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Im better then you
2012 UP Football Champ
Fri Sep 17 16:00:37

Trump spikes the football on Gonzalez retirement
“Good riddance to Anthony,” former President Donald Trump said.

http://www...ony-gonzalez-retirement-512471

Former President Donald Trump on Friday reveled in Rep. Anthony Gonzalez’s decision to not seek reelection rather than face a bruising primary after he voted to impeach Trump earlier this year.

“RINO Congressman Anthony Gonzalez, who has poorly represented his district in the Great State of Ohio, has decided to quit after enduring a tremendous loss of popularity, of which he had little, since his ill-informed and otherwise very stupid impeachment vote against the sitting President of the United States, me,” Trump said in a statement issued by his PAC.

Trump has been prolific in doling out his endorsement since leaving office to dozens of Republican candidates, though he has reserved special attention to targeting politicians he believes have crossed him like Gonzalez and Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.


Gonzalez, 36, is the first of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump to bring their congressional careers to a close. Gonzalez told The New York Times, which first reported his retirement plans Thursday, that the animus he and his family has faced from Trump’s fervent supporters played a role in his decision.

“Politically the environment is so toxic, especially in our own party right now," he said. “You can fight your butt off and win this thing, but are you really going to be happy? And the answer is, probably not.”

Trump has already endorsed a Republican challenger, former White House aide Max Miller, though Ohio — like all states — is in the process of redrawing district lines after last year's census.

“This is no loss for Ohio or our Country and, most importantly, we have a great candidate who was substantially leading Gonzalez in the polls, Max Miller, who I have given my Complete and Total Endorsement,” Trump said in his statement.

Ohio is losing one of its 16 congressional districts. Gonzalez insisted that had he run, he would have been victorious, though he conceded he may not have been happy continuing to serve in a party increasingly made in Trump’s visage.

Cheney, whose criticisms of Trump cost her the spot in House GOP leadership she held, responded to Trump's barb at Gonzalez by noting Friday is the annual commemoration of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

"On Constitution Day, Donald Trump’s statement about Rep. Anthony Gonzalez reminds us all, once again, that Trump is at war with the Constitution," Cheney wrote on Twitter.

Trump recently endorsed Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman in his quest to unseat Cheney, and reiterated Friday his intention to exact revenge on Republicans who voted in favor of his second impeachment.

"1 down, 9 to go!," he said in a second statement.
Rugian
Member
Fri Sep 17 16:06:28
The purge isn't complete until Cheney is primaried.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Sep 17 16:14:05
do you believe Congressman Anthony Gonzalez "poorly represented his district"? do you think Trump knows a single thing about the guy beyond his impeachment vote?
Im better then you
2012 UP Football Champ
Fri Sep 17 16:20:23
He had a few good years with Colts and a household name among Ohio State fans an overall good guy.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Sep 17 16:26:29
(also that 'RINO' label meaning just whether you support Trump still fucked up)
Habebe
Member
Fri Sep 17 16:52:22
Tw, Im regards to RINO, your probably right its a term being used because of the impeachment vote.Honestly I dont know anything about Gonzalez but that sounds like a fair assessment.

But why does that grind your gears?
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Sep 17 17:51:34
as its turning the party into being just worship of one guy... & not even hiding it

& a ridiculous guy to worship at that
Habebe
Member
Fri Sep 17 18:04:23
Tw, Are you also upset at how the DNC treated Bernie?

Not even saying equally salty but just curious if that was something you would frown upon?
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Sep 17 21:26:17
yes, Bernie mistreated (though not for a cult of Hillary)

Rs should be making statues of Mitch McConnell, yet he’s a RINO now... Trump doesn’t know shit about policies or how to achieve them and he’s the embodiment of the party now for some reason
Habebe
Member
Fri Sep 17 22:06:26
No, not for a cult of Hillary, they screwed him again for Joe in the shadows.

The Republicans are pretty transparent about their dealings.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Fri Sep 17 22:47:23
except screwing Bernie was to get someone more mainstream... & it not being about a single cult leader also important (especially a fucking fraud who has no interests beyond himself)

R's aren't being too transparent about knocking down the total bullshit Trump spouts. And you have people like Ted Cruz who only pretend to support him. 98% of the party seems to accept they have to genuinely support him or fake support him... yet hardly any actually willing to repeat his claims as they know its bullshit, they just make general comments of support or try to morph his claims into legitimate ones... totally fucked up shit
Rugian
Member
Sat Sep 18 04:48:12
"except screwing Bernie was to get someone more mainstream..."

Oh that makes it okay then.

Do you even realize that you come off as a pathetic fanboy of the DC elitists with posts like this and your cringey hero worship of scumbags like Comey?
Dukhat
Member
Sat Sep 18 08:30:17
All these Republicans are obsessed with taking orders from Trump. Fat ass is going to be dead in 4-6 years tops. Short-sighted to say the least.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Sep 18 16:22:40
"Oh that makes it okay then"

no... it makes it -far- less bad than the totally fucked up cult worship around a moron wannabe-autocrat fraud
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Sat Sep 18 16:55:57
we need more parties (so can't get away w/ only smearing the opponent) & ranked choice
Habebe
Member
Sat Sep 18 17:50:36
TW, Well, I agree more parties would probably help....a little.Less than I thought a few years ago.
Habebe
Member
Sat Sep 18 17:50:36
TW, Well, I agree more parties would probably help....a little.Less than I thought a few years ago.
Im better then you
2012 UP Football Champ
Tue Sep 21 13:00:59
Bernie Sanders is chairman of the Budget committee and plays a major role is legislation. Whatever happened to him in 2016 has rectified.

Most elected Republicans hate Trump but too afraid to criticize for fear of being purged making the party a pure cult.
murder
Member
Tue Sep 21 13:42:50

Trump is trying to get GOP Senators to push out Mitch McConnell, but apparently he doesn't have as much pull as he thinks he does.

http://the...challenger-to-mcconnell-report

Even MAGA morons that Trump helped get elected want no part of it.

tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Sep 21 15:24:58
you have to be a real fucking idiot to think McConnell is doing a bad job for R's... i'd love to hear Trump trying to make his case... he's got only the 1 selfish stupid issue (not loyal enough to him personally... the only issue he's had on every single R he's attacked)
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