Trumpsters seek Senate control: Ann Coulter favorite Mo Brooks in Alabama, disgraced ex-Missouri Governor Eric Greitens & young Josh Mandel in Ohio

[basquebromance]

i will campaign for Mo Brooks myself. Greitens is an ex-Navy SEAL! (despite his scandals)

though Brooks once said he could potentially shoot an illegal one day!

and Mandel once lost to Sherrod Brown. meh but he has been sanctioned by twitter before, which means he's not politically correct

Controversial congressman could emerge as favorite in Alabama Senate race despite inflammatory remarks

Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks delivered fiery remarks before the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, telling then-President Donald Trump's supporters in stark terms, "Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass."

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Former Missouri GOP Gov. Eric Greitens launches Senate bid

Former Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday announced a bid to replace retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). Greitens’s announcement came nearly three years after he resigned as governo…

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Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel claims Big Tech is trying to censor him

A day after Twitter temporarily restricted him for hate speech, U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel doubled down on his criticism of Big Tech at a ...

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[Moonglow]

Shining stars all of them.

 

[pknopp]

Mark and save this. No way Mandel wins in Ohio.

 

[MarcATL]

Mark and save this. No way Mandel wins in Ohio.

Why not?

 

[pknopp]

Mark and save this. No way Mandel wins in Ohio.

Why not?

Too much baggage.



We’re having a challenging discussion of late about our responsibility in how we cover the candidacy of Republican Josh Mandel for the U.S. Senate in 2022.


Usually with political campaigns, we cover where the candidates stand on various issues and report what they say. They lay out how they would improve the lives of constituents and attack their opponents’ failings. It’s pretty straightforward.


The issue is that Mandel has a history of not telling the truth when he campaigns – he was our PolitiFact Ohio “Pants on Fire” champion during his first run for Senate because of the whoppers he told. More recently, he is given to irresponsible and potentially dangerous statements on social media. He’s proven himself to be a candidate who will say just about anything if it means getting his name in the news. We have not dealt with a candidate like this on the state level previously.

When candidates make reckless statements just to get attention, should they get attention? Letter from the Editor

 

[ColonelAngus]

Mark and save this. No way Mandel wins in Ohio.

Why not?

Too much baggage.



We’re having a challenging discussion of late about our responsibility in how we cover the candidacy of Republican Josh Mandel for the U.S. Senate in 2022.


Usually with political campaigns, we cover where the candidates stand on various issues and report what they say. They lay out how they would improve the lives of constituents and attack their opponents’ failings. It’s pretty straightforward.


The issue is that Mandel has a history of not telling the truth when he campaigns – he was our PolitiFact Ohio “Pants on Fire” champion during his first run for Senate because of the whoppers he told. More recently, he is given to irresponsible and potentially dangerous statements on social media. He’s proven himself to be a candidate who will say just about anything if it means getting his name in the news. We have not dealt with a candidate like this on the state level previously.

When candidates make reckless statements just to get attention, should they get attention? Letter from the Editor

You mean like being on the payroll of the CCP? That kind of baggage will not prevent one from winning an election.

 

[ColonelAngus]

The United States of America nearly fell to a couple hundred tresspassers with no weapons?

Was NORAD taken over? The Pentagon? The White House? Fort MacDill?

How the fuck were those tresspassers going to take over and run America?

Specifically, walk us through it.

 

[basquebromance]

Greitens went to China in 1993 and even took some kung fu classes.

could he be a secret commie?

 

[basquebromance]

in the 90s, Greitens went to Zagreb to work with children who were orphaned by the war in Yugoslavia

HERO OF WAR!

though one woman complained to him: "you Americans would help us if we had oil!"

 

[Whodatsaywhodat.]

Mark and save this. No way Mandel wins in Ohio.

Why not?

Too much baggage.



We’re having a challenging discussion of late about our responsibility in how we cover the candidacy of Republican Josh Mandel for the U.S. Senate in 2022.


Usually with political campaigns, we cover where the candidates stand on various issues and report what they say. They lay out how they would improve the lives of constituents and attack their opponents’ failings. It’s pretty straightforward.


The issue is that Mandel has a history of not telling the truth when he campaigns – he was our PolitiFact Ohio “Pants on Fire” champion during his first run for Senate because of the whoppers he told. More recently, he is given to irresponsible and potentially dangerous statements on social media. He’s proven himself to be a candidate who will say just about anything if it means getting his name in the news. We have not dealt with a candidate like this on the state level previously.

When candidates make reckless statements just to get attention, should they get attention? Letter from the Editor

Well, with the stealing of the vote , and the made up insurrection, and the FAKE NEWS , America needs candidates that take names and kick ass.

 

[basquebromance]

Navy SEAL endorses Navy SEAL!

 

[basquebromance]

Greitens says he once had an AR-15 pointed at him in Rwanda by a "soldier who wanted alcohol"

this is why all the tough guys are endorsing him

 

[basquebromance]

Missouri AG launches Senate bid, setting up primary clash with Greitens

Republican Eric Schmitt said Tuesday he'll run to replace retiring Sen. Roy Blunt next year.

www.politico.com

 

[struth]

Hey if someone can marry their brother to get around immigration laws and still get elected...then I see no reason these folks can't win.

 

[basquebromance]

 

[basquebromance]

Greitens has lived more time outside of the USA than inside it

Eric Greitens, my friends, is an American hero!

 

[basquebromance]

Trump’s secret sit-down with Ohio candidates turns into ‘Hunger Games’

The former president summoned four candidates for the state's open Senate seat in a session that resembled the boardroom scenes on "The Apprentice."

www.politico.com

from the article:

Donald Trump was headlining a fundraiser on Wednesday night at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla. But before the dinner began, the former president had some business to take care of: He summoned four Republican Senate candidates vying for Ohio’s open Senate seat for a backroom meeting

What ensued was a 15-minute backroom backbiting session reminiscent of Trump’s reality TV show. Mandel said he was “crushing” Timken in polling. Timken touted her support on the ground thanks to her time as state party chair. Gibbons mentioned how he’d helped Trump’s campaign financially. Moreno noted that his daughter had worked on Trump’s 2020 campaign.

Trump has received overtures from a multitude of candidates desperate for his endorsement, something that top Republicans say gives him all-encompassing power to make-or-break the outcome of primaries.

And the former president, as was so often the case during his presidency, has seemed to relish pitting people against one another.

Two people familiar with the discussion said that Trump at one point reminded Timken that she’d initially defended Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) after he’d voted for Trump’s impeachment in January. That evening’s fundraiser was to benefit Max Miller, a former Trump White House aide who was running to unseat Gonzalez, and the former president spoke derisively about the member of Congress throughout the evening, several attendees said.

Multiple people familiar with what transpired during the meeting said most of the tension seemed to be between Timken and Mandel, and that it appeared they were trying to outdo one another

Mandel used his speaking time to promote his recent endorsement from the Club for Growth, an anti-tax organization whose president, former Rep. David McIntosh (R-Ind.), is close to the former president. He also noted that a recent Club for Growth poll showing him leading the field and mentioned that his campaign had conducted a private survey with similar results

According to one account, Mandel added that he was “crushing” Timken in the early polling.

Timken laughed off the broadside, insisting that her internal polling showed her in a strong early position.

The former president indicated that he was aware of surveys showing Mandel ahead. But at one point, he asked if the former state treasurer was fully committed to the contest — an apparent reference to Mandel’s decision to withdraw from the 2018 Senate race, which at the time he attributed to his problems with his wife’s health.

Over the course of the evening, Trump appeared to be fixated with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, whom the former president attacked last fall after DeWine called Joe Biden “president-elect” during an appearance on national television.

During the meeting, Trump asked about the governor and whether he could be defeated in a primary. While Mandel said the governor was politically vulnerable, Timken argued that he’d be hard to beat.

Later in the evening at the fundraiser, the former president polled the attendees on what they thought of their governor. The question at first drew some confusion, given that the event was taking place in Florida whose Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has been allied with Trump. It soon became clear, however, that he was referring to DeWine.

 

[basquebromance]

Mandel actually told Trump this. i endorse him now because of this quote:

“Mr. President I only know two ways to do things: either not at all, or balls to the wall. I hired a bunch of killers on my team. I’m a killer, and we’re going to win the primary and then the general.”

 

[pknopp]

Trump’s secret sit-down with Ohio candidates turns into ‘Hunger Games’

The former president summoned four candidates for the state's open Senate seat in a session that resembled the boardroom scenes on "The Apprentice."

www.politico.com

from the article:

Donald Trump was headlining a fundraiser on Wednesday night at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla. But before the dinner began, the former president had some business to take care of: He summoned four Republican Senate candidates vying for Ohio’s open Senate seat for a backroom meeting

What ensued was a 15-minute backroom backbiting session reminiscent of Trump’s reality TV show. Mandel said he was “crushing” Timken in polling. Timken touted her support on the ground thanks to her time as state party chair. Gibbons mentioned how he’d helped Trump’s campaign financially. Moreno noted that his daughter had worked on Trump’s 2020 campaign.

Trump has received overtures from a multitude of candidates desperate for his endorsement, something that top Republicans say gives him all-encompassing power to make-or-break the outcome of primaries.

And the former president, as was so often the case during his presidency, has seemed to relish pitting people against one another.

Two people familiar with the discussion said that Trump at one point reminded Timken that she’d initially defended Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) after he’d voted for Trump’s impeachment in January. That evening’s fundraiser was to benefit Max Miller, a former Trump White House aide who was running to unseat Gonzalez, and the former president spoke derisively about the member of Congress throughout the evening, several attendees said.

Multiple people familiar with what transpired during the meeting said most of the tension seemed to be between Timken and Mandel, and that it appeared they were trying to outdo one another

Mandel used his speaking time to promote his recent endorsement from the Club for Growth, an anti-tax organization whose president, former Rep. David McIntosh (R-Ind.), is close to the former president. He also noted that a recent Club for Growth poll showing him leading the field and mentioned that his campaign had conducted a private survey with similar results

According to one account, Mandel added that he was “crushing” Timken in the early polling.

Timken laughed off the broadside, insisting that her internal polling showed her in a strong early position.

The former president indicated that he was aware of surveys showing Mandel ahead. But at one point, he asked if the former state treasurer was fully committed to the contest — an apparent reference to Mandel’s decision to withdraw from the 2018 Senate race, which at the time he attributed to his problems with his wife’s health.

Over the course of the evening, Trump appeared to be fixated with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, whom the former president attacked last fall after DeWine called Joe Biden “president-elect” during an appearance on national television.

During the meeting, Trump asked about the governor and whether he could be defeated in a primary. While Mandel said the governor was politically vulnerable, Timken argued that he’d be hard to beat.

Later in the evening at the fundraiser, the former president polled the attendees on what they thought of their governor. The question at first drew some confusion, given that the event was taking place in Florida whose Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has been allied with Trump. It soon became clear, however, that he was referring to DeWine.

To note.......I posted the earlier link on Mandel where they note that he simply can not tell the truth.

The former president indicated that he was aware of surveys showing Mandel ahead. But at one point, he asked if the former state treasurer was fully committed to the contest — an apparent reference to Mandel’s decision to withdraw from the 2018 Senate race, which at the time he attributed to his problems with his wife’s health.

The truth is it wasn't her health.

Former Treasurer Josh Mandel and wife, Ilana, divorce, records kept sealed

Well, maybe mental health.

 

[22lcidw]

We need Maxine Waters types.