Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster

Their worry is that the party is branding itself as the party of insurrectionists and conspiracy theorists. This spells catastrophe for the GOP’s ability to appeal beyond a hardcore base

#MOG thehill.com/homenews/admin…
Tensions within the party are at boiling point.

A spokeswoman for Rep. #AdamKinzinger (R-Ill.), one of the 10 GOP House members to vote for Trump’s impeachment this month, sent The Hill an email statement blasting #QAnon’s Greene.

#MOG
“Congressman Kinzinger has said from day one that QAnon has no place in Congress. And while he respects the voice of the people and their right to elect a #MarjorieGreene, he does not agree with the decision to give her a committee seat”

#MOG
The statement continued: “Greene’s continued perpetuation of conspiracy theories, lies, and vitriol is frankly unacceptable. And it is not compatible with the integrity of the institution nor the principles of the party — the Party that Congressman Kinzinger belongs to.”

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29 Jan
ATTENTION @FBI @DOJ

These GOP lawmakers tied to extremist groups that stormed the Capitol

Rep. #AndyBiggs (R-AZ)
Rep. #LaurenBoebert (R-CO)
Rep. #MattGaetz (R-FL)
Rep. #PaulGosar (R-AZ)
Rep. #MarjorieGreene (R-GA)

#LockThemUp

#MOG
rawstory.com/right-wing-ext…
Rep. #AndyBiggs (R-AZ) had links to the #StopTheSteal campaign aimed at keeping Trump in office despite his election loss, and whose leader, #AliAlexander, claimed helped him organize the Capitol protest that turned violent

#LockHimUpNow @FBI @DOJ

#MOG
Rep. #LaurenBoebert (R-CO) has close connections to the #ThreePercenter militia group, who had members take part in the Jan. 6 insurrection, and other right-wing extremist groups, and has been accused of leading suspected militants through the Capitol ahead of the assault

@FBO
Read 7 tweets
29 Jan
#Louisiana Cemetery Refuses To Bury Black Deputy Because Of 'WHITES-ONLT’ POLICY

The widow of #DarrellSemien, who died last Sunday, was stunned to learn that #OaklinSpringsCemetery in Allen Parish had such a policy that dated back to a 1950s

#MOG
huffpost.com/entry/darrell-…
“Wow what a slap in the face,” Karla Semien wrote

Nearly a quarter of the residents in Allen Parish are Black

When she and her children went to the cemetery to pick out a plot, the saleswoman “just looked us cold in the face, and straight-up said, ‘I can’t sell you a plot,’”
The saleswoman also reportedly said that the graveyard was not for people of color

“It’s a white human being-only cemetery”

H. Creig Vizena, the board president said that he was stunned to learn Semien was denied burial.

He fired his 81-year-old aunt, the salesperson...

#MOG
Read 4 tweets
28 Jan
"Unprecedented" in #FBI history:

What we know about the Capitol riot arrests

Federal prosecutors have charged 164 people for their roles in the riot and opened over 400 investigations into possible criminals.

BUT 800 ENTERED THE CAPITOL BUILDING

#MOG cbsnews.com/news/capitol-r…
TREASON

8 Insurrectionists are #veterans and 2 currently serve

4 Insurrectionists worked as law enforcement officers

19 traitors were from extremist groups, including the #ProudBoys #OathKeepers #ThreePercenters #TexasFreedomForce #QAnon

#MOG
The January 6 mob was largely male, at least 19 women have been arrested for their alleged participation

34 defendants whose ages are known, the average age was 40

The youngest known rioter is 20-year-old... The oldest were 65-year-old
Read 4 tweets
27 Jan
MERCERS FUNDED COUP

#RebekahMercer warned of 'armed conflict' before funding Capitol rioters

She wrote, 'We are facing an ever more belligerent, frantic, and absurd group of radicals in a struggle for the soul of our country,' referring to #antifa

#MOG rawstory.com/rebekah-mercer/
#Mercer’s FUNDED

- Arizona Republican Party Chair #KelliWard
- #BigTheSteal's organizer #AliAlexander

- She is a financier of news website #Breitbart and the social network #Parler," continued the report.

#MOG
"In 2020, Mercer's father, Robert Mercer, donated $1.5 million to House Minority Leader #McCarthy's super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, and the Mercers donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Republican National Committee."
Read 4 tweets
26 Jan
50 things that are better already

1. You can ignore Twitter
2. The White House briefing room is not a nightmare of lies
3. We are now confronting white domestic terrorism
4. We are not paying for golf trips
5. No presidential relatives in govt

#MOG washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
6. The tenor of hearings is sober and serious
7. Qualified and knowledgeable nominees have been selected
8. We have a first lady who engages with the public
9. We have not heard a word from presidential children
10. We are now tough on Russian human rights abuses

#MOG
11. We get normal readouts of sane conversations between the president and foreign leaders
12. The philosophy is to underpromise and overdeliver
13. Manners are in, bullying is out
14. You feel calmer after hearing the president
15. Fact-checkers are not overworked

#MOG
Read 10 tweets
25 Jan
The Justice System Is Going Too Easy on the White Insurrectionists

The vast majority of those 800 criminals were white, which means the vast majority are walking around free, at least for now.

Only around 125 people have been arrested so far.

#MOG
thenation.com/article/politi…
People at Justice are leaking to the press that they’re worried that bringing cases against these people would “overwhelm” the courts

That’s an absurd claim.

Every criminal court in a major metropolitan area in this country is “overwhelmed” with cases...
Most arrested have been released... WHY?

Every single person who breached the Capitol that day committed a crime. Every single person who breached the Capitol is, presumably, on video, captured by security cameras, committing that crime.

#MOG
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