Some Republicans attack Trump's Big Lie, two others demand ban on assault rifles

[Stefan]

I tip my hat to former House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Not only did this former Republican congressman defiantly claim President Joe Biden won the 2020 election legitimately, he said this even as Republicans in his home state of Wisconsin are still trying to find some way to overturn the election results.  

“It was not rigged. It was not stolen. Donald Trump lost the election. Joe Biden won the election. It’s really clear,” the former GOP leader said in an interview with WISN 12 News published on May 23.

Ryan also plans to hold a fund raiser for embattled Liz Cheney, R-Wis, one of the few brave folks in the GOP who voted to impeach the Liar-in-Chief.

What does this mean? Some people are coming to their senses about Trump’s big lie that massive voter fraud cost him the White House.

Even though Mike Pence-backed Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their respective GOP primaries, this does not mean Pence will win the GOP nomination in 2024.

And 45’s choice for GOP Senate candidate in Georgia, Herschel Walker, won his primary. Elsewhere, Trump maintains a grip on GOP voter loyalty.

Also waking up it seems is Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY), who now says he’s ready to back a ban on assault rifles. Jacobs was endorsed by Trump and the National Rifle Association in 2020.

Jacobs launched his political career as a member of the Buffalo Board of Education and his district of Orchard Park, N.Y., is a suburb of the western New York State city. Jacobs also wants to ban the purchase of body armor by civilians, something most GOP’ers are against.

Jacobs wants to name his bill banning the sale of body armor to civilians after slain Tops supermarket security guard Aaron Salter Jr. The 55-year retired Buffalo cop confronted alleged mass shooter Peyton S. Gendron and opened fired at him. But the 18-year suspected White Supremacist was wearing body armor fire back and killed Salter. 

Jacobs said he was moved by the Buffalo, N.Y., mass killing and a second in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 school children and two teachers were shot to death. Local cops apparently were too frightened to storm the gunman and he remained free to carry out his massacre.

[Pioneer1]

I don't give Paul Ryan or any other of these racist hypocrites for telling the truth about something so obvious that the entire world can see.

How is telling us Trump stole the election....something the entire GLOBE let alone just the United States clearly knew...some sort of revelation of truth?

I KNOW he stole the election.
The Republicans KNOW he stole the election.
Hell, Trump HIMSELF knows he stole the election.
Infact, President OBAMA knew he stole the election and didn't do a damn thing about it.

Until those in power start exerting that power to enforce justice and righteousness....the crap will continue to happen.
Just like they stole the election back in 2000 and Clinton didn't do a damn thing about it.


I'll start giving these racist bastids credit when they start revealing HIDDEN knowledge about the racist things they're doing to our planet and communities that have yet to be uncovered....and ofcourse stop doing it.  THEN I'll give them some credit for repentance.

 

[ProfD]

Every now and then, a diehard GOPer will go against the party line. Mitch McConnell does it sometimes.

 

But, those gophers, er, GOPers never go so far as to upset the base. They will soft pedal on the big lie or pretend to have an interest in bipartisanship on an issue i.e.  gun control.

 

As soon as possible, those same GOPers will  distance themselves from a bipartisan issue and fall right back in line with the GOP program. 

 

Politicians are notorious when it comes to lying and flip flopping to suit their political agenda. It's rarely in the interest of every American. 

[Pioneer1]

ProfD

Even when those right wing Nazis occasionally criticize a fellow Nazi or a party policy....I believe it's merely a game or political strategy...definately not sincere.

Sometimes these Nazi bastids just say the right thing or go against a bill so that it's ON RECORD later on in history that they were "against" something or spoke out on something, knowing damn well their little critique wasn't enough to do any damage to the overall agenda they're party is pushing.

For example......
Because of the recent massacre in Texas with so many non-Black children being killed, they HAVE to say something against it in order to garner world support. 
When nearly a dozen Black folks were killed up in Buffalo...they could remain silent because much of the world doesn't care.  But MUCH of the world looks like Latinos...even if they're Arab, Pakistani, and even Asians to a certain extent...with their tannish skin and straight hair...so when they saw those children they saw THEIR children.  So they felt more compassion....and these racist bastards know this and HAD to come out and condemn it and even say a word or two on gun violence.
They know it won't stop the overall agenda the Republican Party is pushing, but it looks and sounds good and it gives them a RECORD to point to of them condemning the violence and speaking out.

[Stefan]

To those who forget,  Donald Trump actually did win the 2016 presidential election.

He simply embarked on a campaign of constant lying, alleging that massive voter fraud cost him re-election in 2020.

The more Republicans of Note push back against Trump's Big Lie, the better it is for Truth Tellers everywhere. 

Those who take issue with the response of most Republlcans should be regularly lambasting the folks in this Discussion Forum who swear Trump is the best thing that happened to this country and that members of the GOP are their preferred legislators.

School children were murdered in Sandy Hook and Uvalde. Black adults were murdered in the Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., and in the Emanual AME Church in Charleston, S.C. 

The moral outrage for the wanton slaughter of innocent children cannot be underestimated. Keep that in mind as we demand logical and workable solutions to make effective changes. 

Exhibiting continuous blind rage does little except make most try to ignore the cacophony of bitterness. This includes name calling and labeling. 

That is what our detractors always do. Don't you think we're much more socially aware and more mature than they?