC censorship resolution, would “deliberately jeopardize the November victory”.

Criticism has branded the committee as a “Democratic-led crackdown on ordinary citizens engaging in legitimate political discourse.”

Arguably the people who stormed the Capitol on January 6th – a violent mob vandalized the building, smeared feces in the halls and beat up the police, all with the aim of disrupting the transition of power. peacefully for a legitimate president-elect – is how to say that the mentally ill person I caught chatting in my garage was simply exercising the Amendment’s Freedom of Speech right his first sentence.

Facing fierce criticism, McDaniel managed to clean up a bit by playing her biggest hit: Blame the Media.

“Violence is not legitimate political discourse… The media pretending to be RNC believes that otherwise they are acting in bad faith and their lies should be called political jokes. cheap,” McDaniel tweeted.

Of course, members of the media she says are lying and “acting in good faith” are simply citing the RNC’s censorship solution.

By the way, the critical resolution makes no mention of condemning the violence, possibly a result of great incompetence, but most likely because the RNC committee members didn’t think there was anything wrong with the case. January 6 violence.

There are two camps at the RNC: One that supports what happened on January 6, and another that fears losing the support of the first camp.

It is really about trying to win the elections in 2022 – even if some of the people they elect may one day support or even lead an uprising and in the meantime Waiting to spend their days in Congress like the guy in my garage.

As members of the RNC went against reality, former Vice President Mike Pence reiterated in a speech that he has no power to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential Election – as Trump has claimed – citing the Constitution. France.

“Honestly, there is no more un-American idea than the notion that anyone can choose the president of the United States,” Pence said, according to the Associated Press. “Under the Constitution, I have no power to change the outcome of our election.”

There doesn’t seem to be anything controversial about Pence’s comments. They’re true, so that’s the end of the story, right?

Wrong!

Trump released a statement saying Pence was wrong and everyone knows it and the county is “going to hell.”

And as ambassador of hell, Trump should know.

Trump argues that Pence has the power to restart elections to the states if “there is fraud or large-scale irregularities,” but ignores the fact that he has fought in court 62 times and cannot prove his claim. his father.

It’s a losing record that will make the 2008 Detroit Lions breathe a sigh of relief.

The efforts to prove fraud were actually so bad that an examination of Maricopa County results supported by dingbat Republicans in the Arizona Senate not only failed to prove fraud, but actually discovered It emerged that Trump had lost the county by more votes than was initially reported.