And more @benshapiro: "Trump, obviously, is no conservative."
Adding, "Pretending otherwise means flailing uselessly as demagogues like Trump become faux-conservative standard-bearers." townhall.com/columnists/ben…
In sum, @benshapiro is a simpleton who was at least smart enough to lick his dirty finger and put it in the air to attempt to measure which way the wind was blowing.
He will never debate his position with me because he picks on people he thinks are weaker, not superior.
Like his role model Mitt Romney, Ben Shapiro will fall down and fold into the fetal position with his whittle thumb in his mouth and say nothing.
If he doesn't, well, it works out all the better for me.
"I will never vote for Donald Trump because I stand with certain principles. I stand with small government and free markets and religious freedom and personal responsibility." — @benshapirobreitbart.com/politics/2016/…
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Notice DeSantis cheerleaders always deflect when you ask them whether they’re naive enough to believe they won’t treat him the same way?
Tallahassee is NOT D.C.
If RDS is a threat, he will be targeted the same way and if he’s not, it means he’s not a threat.
For instance, look at @BarackObama. It was very clear very quickly that there was never any real hope for real change.
Why?
They liked him too much. Status quo actors like the administrative state and security state don’t like you unless you play ball.
Obama played both balls.
Being accused of being Hitler is kid’s play. They accused Bush and Cheney of being Hitler and now they’re besties. I’ve not seen the allegations that Ron is a Russian Agent who sold out his country and in various other ways committed treason and should be prosecuted.
Over the last year, Democrats have been more likely than Republicans to tell us they'd vote for "Someone else" in hypothetical matchups against Donald Trump.
Liz Cheney got only about 10% of the Republican vote in her home state.
How badly would she do nationally? Much worse.
It's essentially a reverse of the mistake Republicans made after 2016 just assuming that Gary Johnson hurt Donald Trump more than Hillary Clinton.
When polling in 2020, us and just about everyone knew that was a net Biden bloc.
Folks, @RepLizCheney / @Liz_Cheney, in one of the most delusional acts ever showcased by a politician, compared herself to Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant in a speech delivered after losing an election by 30 points (current).
Whatever recent drugs are for delusional idiots, well, that's what they need to give her.
This is not the behavior of someone in touch with reality and no amount of favorable coverage can cover for this illness.
If, next year, I ran as a REP in a Trump +50 district and LOST, but then started comparing myself to Lincoln and Grant in a sad a$$ attempt to tee up a presidential run, I'd hope Laura would commit my a$$ and take me off the table.
The example that most closely resembles what is happening now is 2014. The election “models” and polls have been underestimating GOP support each cycle, but 2014 is the last midterm in which predictive indicators clearly favored the GOP.
Those “models” were touting how Democrats were still favored to hold the U.S. Senate all through September, with one rating Kansas as Leans Orman/IND even though GOP incumbent Pat Roberts won easily.
Couched in fundraising terms, these ratings were based just on bad polling.
There are many other examples, to include “models” even refusing to lean Arkansas to @SenTomCotton until the very last minute when it was clear for months that Mark Pryor was done.
House justifications are even worse. Waves sweep candidates with less money right into office.