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'We can do better': Iowa Republicans admit to 'Trump fatigue' at conservative fundraiser
July 02, 2022
According to an Associated Press report on a conservative fundraiser in Iowa this week, some Republican voters are less than excited at the prospect of the prospect of another Donald Trump presidential run, having tired of his act since he first ran for president in 2016.
With the New York Times reporting the former president is anxious to announce a 2024 run -- possibly within days -- AP is reporting that it may not be greeted with welcome arms of conservatives suffering from "Trump fatigue."
According to the AP's Steven Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, "Stunning new revelations about former President Donald Trump’s fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities just as he eyes another presidential bid," adding, "Here in Iowa, the state expected to host the first presidential nominating contest in roughly 18 months, several voters signaled Thursday that they were open to another presidential candidate even if Trump were to run again. At the same time, some conservative media outlets issued scathing rebukes of the former president. Aides for multiple GOP presidential prospects also indicated, publicly and privately, that they felt increasingly emboldened to challenge Trump in 2024 following the explosive new testimony."
One voter among the 350 conservative activists at the congressional fundraising barbecue in Sioux City, admitted it was time to move on.
“You’d be hard-pressed to find people in this area who support the idea that people aren’t looking for someone else,” explained business owner Dave Van Wyk. “To presume that conservative America is 100% behind Donald Trump is simply not the case.”
AP reports, "For some Republican voters, that was the feeling even before this week’s stunning new testimony."
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) -- who is possibly planning a run of his own -- echoed those sentiments, telling AP, "People are concerned that we could lose the election in ‘24 and want to make sure that we don’t nominate someone who would be seriously flawed."
Comments from Iowa resident Kathy de Koning seem to support Christie's possibly self-serving claim.
“We can do better," she stated before adding, "I just don’t know if he’s electable anymore.”
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Trump just created more GOP chaos because he 'has the impulse control of a freaking toddler': former Republican official
July 02, 2022
Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, Kurt Bardella was asked about reports that Donald Trump is thinking about announcing another presidential run -- possibly in days -- that has Republicans worried he'll mess up the midterms and create chaos among conservatives who are already looking past him for a new face for the party.
Speaking with host Alex Witt, Bardella -- who served as a spokesperson for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee when it was under Republican control -- said Republicans brought this on themselves by defending the former president.
"There's a new article today from the New York Times that says that Donald Trump is eyeing an early announcement amid the January sixth hearings," host Witt began. "This is coming with one damaging revelation after another from the January sixth committee. What is your reaction from that? The timing ... really? It would suggest that if he does that now that will hinder the success of Republicans in 2022."
"We all know from past experiences that Donald Trump doesn't care about anybody else but Donald Trump," Bardella began. "We saw that with the Georgia special elections and how he behaved there, so it doesn't surprise me that when faced with the criticism that has been mounting right now, following the January sixth hearings, that he's thinking about pulling the trigger now."
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"And you know what, Donald?" he smirked. "He should, why not? Go out there and show everybody who you are and what you want to do and implode the Republican Party before November, I welcome that."
" At the end of the day, he's going to do whatever he wants, he's shown that time and time again," he continued. "This guy has the impulse control of a freaking toddler. Nobody should be surprised about that at all. I think that Republicans, yeah, this is the golem they created."
"These guys wanted to divorce themselves from Donald Trump for the last five years, but they have lacked courage, the ability the guts to do it. And on the January sixth committee while on TV they cry as partisan and terrible and witchhunt, behind the scenes they are rooting for the January sixth committee. That last powerful hearing that we had, the surprise hearing this last week, nobody was more excited about that hearing than Republicans who want to dispense with Donald Trump."
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Rudy Giuliani went from 'political buffoon' to 'pathetic spectacle' after another week of humiliations: columnist
July 02, 2022
According to Politico columnist Jack Shafer, Rudy Giuliani's downward spiraling fortunes have reached the point where it is no longer enjoyable to make fun of him anymore.
As the columnist notes, the man once known as "America's mayor" has fallen on hard times since he hitched his wagon to former president Donald Trump and every day suffers another blow to what little is left of his reputation -- this past week included.
According to Shafer, "Rudy Giuliani has been a national punchline for so long that the high hilarity that once accompanied his antics is finally no more," adding, "These warm memories of Giuliani the political buffoon — the man willing to say stupid things in defense of Trump, the imaginative smear artist, the braying conspiracist, the muddled elderly man — have tickled us for so long. But the 78-year-old suffered such a chastening this week that human compassion demands that we stop laughing at the former mayor’s suffering and start sobbing instead."
The columnist noted Giuliani was featured in testimony by former senior White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson who brought up his desire for a pardon from Donald Trump -- to which he goofed and inadvertently admitted that he had asked for a pardon while attempting to dismiss her remarks.
Add to that, his son Andrew suffered a major defeat in his attempt to run for governor of New York, he made a big deal about being assaulted in a grocery store that was debunked --- with Shafer claiming the hits just keep on coming.
"How much further can a man fall than being a MyPillow pitchman? Plenty. The FBI is still investigating Giuliani’s Ukraine activities, and in June the Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel filed ethical misconduct charges against him," he wrote. "Often, Giuliani pieces make reference to his drinking — he says he likes scotch with his cigars but he has no drinking problem, and contests any statement to the contrary. Last month, he called Trump campaign aide Jason Miller a liar in a mid-June tweet (later deleted) after Miller testified to Giuliani’s alleged tipsiness on election night 2020."
Pointing to Giuliani's protests that he was not drinking heavily when he counseled Trump to claim victory on election night, Shafer wrote, "Was a categorical denial the smartest strategy? When accused of doing something really stupid, like advising the president to declare victory prematurely, shouldn’t you think about availing yourself to the clemency automatically granted to people who confess to having imbibed too much — even when no sipping has occurred?"
"It’s not too late, Rudy," he advised. "As your miserable week turns into a miserable month and then a miserable year, you could do worse than to find something outside of yourself to blame your troubles on."
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