Tag: Republicans

What Can Brown Do to You?

Most disturbing is that UPS has sole and unlimited discretion over what documents they can require the shippers to turn over. This new policy gives UPS the unlimited power and discretion to examine and review any customer documents related to firearms sales. The shipper also must agree to turn over any documents UPS requests within five business days or risk the termination of their shipping accounts. UPS says It will use its newfound power to audit the books to ensure compliance with its new policies. [More]

So what do we make of their CEO being a Republican donor?

[Via Jess]

Elephant Walk

The Republican who lost Colorado’s U.S. Senate nomination to Joe O’Dea threw his support behind Libertarian Brian Peotter on Wednesday, calling the third-party nominee “the only conservative on the ballot.” [More]

He sounds good on what I could find, but I just spent five minutes trying to find Peotter’s position on immigration to see if that’s true or not.

O’Dea doesn’t say much either, including on 2A.  If you have good intel on either, feel free to comment.

[Via Michael G]

Demotivated

Republicans are trying to diagnose suppressed rural turnout, too. Ryan Girdusky, a Republican political consultant, “blamed the results on messaging by the GOP that didn’t appeal to rural voters,” POLITICO reported. “Trump’s success in exciting those voters, he said, showed that they are motivated by issues such as crime, immigration, homelessness and education.” [More]

Who could have ever known that fire in bellies is what drives the engine?

Certainly not the “leadership”…

[Via Michael G]

Short Story

S. 4986: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes. [More]

Seeing if he gets more than five cosponsors will be a good indicator of which Republicans really are “staunch supporters of the Second Amendment.”

That said, if they don’t take the Senate this is going nowhere, and introducing it now strikes me more as a pre-election publicity stunt than anything– even with Marshall’s term not ending until ’27, this still draws attention to the GOP and co-sponsor Crapo is running now.

Sorry to be so cynical, but I can’t figure out any other explanation.

[Via Jess]

With ‘Republicans’ Like These…

Texas will fight to block 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns [More]

Well, you can buy the Ted Olson excuse, that regardless of how he feels, the AG is charged with defending existing state laws, or you can just as easily conclude that “Tea Party conservative” Paxton has reasons of his own to douse the fire in gun owners’ bellies before November to help turn the state blue.

[Via Jess]

Violent Political Rhetoric and Extreme Disarmament Agenda Belie Tim Ryan’s ‘Bipartisan Unifier’ Claim

“Some of those answers will come from Republicans, not the extremists that we are dealing with every single day,” Ryan continued, to show how conciliatory he can be. “We’ve got to kill and confront that movement, but working with normal mainstream Republicans, that’s going to be really, really important.” [More]

So if you don’t let radical gun-grabbing Democrats have the final word on who qualifies as a “normal mainstream Republican,” you’re an “extremist.”

Another Write-up

Judge shuts down gun rights activist’s attempt to shed light on Hunter Biden’s alleged gun crimes [More]

Unlike most of the other reports, I appreciate the links and the recognition in this one. There’s still nothing about it, of course, in the “Lies of Omission” major media.

Not to tease, but there’s still a chance this might not be over that I can’t give details on yet.

Republicans haven’t had much luck, either, but my suspicion is their move was more pre-midterms motivated. You’ll forgive me if I don’t have a lot of confidence in a GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee doing much more than making self-serving noise.

Still, it tells us all we need to know about the Democrats.

Survey SAYS…

Support for Biden recovered from a low of 36% in July to 45%, driven in large part by a rebound in support from Democrats just two months before the November midterm elections. During a few bleak summer months when gasoline prices peaked and lawmakers appeared deadlocked, the Democrats faced the possibility of blowout losses against Republicans. [More]

Psyops to demoralize? Are the Republicans blowing the vaunted “red wave”? A little bit of both?

Survey SAYS…

This one says the Republicans will win in November. [More]

Provided they don’t blow it.

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Latest polls…

Republican candidate Tiffany Smiley up 17 points in latest polling [More]

I’d feel better about her if she didn’t try to play to both sides and totally ignore the right of the people to keep and bear arms on her agenda page.

[Via Jess]

Operation Demoralize

“The media swarms and lies. Tells you it’s over, wants you to give up. Happens every single time.” Don’t fall for it. [More]

Think of it as a coordinated buzzkill. Just look at what all the  Google News hits on “red wave” are suddenly and in unison telling us, and then look at the same term on prior publication dates.

None of which means the Stupid Party isn’t trying its best to blow it.

[Via Michael G]

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