In 2006 we originally faced 20 DeceptiCons in the Senate. They represent the right wing of the DC Congressional UniParty. Having removed a few, and some of them died (McCain, Cochran) there are still 16 of them in office. They are led by Mitch McConnell.
This is the same crew who vehemently opposed the nomination of Donald Trump for office. These are the same republican senators who aligned against the Tea Party and later against the MAGA movement represented by our efforts to put Donald Trump into office. These are the DeceptiCons we have been discussing for 16 years. However, these are also a very sneaky bunch – notice how McConnell’s #2, John Thune, was permitted to avoid the DeceptiCon sunlight.
Today the DeceptiCons [Blunt (MO), Burr (NC), Capito (WV), Cassidy (LA), Collins (ME), Cornyn (TX), Ernst (IA), Graham (SC), McConnell (KY), Murkowski (AK), Portman (OH), Romney (UT), Tillis (NC), Toomey (PA) and Young (IN)] voted to shut down debate on the democrat senate firearm restriction and confiscation bill. The vote to invoke cloture shuts down debate and ends the opportunity for a filibuster. Invoking cloture, ie voting to support cloture, is a vote in support of the bill.
WASHINGTON DC – […] Ahead of the vote, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate could pass the final bill as soon as Thursday with GOP cooperation. However, if any one of the 100 senators objects, final passage could occur as late as Friday night, briefly delaying the chamber’s planned two-week recess.
“We are not going to leave until we pass this bill,” Schumer said. “This is not a cure-all for all the ways gun violence affects our nation, but it is a long overdue step in the right direction. It’s significant, it’s going to save lives, and it’s my intention to get it done as soon as we can.”
The gun safety legislation amounts to Congress’ most significant response to mass shootings in nearly 30 years. The package, negotiated by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), comes about one month after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday the timing on final passage depended on whether the chamber would vote on amendments to the package. Republicans can drag the bill out if they don’t get the votes they are requesting because any quick action requires unanimous consent.
“As of right now there’s a very serious interest in at least some small amount” of amendments, Thune said. Cornyn agreed that his “bias is in favor of amendments.” (read more)
Mitch McConnell is the Machiavellian manipulator of the senate. Notice how McConnell provides cover for John Thune who did not vote to support cloture?
Do not be fooled. McConnell is grooming Thune to replace him and maintain the Wall Street/Donor system.
Senator John Thune is the DeceptiCon insurance policy to maintain power in the upper chamber after the 2022 mid-terms.
With the exception of North Carolina (state very likely to become a dem state) none of the other have two senators that supported this. That bothers me and tells me this is even deeper than the Thune deception .. statistically for all the other states to just happen to elect one but not none or two decepticons? Not possible … you answer is very simple. Ask yourself about recess appointments for trump . Only one senator needed to do that.. couldn’t get one. Yep its very clear now… everyone is compromised .
I wish more people would figure that out ^^^^
The zeitgeist is towards a one-Party State.
Women, in particular, are not amenable to the tumult of democracy. The artificial quiescence of a one-Party State appeases women. The long-term view of American electoral democracy has brought us here.
Women (and feminine men) want peace and quiet. Trump’s overt masculinity sets such people off.
So what do liberal democrats (conservatives) have to offer such people? The Left has outflanked us with a generous welfare state. Sadly, only the masculine virtues of protection in time of war, or protection from crime are left to us. Reclaim the issue of self-defence, I say. Uvalde should be a slam-dunk.
I don’t know what kind of women you know, but you don’t know this one!
Women vote Democrat, and men vote Republican. I’m sure there are lesbian members of the NRA, but I wouldn’t base my Republican Presidential run on attracting them.
How wrong can a person be? The first time, the very first time I voted in the Presidential election, I voted for Reagan. There are many women who pay close attention what is going on in this country. It is a shame that you really are not paying attention.
How many men are in the View’s audience?
Zero real men
and zero conservative women…
And more women vote than do men.
Raptors certainly exaggerated, but he isn’t wrong. There are always exceptions, but approximately 60% of women vote for the DemComms and Marxist insanity.
Those of us women who use our heads don’t like being lumped…any more than anyone else does.
Raptors you definitely don’t know anything about the millions of very feminine and solidly conservative women all over this country. We are everywhere. We vote for conservative republicans. I personally have NEVER voted for a democrat.
You are ignorant and completely uninformed.
Maybe more women than men vote Democrat. That’s a far cry from being able to say a flat statement that “Women vote Democrat, and men vote Republican.”
You defeat your own argument with such generalizations and faulty logic. Your comment isn’t one that invites healthy discussion, it’s just another bomb lobbed for effect.
Congratulations, you’re one of millions of people today to grandstand.
You don’t know what you’re babbling about.
sorry but not a very enlightened view…the republican party is full of woman who are informed, articulate and put in the heavy lifting to elect the best pro democracy candidates. your comment makes me think you may be a low information knuckle dragger. no offence…
I am a third generation Republican. My Philly grandmother campaigned for Ike, I have her button.
I have never voted Democrat. I have been female since birth. The only time I did not vote Republican, I voted for Ron Paul. I wrote him in as I could not stomach Romney. I voted for Trump twice. Read all the bad press on him. I have been totally behind his economic and geopolitical approach since he first became POTUS. I voted for Nixon, also.
I learned in my early 30s that if you want peace, you must have a strong defense. I have worked for the defense industry half my career.
I’m sure he was talking about generalities ma’am and specifically the types attracted to leftist absurdity. Thank the Good Lord for conservative women such as you. Without you we are doomed.
I never looked at enfranchising voters this way Raptors. But I think you have something here. The first class of voters were property owners as they had a vested interest in electing leaders who would support the right to property. And with the each succeeding vote to enfranchize another less propertied group, another little bit more freedom was taken from the individual and passed to the central government. Hmmm.
You’re on to something, Joe, in looking at people as property owners (not, of course, a new concept). I wonder how many of those committing gun crimes in Chicago every weekend own property? Let them meet in a phone booth!
America has been steadily sliding into socialism since the 19th Amendment over 100 years ago.
A consequence of women suffrage IMO.
Please don’t smear an entire group of people with generalizations.
For one thing, who conducts the polls.?
How do we know which/whose data is reliable?
We have been propagandized for years by entities that we once believed to be trustworthy.
Citizens are being manipulated left and right.
Plenty of “people” are becoming increasingly aware of what is occurring in this country. Some figured it out earlier than others.
Don’t denigrate folks who you perceive to be ill informed. The American “people” never expected to have their government weaponized against them.
I believe it — and yet it is still unbelievable !!!
I agree with your assessment of elites wanting a one party system. I completely disagree with your assessment of women. I want peace and quiet, yes….if you don’t give it to me, I will FIGHT YOU for it. I’m a constitutional conservative. Give me the “tumult” of a functional CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. Then I’ll have my peace and quiet.
It’s been a one party, UniParty, system for at least 20 yrs
We know the democrat party exists to destroy America … thanks to President Trump we now know it is the RINOS who actually control and allow America’s destruction.
I figured that out during the Tea Party days…..it’s nothing but a UniParty and conservatives are not wanted.
have been….fo long time..
Yes, Tillis would follow Burr over the cliff. He must not have a mind of his own as he votes regularly just like Burr does.
Burr is not running for reelection. So, he is safe. Tillis has always been a liberal. I knew when he was running for the senate, that he was a POS. I tried to get my friends to vote against him in primary, but they believed his lying ass thinking he was a conservative.
WV’s 2 senators both supported it. I guess they think they can get away with it. It’s who counts the votes that’s important. Citizens of WV will not like this at all.
Their votes were not a surprise to me; however, with the state of the country, I did not think they would go for the jugular.
Obviously the oath to defend America and the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC was merely a photo op.
Obviously we have been betrayed, zed representation, Un-American — breaking the Law of the Land…THE CONSTITUTION!!!
West Virginians will not forget this stab in the back of America!
Do research on our senators and families…interesting political reading.
You are beginning to learn, young grasshopper. It’s why the United States has never had a conservative ruling majority – many critical Red states which shouldn’t have any RINO Senators are always split.
For every public Decepticon, there’s another ready to take his place. It’s how they game the system and ensure the UniParty’s long-term survival.
The Senate is targeted far more heavily because they have six-year terms and once you have a Senator in your backpocket, you can accomplish all sorts of wonderful things.
See the great article from Sundance yesterday describing the Political Club System for selecting candidates. Until that’s busted, there is little hope.
You have inherited the ‘System’ from us in Britain.
Over here you must first be annointed before being ‘appointed’ – not elected.
Not even Cruz, Lee, Paul, or Johnson.
Nope.
Ever hear of a Senator retiring poor?
Get close to God, enjoy the show.
If you were God and america was shoving all this sin in your face, what would you do.
We as Christians we have been given the command to right these wrongs. We didn’t, God will.
My wife is a Republican, I’m an Independent. *shrug*
This is why we have to take them all down, fumigate the building and start over with honest elections. How do we do that?
I don’t think it has anything to do with being “compromised”, though I suppose that can mean anything. It is pure politics versus true believers.
Serious question, as I have no idea how to make this happen.
If a representative is censured by the GOP in their state, is there a way to cut them off from either the Senate or House re-election fund?
Obviously, it came to mind for the Senate and Cornyn who obviously has more allegiance to Mitch McConnell (pursestrings holder) than he does his constituents. It would also apply to No eye patch, Liz Cheney.
The Republican party, GOP and RNC are private political corporations… Not only can you not cut anyone off, but you can’t even vote for who controls them.
At some point the party’s fan base needs to stop expecting*someone* to white knight for them. Take responsibility for the only person you control, YOURSELF.
Leave the party!
I no longer donate to the RNC which is the control mechanism to implanting their desired candidates. It really is time for us small folk to create a new party.
There are several that already exist. Try the US constitutional party.
This isn’t a matter of “not donating” it’s a matter of being on their roles period.
How remaining to be a party shill doesn’t shake an individual to their core I don’t understand.
At least donate to the candidates you support not those allowed to rise by the RNC. I’ve read that newcomers who attempt to run for office receive campaign funds of $1.00 to every $9.00 allocated to the careerists. Don’t feed the beast!
Win Red is controlled by Mitch McConnell who HATES Conservatives
Wrong! Get involved in local politics. All politics are local. Start with neighborhood groups & move up. way faster than starting a new party.
Lots of movement has happened with precinctstrategy.com
US Senate debate on the un-numbered – ” Bipartisan gun safety bill ” is still LIVE …. on C-Span.
They say , even after todays SCOTUS ruling …… ” I support the Second Amendment , BUT …….. ”
Due Process is out-the-window.
@RandPaul on the floor today – ” This bill turns jurisprudence on its head , GUILTY until proven innocent ”
@GunOwners
I can’t wait to give the RNC a piece of my mind next time they call me wanting money! I’m on the beach this week in Destin, FL and don’t want them messing up my vacation!
I finally answered one of their calls yesterday (202.979.05nn) and delivered several full broadsides to the person at the other end.
When they continued talking asking for money and pretending not to hear my ‘concerns’ another broadside was fired.
After three or four full broadsides they surrendered and told me that they’d put me on the ‘do not call list’.
All broadsides were delivered with high-explosive munitions.
They’ll do anything they have to do to prevent a “red wave”
Liz Cheyney is asking DemScum to vote for her in the primary
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/23/liz-cheney-asks-democrats-to-vote-for-her-in-wyoming-republican-primary/
What a vile creature
If she got through I’d vote for the democrat in the Nov election. It’s 2 years, and then you get that horses rear end out with a real MAGA candidate. I wouldn’t vote for her at all. I’d take my chances with the democrat, at least I would know what I’d get instead of some RINO who plays pretend. I’d make her pay at the ballot box.
No morality or ethics. Why not join the Democratic party that embraces such foulness?
Sorry Liz you are exemplary of the swamp and the reason citizens from every quarter are united in pulling the plug.
Keep throwing fuel on the fire.
If those 15 vanished tomorrow, I’m sure it would only take a few hours for another 15 Republicans to fill those spots.
Why is anyone voting for any gop candidate? There is zero reason to do so. James Hodgkinson was ahead of the curve it seems.
So you’re saying there isn’t a difference between Trump/DeSantis/MTG/Jordan/etc and McConnel/Thune/Graham/etc?
You’re right. BIG difference. Vote Ultra MAGA whenever you can; and whiny RINO when you can’t. Hopefully next year we’ll have Sarah Palin in the House, and you just KNOW all the usual noisy socialist grifters & pundits will be pulling their hair out 24/7.
I am done voting whiny RINO ever.
Good use of your pronouns…
Many of the party’s cheerleaders hate it when you simply say you’re voting for THIS republican to replace THAT republican!
These new synonyms really make them feel safer and more confident about repeating insanity.
Beyond the rolls they play, no real difference what so ever.
Voting now — Yes 57 — No 24
ongoing – C-span
FOX newz lying , saying vote likely ” tomorrow “
There is a reckoning coming. They know it.
They smugly vote from the safety of their protection in DC.
They are guarded and fenced in.
It will not be as easy to disarm us as they hope and think it will.
We will not give in to this.
The old fable about boiling the frogs in a pot slowly is fiction.
It is not possible, try it sometime.
The frogs jump out as soon as the water begins to heat up, you can not boil frogs slowly alive.
They must be dead or you must hold the lid on the pot strongly.
We citizens will also not be boiled alive slowly.
They think we are, they think they have us under control and we are sheeple and will not fight back ever.
But we gun owners are a different breed altogether than the ghetto gimmedats who will drink away the day and do anything for a welfare check.
They will rile up the people who have something to really lose on this gun bill.
God Bless America.
Truth….
Wait till SCOTUS gets this bill.
and hope the courts are not packed by then… I would not put it past the dems to pack the SC, especially after the Roe vs Wade is overturned. They want to take our guns away in the worst way. The globalists are coming for America. Will they starve us first or come for our guns?
Not a gun owner, unfortunately, but I support you guys 200%!
There is no reckoning coming. Senators are a 6-year term…….they do what they want for that lengthy time period and don’t care about constituents.
And you can’t recall them. That’s what really sucks
Ecclesiastes….3..!
Good one
And finish with 3:20-21 amen
Joshua 24:15
Thank God – literally – that we are finally calling these pit vipers what they are. 👍❤️🇺🇸
I have a healthy respect for pit vipers, and they serve a purpose, like getting rid of rodents. These rodents not so much.
Over on the House side craZy Cheney is getting desperate . . . and bold. She has sent direct mailings to Wyoming democrat voters requesting they change parties to be eligible to vote in the August Republican primary.
The mailers have specific instructions on how Wyoming democrats can change their party affiliation to cast a vote for Cheney, who is down 28 points to Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman. The mailer also displays Cheney’s campaign web address for Democrat voters to learn more specifics and make donations.
Are there enough democrats willing to vote for her in Wyoming that would beat Hageman?
Even in open primaries; crossovers usually count for about 3-6% percent of the total vote…
Locals say not enough, so will have to wait for the final vote count.
Are Dominion Voting Machines in use?? Than the answer is obvious.
I totally despise Liz Cheney
Why doesn’t she just change parties, become a demorat.
Thune is one of those people who bite the inside of their cheeks when trying to remain in control under pressure.
He also looks like a dirty rat!
But that’s just my first impression.
He’s worse…
What’s in the bill?
Money for states to fund red-flag laws and other initiatives.
Under a red-flag law, police, family members, and school officials can report troubling behavior and get a court order barring an individual from gun ownership.
What could possibly go wrong? Neighbors turning in neighbors in 3.2.1
https://www.city-journal.org/sizing-up-the-gun-bill
There are too many of them for any conservative to deal with. Trump needed a third party.
The first thing that needs to happen as soon as Biden signs this travesty, is to file an injunction to suspend any enforcement of this legislation. Furthermore, every freedom loving entity shall file a class action suit against this UNCONSTITUTIONAL POS legislation. And there should be hell to pay for these turncoat RINOs.
I consider my senator, Lankford-OK, to be a DeceptiCon. The only reason he didn’t vote for this is he’s up for re-election in a heavily favored 2A state. I’m still voting against him in the primary.
Yes. Also in OK.
Again — the oath of office seems to have been only a photo.
Opportunity.
South Dakota Republicans are not stupid.
Thune is up for re-election this year.
Trump will ensure there is a Strong MAGA Candidate to DESTROY THUNE this year.
Does anyone seriously think Thune has a hope in the Republican Primary when Trump is going to DESTROY him?!?
I’m sorry but you are wrong….Mayberry has not woken up to the monster that Thune is …..he will win..sadly…
Doesn’t the Senate insurance pay for teeth cleaning. Just sayin, Mitch. These close ups indicate you are neglecting your appearance. No excuses in this day and age, except maybe , the toads are leaping from your mouth…
Revelation 16:13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs:they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Unfortunately, that seems to be a widespread affliction. YUK!!!!!!!!!!!!
I blame Ronna McDaniel-Romney for enabling these RINOs. She needs to go. Trump needs to make every effort to get rid of this RINO enabling b****. And clean house at the NRCC and NRSC.
David Bossie was slated to run for RNC chair after Preibus—DJT recommended Ronna.
ALL these ‘RINOs’ have blatantly and egregiously violated their Constitutional Oath;
not a single, solitary 1 of them is fit to hold public office;
and…
of course, not a single, solitary 1 of them will, after this, EVER have the ‘guts’ to, actually, face the public in a public forum….
“ one month after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas”
sorry … WHAT?
there is, actually, some hard, forensic EVIDENCE to validate that claim?
RINOs retiring in 2022
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Roy Blunt (Mo.)
Richard Burr (N.C.)
Rob Portman (Ohio)
Pat Toomey (Pa.)
RINOs re-elected in 2020
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Susan Collins (Maine)
John Cornyn (Texas)
Mitch McConnell (Ky.)
Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.)
Bill Cassidy (La.)
Thom Tillis (N.C.)
Lindsey Graham (S.C.)
Joni Ernst (Iowa)
RINOs up for re-election this year
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Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Todd Young (Ind.)
RINOs up in 2024 . . .
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Mitt Romney (Utah) (uncertain political future)
Richard Shelby (Al) is retiring this year but didn’t stab us in the back. Go figure.
His understudy is running, Britt, is running for his seat. Mustn’t tarnish the brand. Barrasso also missing
Don’t forget little Marco Rubio, from Florida. He’s a D and a Never Trumper in hiding.
Can some one tell me how many coincidences have to occur before it becomes a conspiracy? Manmade disease escapes from lab, stolen Presidential election, mass shootings , suddenly the Republican leadership sells out to the democrats the summer right before potentially the largest republican victory in 80 years.
I think you probably need to back up several decades in your list of coincidences.
Party bias prevents most from seeing the big picture. You ignore, dismiss or refuse to accept what’s transpiring.
Once you remove yourself from that association and then start looking at it the blinders really come off.
It is easier to fool a man than convince him he’s been fooled.
again… if the rinos take the senate is it time for the conservations to threaten to caucus with Manchin
Traitors to our constitution!
The Gateway Pundit says this:
“Here are the 15 Republican Senators who caved and bowed to Democrat demands”
This is Punch and Judy narrative. The Uniparty makes demands on its two wings and instructed McConnell to put up the necessary votes. “Bowing to Democratic demands” is stagecraft, part of the play. It has no place in serious journalism.
If TGP persists in this fundamental misread, what chance do Independents and others have?
It’s like everyone refuses to stop watching TV where they take great pains (to the point of building two seperate TV studios, Fox and MSNBC) to inculcate the red/blue mirage.
As Nixon said, Americans don’t believe anything until they see it first on TV. Do we live in a serious nation?
Throw the McCarthy vote to get him out of Congress. He is useless. Do you think he will investigate the FBI and DOJ for going after Trump supporters and members of his Administration? Kev is cheering it on along with his roommate Luntz.
I am sure that the NRA and other pro-American 2A groups are ready to challenge this in the courts. Red flag laws are unconstitutional they eliminate our right to due process. We are not guilty until proven innocent, this will go to SCOTUS.
Beyond that, they are intel Republicans. They have intel family etc.
The current scotus will not allow this legislation to stand.
Now lets talk about the Red Wave…ha.
The swamp is a captured operation or better put a crime scene.
“…defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign or domestic.”
And the Senate passed this bill 65-33 last night at 9:42 pm, so today’s Senate Session is just a ‘Proforma’ session.
I looked at the CBO(Congressional Budget Office) cost estimate to see where exactly the money is going and it is rather interesting.
Below is the CBO breakdown of costs. It is just 4 pages. Remove the ‘*’ in front to see link.
*https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-06/S2938.pdf
The 2 Republicans that did not vote at all were Cotton and Cramer.
PS: The bulk of the total costs of the $9,548,000,000 to fund this Bill lists $7,495,000,000 of it goes to the Medicare Improvement Fund!
The usual foreign owned senators.
One question. Is this what they were elected to do or do we work for them?
Being a Hoosier, I have kept my eye on Young. He almost always votes with Mitch for things we don’t want.
Sadly, he ran unopposed in the primary.
Only he and Murk are running this fall. The rest are either retiring or just got re-elected in 2020
Very interesting story coming out of Chicago:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/23/lawyers-gun-rights-supreme-court-00041909
Those are two principled lawyers. Something rare and precious in the legal world and just who you need when you have a legal problem.
I favor the Second Amendment and have owned firearms on and off throughout my life. What I disfavor is the relentless bandying about of gun rights as a surrogate or denial mechanism for taking action.
A nation that allows its kids to serve as big pharma guinea pigs (or worse) while continually chest-beating over firearms deserves neither.
Conversely, the creeping totalitarian state has nothing to fear from them, with or without guns.
We can’t be rid of these parasites Thune enough.
We all know government cannot have a “red flag” law. Look at Trump-Russia accusations for years and you know why. Even Law Enforcement went after political opposition.
Thankfully, Supreme Court just noted conceal carry cannot be based upon subjective criteria.
Which might just be the reason these folks voted for it. Legislators want a subjective criteria while Courts want on a specific legal criteria.
Now what’s coming whereby legislators want the ability to subjectively take away guns???
Could it be US losing dollar reserve currency and all that will come with it?
and Trump would endorse every one of them.
So mass shootings by blacks with illegal weapons every weekend in dem cities ok? Legal gun owners are the threat? Yes, a threat to tyrants who push us too far. They know they will push us too far. Disarmed peasants are docile peasants.
I maintain they won’t hold any open meetings with constituents during their recess. They do NOT want to face constituents who want peace in their communities.
Republican RINO Senator primary list made simple!!
Global Mob Bastards
What are the opportunities, information, likelihood of neutralizing the political influence of this creature slithering in the grass?
A rogues gallery of traitors. They’ve all identified themselves for removal. Those who don’t respect our Constitution and rights must be removed from office.
Ernst needs to be primaried.
Veery important observation by SD! bright sunlight on these scumbags.