U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “Senate passes bipartisan gun control bill,” Fox News reported. “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Safer Communities Act was the first major gun safety legislation to be passed since the Brady Bill in 1994.”
If by “bipartisan” they mean the usual suspects, then yeah. 15 of these feckless weasels, joined their “friends across the aisle” to pas the bill in the Senate, sending it to the House where the Democrat majority there guaranteed its passage and submission to Joe Biden, who eagerly enacted it into law.
“The Republicans who joined Democrats in voting for the bill were Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Todd Young of Indiana, and Roy Blunt of Missouri,” the report noted.
Most of those names are no surprise, although some should be.
“9 Out Of 11 Highest NRA Funded GOP Senators Joined Democrats On Gun Control,” Big League Politics reported. It doesn’t take much research to find endorsements for them along with assurances that they’re “staunch supporters of the right to bear arms” or similar hyperbolic superlatives. Those of us following such things know NRA grades have been a joke since long before Wayne LaPierre called Harry Reid “a true champion of the Second Amendment.”
Of the 15 who decided to stab their gun-owning constituents in the back, opportunities for immediate political payback are limited. Two, Portman and Toomey, are retiring. The others aren’t up for reelection anytime soon with the exception of Lisa Murkowski, who also voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and to confirm Joe Biden’s handlers’ pick, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the Supreme Court. Any guesses on how she would have voted on Bruen?
Those aren’t Murkowski’s only betrayals. I’ve amassed quite a collection of examples over the years without hardly trying. There’s no point in repeating them here—if you’re interested, follow the link. Bottom line: She’s bad news for gun owners, period, and doesn’t deserve to be reelected, especially when there is a viable alternative giving constituents she betrayed a chance to “primary” her.
“Kelly Tshibaka, backed by Trump, officially files for Senate run,” the Associated Press reported in April.
“Tshibaka’s personal Facebook page includes a Dec. 29 post in which she defends Second Amendment rights, an issue which has gained national attention with President Biden seeking to advance a number of gun-control measures while Democrats control the U.S. House and Senate,” Alaska Watchman noted. “’If you take away law-abiding people’s guns, they are powerless against the weaponized government … and the path to tyranny is thus paved,’ she stated. ‘I’m a proud member of the NRA. I believe government is accountable to the People.’”
Here are two examples demonstrating the difference between Tshibaka and the incumbent that gun owners should know about:
- Murkowski votes to undermine 2nd Amendment
- Kelly Tshibaka statement on Lisa Murkowski’s anti-2nd Amendment vote
Anyone can say the “right thing” though, some who have been burned before by broken promises will no doubt say. True, they can, but the chance to make an object lesson for the rest of the GOP by thrashing a prominent betrayer is worth taking a risk, especially since there’s no evidence Tshibaka is anything but what she represents herself to be. To utterly reject Lisa Murkowski and send her packing will send shock waves through the Swamp and let the rats who betrayed us know that we’re coming for them when it’s their turn in the barrel.
Listen to what she says and believes and ask yourself how many politicians express these values (the way she rattled off truths starting at around five minutes in made me laugh out loud):
The problem is campaigns cost money. Lots of it. And it’s no surprise that the establishment favorite holds a big advantage “courtesy” of the elites whose bidding she does:
“Murkowski ended the quarter with $5.2 million on hand with no debt, the records show… As of March 31, Tshibaka had $967,600 on hand with just over $95,000 in debts.”
Most reading this are not Alaskans, but then again, what a senator does affects us all. In the August 16 primary it will be in our interests to stop Murkowski and her fellow Quisling collaborators from abridging our rights any further. If you agree, why not help out Tshibaka’s campaign? If you are interested in defending your right to own a gun against infringements, you have a stake in this race, it doesn’t have to be a lot and every little bit helps.
You can send a check* to:
Kelly For Alaska
645 G St, Ste 100-561
Anchorage, AK 99501
* I don’t use the WinRed fundraising page because I want all the money to go to the candidate.)
About David Codrea:
David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regularly featured contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodrea and Facebook.
Roy Blunt of Missouri is also retiring and what is sad is that his son is a board of director member of the NRA.
Makes one wonder if dad sold out his son or did he have the sons blessing, tells me that the NRA ratings don’t mean a thing.
Typical NRA board traitor.
Just like me Dave, I’ll donate to the candidate, but the GOP can kiss my Arse. Far too many RINO’s and the GOP (Geriatric Old Pussies) leadership won’t spank them.
At age 82, I’ve seen all this crap before. As far as politicians go, I’m a firm believer in the words of an old Tom T. Hall song, “If You Hang Them All, You’ll Get The Guilty” the first verse of which goes like this: “If you hang them all you’ll get the guilty, if you hang them all you cannot miss, if you hang them all you’ll get the guilty, been a lot of problems solved like this.”
“Benedict” Burr said in 2016 he was retiring in 2022.
NEVER send money to any Republican committee run by the RNC or tthrough any middleman because they give it to the chickenshit RINO’s like Murkowski, McConnell, Graham, Romney and Cornyn, the backstabber from my state of Texas and they never support any candidate who supports the 2nd Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights or the Constitution as a whole. When government finally passes their turn the guns in confiscation laws, they will find out that all of those deplorables in flyover country will not comply because they know why there is a 2nd Amendment and why it… Read more »
Yep. And don’t use “WinRed”. Mail checks so your candidate gets 100% of your donation.
Yes, always donate directly to the candidate and try to donate early, the early money works harder.
Not mentioned is Missouri’s Roy Blunt (R), long time NRA rated and sometime pro-gun senator who voted for this bill. Well, he is retiring, so I guess his long standing ties to the pro-gun side meant nothing to him. Giving Murkowski a well deserved “primarying” is a viable move on our part. But with Blunt, he has a son and relatives who are in politics. In my letter to him pointing out his betrayal, I warned him that his relatives would pay the price, in the body politic, for his turncoat on guns and Due Process. Next we need to… Read more »
Agree, except: Schmidt likes secret NO FLY/NO BUY lists, so F**K HIM.
“if the government considers you too dangerous to board a plane you should not be able to buy a gun” -Schmidt
https://www.isidewith.com/candidates/derek-schmidt-3/policies/domestic-policy/no-fly-list-gun-control
Would seem to run directly counter to NYSRPA v Bruen in that some anonymous individual can put arbitrarily put anyone on that list. There are no criteria, there is no recourse, there is no explanation. Even worse that NYS’s “proper cause” criteria, used for even stronger attack on victims right (right to keep as well as right to bear).
I think there is going to be a lot of but my law is reasonable , by all their reasoning cars should have been outlawed in the 1890s… there should be enhancements to jail time for use of dangerous things cars,ropes knives guns in commission of crime but no restrictions on normal people at all NO .Look at number of people killed every week in cars and motorcycles
Correction:
Paul Valone of Grassroots North Carolina reminds me it should be three:
a firery plane crash with all 15 would be too much to hope for?
No, FOUR are retiring. Portman, Toomey, Burr, Blunt.
Having an R next to your name is not a guarantee of 2a support, we all know this in our hearts but wish it weren’t so. We naturally look for a short cut, relieving ourselves from finding out more information about a candidate, It used to be a reliable indicator when (R) appeared but that was in a different era. Do the work to find 2a friendly candidates and support and vote for them. Remember Democrats stick together so primary out the RINOs.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a no compromise firearm rights lobbyist organization that asked detailed policy questions on behalf of all Americans who are pro firearm rights rather than each person contacting candidates themselves (and getting ignored)? If there was such an organization, they would have access to candidates and they would have the opportunity to ask dozens of detailed policy questions. If there was such an organization, members could pay fees in return for the valuable services rendered. All Republican candidates say they are “pro 2nd Amendment.” Then they get into office, and many start saying “I’m pro… Read more »
The word “but” is certainly a red flag.
“Having an R next to your name is not a guarantee of 2a support” of course you’re right about that. And having a D next to the name isn’t a guarantee of being anti-2A, but that’s absolutely the way we HAVE TO vote in November. American politics at the national level is absolutely a two-party system. Anyone who thinks any “independent” or “third party” candidate has a chance is a fool. Come November your only choices are to vote for whoever won the Republican primary or to vote against your gun rights. Even the worst RINO is better than the… Read more »
I voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020. The reason Trump lost was Trump.
He did more than personally direct the BATFE to ban bump stocks. He begged for one big beautiful gun control bill. He bragged he was better at gun control than Obama.
“We” could have leveraged that loss if “we” (through gun rights groups) said “see – flip flop on us and you’re going to lose. Let that be a lesson to all future Republican candidates.”
https://www.c-span.org/video/?441884-1/president-trump-calls-comprehensive-gun-bill
Don’t tell me you bought the big lie ? There wasn’t enough cheating to change the outcome. 2,000 Mules proved it otherwise. That doesn’t even include the other methods they used.
I wrote the reason Trump lost was Trump.
If he hadn’t tried to chase the suburban white woman vote by supporting numerous types of yet more gun control, he would have received a lot more votes from pro firearm rights people.
Whatever the extent of voting fraud there was, it could have been overcome by more legitimate votes from the people Trump turned on.
It was Xaun Loc who wrote:
“Sure there was some election fraud — but there was fraud on both sides, and not nearly enough to change the outcome at the national level.”
I agree with that interpretation, i.e. “the” reason it was stolen was Trump, but it was clearly stolen.
desantis is a better choice , and will do more for gun rights
DeSantis promotes ConCarry and will sign it by early 23 when anti-gun RINO SenPres “Wilty Simp” Simpson is term limited. Are you lobbying DeSantis to push faster? Your ire should be directed at Marion Hammer, who helped RINOs block Sabatini’s bill, then endorsed lead culprit & Red Flag author Simp for Ag Commish – which controls carry permits!
“Ope” = WillTEX et ilk just downvoted you many times.
Typical WillTEX. Blame DeSantis for Scott’s & Rubio’s votes. What exactly is his “terrible” record on 2A?
You’ll do & say anything to smear DeSantis & promote your kabuki cuck-hero Abbott & coward cops. If TEXAS gun laws are so great, why are a score of kids DEAD in Uvalde? You know why. Because Abbott & his pet RINO Phelan protect the patchwork-quilt of “gun free” zones, and a bunch of coward cops did NOTHING for an hour and a half. Border patrol had to do it for them.
Crickets Chirping, OpeWillTEX.
Chirp…Chirp…Chirp…
“Gooollleee, Sarge! I shore do agree with muhself ! I shore do !” ~TEX
swait team ,is you wait till they do nothing and someone else has to step up
De Santis has a problem in florida senate that is thankfully on the way out ,scott was/is a nightmare red flag is un constitutional. slap shit has happened because of this and police involved murders they think there should be a special emergency hearing ok person who swears out the paperwork goes to jail and pays expenses if it is bs person accused has lawyer and is present no dark of night bs that is just criminal abuse of someone else’s rights
“Ope” – 7/2/22: “President Trumps ultimate revenge for having that election stolen will be when he gets sworn in as president on 20 Jan ‘25. The socialists whole reason for this Jan 6 investigation bullshit is to make Trump ineligible for political office in ‘24.. Just like their two previous failed impeachment attempts this too will fail miserable.”
Will/TEX, do you think Trump will recant his support for the numerous forms of gun control that he gushed over on 2/28/18?
https://www.c-span.org/video/?441884-1/president-trump-calls-comprehensive-gun-bill
Ope = WillTEX?
Yes.
No wonder the sock pup downvoters are so active. They haven’t whack-a-trolled him again yet, probly since he’s holding back compared to the “LMFAO!!! LIGHT YOU UP, BOY!!!” routine. The attack on DeSantis makes sense since he’s an Abbott worshiper.
He has numerous other tells.
His defense of POS Calley and the rapes and murders increased the probability that Ope = Will/TEX/et al. and the probability steadily increased since then.
with all the bs I have seen here I am starting to think you may be right that he has more than one account, I cant imagine being so warped as to need to reaffirm yourself but democrats do it all the time so oooooo????mental disorder? or are they friends that are like Darrel and Darrel on newheart
So you didn’t watch 2,000 mules ? And I’m sure you have seen my previous post on who runs ELECTION SECURITY ? THE MOST INCLUSIVE & EXTENSIVE VOTER FRAUD ORG IN THE WORLD. But yet has to be named by the Idiot in charge these days. Or any media or politician. C’mon Man quit buying their lies.I’m sure they all have stocks in the company. I would guess they don’t want to lose any of that money.It’s worth trillions. Just like the rest of their investments such as Boeing, etc. I would also be curious to know how you guys… Read more »
There was voter fraud. Also, Trump pissed off a lot of firearm rights people by supporting yet more gun control. Some of them were so pissed off they didn’t vote for him. If he hadn’t pissed off those people by trying to be more popular with suburban white women, I believe he would have won despite the voter fraud. All of the controversial states were states with large numbers of people who are serious about firearm rights. I voted for him both times, but I don’t feel sorry for him. You are barking up the wrong tree – go discuss… Read more »
No, the reasons Trump “lost” were
1) A coup d’etat by election theft
2) Idiots voting “Libertarian”
3) NeverTrump “Republicans” voting for Biden
4) Trump
4a) Appointing Blue-Light Federalists to scotus who then helped the commies & John Obamacare Roberts establish a de facto right of states to steal elections
4b) Betraying 2A, giving provocateurs ammo to misdirect activist votes
4c) Babble-bungling the response to the ChiDem covid attack
4d) Being Trump
5) Rand Paul and others lobbying the senate to certify The Big Steal without an emergency audit
He had complete control over #4 and partial control over #2.
Some of the people who were pissed off about his idiotic support for yet more gun control voted Libertarian, some voted for write-in candidates, and some didn’t vote at all because they were so disgusted.
We need to fix the voter fraud issue and we need to have Republican politicians stop supporting never-ending gun control.
Yep. Oooh lookie, the Glow Job Coward’s breaking out sock puppets. 1-2 Glow Jobs still run ~20 socks. It laid relatively low for since the truce, gradually letting more & more pups off leash. Couple days ago some comments went negative in a few mins that previously had 6-8 upvotes. Amusing.
Those accounts don’t add any value to firearm rights efforts.
About all they are able to contribute is:
“Abolish the ATF,rescind NFA !”
Have you figured it out yet?
vote pro gun pro rights (as written in constitution not in progressives minds)
https://www.ammoland.com/2022/06/15-state-ags-send-letter-to-senate-opposing-dettelbach-confirmation/#axzz7XtxMmmAW
ABOLISH ATF! RESCIND NFA!
Yes – “Ope” = Will/TEX/et al.
He tried much harder this time, but I was 50% confident after his first few posts (right after his other accounts went silent).
His insane defense of POS Calley and the raping and murdering raised the probability to 87%.
At this point, there is no doubt: Ope = Will/TEX/et al.
IT WORKS! LOL!
The TDS Type B people are angry that Trump’s political suicide video was posted again.
Yes & No.
The election was clearly stolen, but thanks to “Libertarian” voters, Dems had steal far fewer votes. “Ls” are spoilers, getting 2-4%, far higher than the margin of theft in the stolen states.
Having a D next to the name does mean anti-gun in every case, regardless of stated positions. 100% of “pro-gun” Dem pols vote for anti-gun party leadership (e.g. Pelosi, Schumer), endorse gun grabbers for other offices (e.g. Gore, Kerry, Obama, Biden) and confirm gun grabbers to the courts, DOJ etc (e.g. Ketanji, Sotomayor, Kagan, Holder, Garland). There’s no such thing as a pro-gun Dem.
This is exactly why we will keep losing more and more of our rights. Republicans know they can do whatever they want and people like you will keep voting for them.
Yes.
The time to bounce “Republicans” is in primaries. Voting “L” in this last general election out of peevish perfectionism, instead of against Biden/”for” Trump, was suicidal stupidity.
ALL Dems are anti-gun. See above.
NOT all Rs are anti-gun.
I suspect some of those firearm rights people who didn’t vote for Trump viewed Trump’s flip flopping as more than lack of perfectionism (and they are right).
They are just sick of it.
In any event, “we” could have at least leveraged the loss and “we” didn’t.
Instead of saying “see what happens if you turn on us” there were too many people defending Trump’s flip flopping.
“Pro-gun” Biden, “L” & stay-home voters engaged in peevish nose-cutting/face-spiting stupidity & we live under the gvt they deserve.
ALL Dems are anti-gun.
NOT all Rs are anti-gun; ALL Rs confirmed squishy Trump’s noms who gave us Bruen.
ALL “L” candidates are de facto anti-USA & anti-gun: ALL want open borders & unlimited immigration = globalism, redistribution, socialism, destruction of OUR quality of life & voting control of OUR country; rapidly growing pop density & urbanization inevitably yielding D majorities, loss of freedom-property-gun rights. “Ls” can’t honestly take the pledge of allegiance let alone the oath.
I voted for Trump both times.
I respect the decision made by the pro firearm rights people who didn’t vote for him. They have had enough.
It’s unfortunate “we” were unable to leverage the loss into a warning to all other Republican politicians.
There should have been more “see – that’s what you get” and less “we will go to prison and have our lives ruined to support you despite your flip flopping.”
“They have had enough”, so they voted for a lot more and a lot worse. Genius move!
Maybe they are just tired of taking the longer road to the same place and thought this was the time to make a stand in the expectation that it would send a message to the next Republican candidate.
Irrespective of whether they were right or wrong, “we” could have leveraged the result and “we” failed to do so.
Now we not only got the Trump loss, but Trump (and other Republican politicians) believe that even Republican voters who have strong firearm rights beliefs will carry water for Republican politicians who support yet more never-ending gun control.
Almost all Rs are anti-2A. No anti-2A politicians will ever get my vote and Republicans will continue to push gun control until they start losing elections because of it.
Your theory relies on the NUMBERS to be CORRECT. LOL
Politicians will always tell you what you want to hear. Most of the time
elections are a crap-shoot. The real winners are the multi media $$$$, that’s why elections cost so much. If you’re a good candidate you can beat big money.
there has been a few grass roots campaigns that have succeeded but the social media was not looking for that yet they are now and will de-platform conservatives
Buying a politician isn’t cheap, but as the old saying goes “Dirty diapers and politicians need to be changed for the same reasons “.
and like any crook ,if they can be bought highest bidder wins
Roy Blunt (RINO, MO) is also retiring…..as a financial burden for life on his constituent taxpayers. A rapid demise can only be hoped for to minimize said burden.
Until someone interviews her and asks about three dozen detailed questions, and publishes the interview, I’m skeptical.
Trump’s endorsement means nothing.
Skepticism is justified, but GOA endorsements do not mean nothing. No doubt she filled out a questionnaire satisfactorily (which may or may not have included an immigration question). Maybe GOA would provide it. Even if Tshibaka turns out squishy, it’s worth taking Murky’s scalp. On that basis, and thoroughly despising Murky, I donated. Worth a shot. If she squishes, she’ll never get another.
If she did fill out a questionnaire, she didn’t try very hard to make it publicly available.
She could join us here and answer a few questions.
Few publicize questionnaires. Many publicize endorsements.
Her choice.
GOA was a key player in getting meaningless SAPA legislation passed in WY. They completely pandered to law enforcement. i spoke with them about it and their response was weak.
I haven’t ever seen a thorough interview of a candidate by a gun writer or a gun rights organization.
Did not know that. Disgusting. I’ve seen some completed GOA surveys that looked good, ones I requested candidates complete.
I’ve noticed GOA grades are even harder to find that NRA’s. Not good. I’ll still take a GOA grade over NRA any day.
Do we know it’s her choice to conceal it, or if she is? Have you asked her for a copy? Or GOA?
I have seen completed NRA questionnaires for WY state legislators.
I have not asked her or GOA about a questionnaire.
The Glow Jobs are downvoting you, but I countered one.
Same with you.
Now it’s an angry Glow Job. Coward, but angry.
So true, I don’t trust Trump he like the red flag law We need to ask her the hard questions or as a group we are no better than the NRA
That’s a lazy post. Open your computer and look for yourself. This gal has answers posted for just about any question and believe it or not,
Also, Alaskan’s have telephones and this handy dandy invention called texting, very 21st century, that you can send a question or two or a dozen right to Kelly.
Mr. Codrea’s, GOA’s pictured endorsement and President Trump’s endorsements means nothing to you, amazing, I guess the status quo is your preferred choice.
almost anything is better than status quo ,far too many rinos stepping on US all the time
One of the ways we get “RINOs” is because candidates don’t publish detailed policy positions and, on the topic of firearm rights, organizations such as the NRA and GOA don’t ask and publish detailed policy positions.
GOA asks detailed policy questions, you can request the survey to send it to candidates yourself, I have, but they don’t publish replies. GOA has some flaws, not publishing survey answers is a big one, but I do not believe they have ever given phony grades to candidates who answer wrong, or endorse them, like NRA has. No way.
I don’t believe they have done what the NRA has done.
I suspect their questionnaire is not as thorough as what I have used for interviewing candidates. Some candidates will insist they are “pro 2nd Amendment” until you ask them extremely specific questions and then they admit that, yes, they are in favor of yet more never-ending gun control.
If GOA published the questionnaire it would serve two purposes:
Yep. Here’s a 2020 survey. If it’s not readable I’ll post the text.
Pretty readable, but here’s the text anyway. Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Pl 202Springfield, VA 22151 Phone: 703-321-8585 CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE Name: Website: Address: E-mail: City: State: Zip: Office: Elected office held before (if applicable):You may email to: [email protected] or [email protected] 1. Gun control advocates label semi-automatic firearms with certain cosmetic features as so-called “assault weapons.” However, all semi-automatic firearms are functionally the same (one round fired per one pull of the trigger.) Would you oppose any legislation that bans many types of semi-automatic firearms (commonly referred to as “assault weapons”)?” 2. The Supreme Court ruled in Heller (2008) that: “The Second… Read more »
Thanks for the questionnaire. It’s high-level, but would provide an indication of a candidate’s views.
If Tshibaka completed one, it would be helpful if she posted it on her website.
Ask her to.
Bigfootbob never provided the phone number that can be used to text questions directly to Kelly (because it doesn’t exist). He also didn’t provide any links to Kelly’s detailed firearm rights policy positions.
She did not respond to a call to the number listed on her website.
She did not respond to an email to the email address on her website.
GOA indicated they will not release (e.g., post to their website) any of Kelly’s detailed positions on firearms rights.
I did look for myself before I posted my comment. Why are you so lazy? Post a link to detailed firearm rights questions (three dozen will suffice) and that “gal’s” answers. I wrote that Trump’s endorsement means nothing. Trump flip-flopped on firearm rights, selected anti-firearm rights people to be on his team (Barr, Giuliani, Kushner, etc.), and he nominated an anti-firearm rights person to be the Director of the BATFE (Canterbury). With respect to firearms rights, Trump’s endorsement means absolutely nothing. Regarding GOA, they should provide a detailed Q&A as a basis for their endorsement. A condition of their endorsement should be… Read more »
Why would the endorsement of the Orange Infringer mean anything to anyone who’s pro-2A? He sure as hell isn’t!
Like dual-Turk child-sex-change-grooming vax pimp Oz.
But there’s infringing by Trump vs TRAMPLING by Dems. Trump’s noms gave us Bruen. All Ds dissented
BTW, before NRA stopped showing questionnaires in the 90s, I saw several by gun grabbers. One answered everything wrong but got a “C+” (passing), endorsed, Orange Alert mailer. Truly a solid F. Others answered some wrong but got As. Quid pro blow corruption at work contrary to stated NRA mission & member interests.
Then there was anti-gun candidate Brown vs pro-gun Sheriff Anderson, which Codrea documented. NRA surely elected Brown since he was pals with owners of LaPew’s pet insurance marketing firm HQ’d in the county or had a personal beef with Anderson or both. Corruption
https://waronguns.blogspot.com/search?q=sheriff+brown
Interesting. Thanks for providing that information.
I would not trust nra rating for a garbage bag
Or a condom.
Codrea’s inclusion of actionable election info (donation address) is much appreciated, something that should be common on Ammoland, successful election activity being “lobbying by other means”, and far more critical. Elect the right guys & bounce the wrong ones as a lesson to others, and lobbying becomes more effective and less necessary. Of course, that’s not in the interest of professional lobbyists who betray us for “access”. One way they betray us is handing out phony A & A+ grades, endorsements, Orange Alert mailings and OUR money.
Yes, many Democrats will switch and vote Republican (for Cheney) in the primary. In the Texan Senate primary there was only 1/3 as many Republican votes in the primary as in the general election. In our primary, we may have more Republican votes in the primary than in the general election. Clearly a different kind of problem (Democrat switch voters). There are not enough Democrats here to save her though – she’s toast. I think she has less than a 10% chance of winning. Unfortunately, Hageman comes off as a bit of a queen. She has done some good work against the administrative state as… Read more »
Bouchard? He’s F’g delusional if he thought that Florida crap wouldn’t catch up to him. I regret donating to him. Kind of a dunce, though his policy heart’s in the right place.
No, this guy:
https://dentonknapp.com/
Bouchard is a good state senator, but he’s never going anywhere beyond that (due to the FL baggage and other things).
Oh yeah, forgot about him. “CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN” on the neo”con” payroll as a spoiler. Asshole needs to take a long Knapp.
Still, last I saw, Bouchard had 12%. If so, spoiler, might as well be working for Cheney.
I interviewed him one on one. He thinks the 2nd Amendment was created to protect the rights of government employees. He also thinks “everything possible” should be done to keep firearms “out of the wrong hands.” I pointed out to him that would mean also keeping guns out of some of the right hands. He short circuited. He said he is 100% “pro 2nd Amendment” and then explained why universal background checks were absolutely necessary. I told him criminals aren’t going to obtain firearms through sources that would comply with the new law. He indicated that he just “felt” we… Read more »
Surely Cheney’s gap is wide. On the other hand, I doubt it’s a good political career builder to be “the spoiler who reelected Liz Cheney”.
That has been pointed out to him: “The Republican candidate is going to win the general election. You are not going to win the Republican primary. Do you want to be remembered as the reason Liz was reelected?”
there are a lot of idiots that dont get my right is a right , you dont want to participate you dont have too ,but you dont have the “right” to stop me from doing so
The right to do something does not make it the right thing to do.
nothing in constitution says people cant be stupid it allows democrats