Progressive Democrats, Wall Street multinationals and the RNC establishment are pouring money into Republican incumbents like Liz Cheney in order to keep the UniParty structure as strong as possible in Washington DC. The RNC, led by Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, is upholding a club rule not to give any Republican Party funding to primary challengers. Ronna McDaniel plays for the other team.
Up until now, it has been grassroots donations funding GOP candidates/challengers who seek to defeat the DeceptiCons in the 2022 primary races. However, some big money is coming in on our side to help the cause. Removing Liz Cheney is one of the top priorities.
According to the latest campaign contributions, constantly reviewed by the Politico strategy team who are aligning the Democrat defenses against a massive MAGA wave next year, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, a friend of the blue-collar billionaire team and a Main Street MAGA supporter, is now stepping in to assist the challengers with financing.
(Politico) Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary challenger landed former President Donald Trump’s endorsement before she even officially launched her campaign. Now, she’s cashing big checks from Trump’s biggest donors — including tech billionaire Peter Thiel.
Thiel has contributed the maximum-allowed, $5,800 check to Harriet Hageman, the Trump-endorsed attorney running against Cheney in next year’s Republican primary. The former president has made Cheney, an outspoken critic who voted for his impeachment in January, his top target in the 2022 election, and now big-money benefactors like Thiel are piling into the race.
[…] The list of major Trump donors included on Hageman’s third-quarter fundraising report, which is set to be publicly released Friday, also includes Wyoming transportation executive Timothy Mellon, who was the single biggest giver to the principal pro-Trump super PAC, America First Action, during the 2020 election. Dallas real estate executive James Mabrey, Apple associate general counsel Douglas Vetter and Florida medical company executive Peter Lamelas also gave to Hageman. Other big names include Lynette Friess, the widow of Republican mega-donor and prominent Trump backer Foster Friess.
He has also contributed to army veteran Joe Kent, a challenger to Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), who, like Cheney, voted for Trump’s impeachment in January. Thiel, a PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor, met with Trump for over an hour at his Bedminster golf club last month, according to two people familiar with the sit-down. (read more)
Here’s the Ten DeceptiCon House members who voted to impeach President Trump over a totally bogus accusation. These ten House Republican members also supported Nancy Pelosi in creating the January 6th Commission to help re-elect Democrats. [*Note Anthony Gonzalez (OH) already conceded and will not run again]
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♦ Valdao is being challenged in California by Chris Mathys [ Website Here ]
♦ Kinzinger is being challenged in Illinois by Catalina Lauf [ Website Here]
♦ Meijer is being challenged in Michigan by Tom Norton [ Website Here]
♦ Upton is being challenged in Michigan by Steve Carra [ Website Here]
♦ Cheney is being challenged in Wyoming by Harriet Hageman [Website Here]
♦ John Katko (NY-24) is currently uncontested [ Need Primary Candidate]
♦ Gonzalez is being challenged in Ohio by Max Miller [ Website Here ]
♦ Tom Rice is being challenged in South Carolina by Ken Richardson [ Website Here ]
♦ Herrera-Beutler is being challenged in Washington State by Joe Kent [ Website Here ]
♦ Newhouse is being challenged in Washington State by Loren Culp [ Website Here ]
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When you turn your thoughts into action, you will be amazed at how positive your frame-of-mind becomes. Taking action is empowering.
~ Sundance
Just based on the percentage of GOP Senators who voted “Yes” on January 6th, I’d say the GOP needs at least a 90% overhaul. If that isn’t going to happen, then we might as well leave and start a new party, as the ship is going down anyways. At least then I can drown with a clean conscience, free of the defilement one feels in sticking with this pathetic GOP.
Yes, we need a new party.
“Yes, we need a new party.” I understand your comment but it is not as much of a slam dunk choice as you might think.
Some Canadian Conservatives believed that and joined a new party. But not one candidate in the PPC was elected in their 2nd Fed election including their leader Bernier who was a former MP and Harper Cabinet member. He lost the leadership race in a near tie so he left the party.
They split the Conservative vote in numerous ridings and helped reelect Trudeau. Dozens of Conservative candidates lost their races because the PPC grabbed 5 or 6 % of the vote which would have been more than enough to win if the vote wasn’t split.
If Trump chose to start a new party, I’d wager at least 50 million of his voters would follow and it would destroy the GOP, which is why Kevin McCarthy frantically flew to Florida to meet with Trump when Trump was considering it. In the short-term, it would no doubt hurt. But in the long-term, eventually more would join once their GOP was decimated. Granted, the big hurdle which makes us pause from starting that new party is the corrupt ballot access rules in most states catering exclusively to the two-party system. Were it not for that, it would have been the best decision to start that new party on January 7th.
Perhaps what is needed is an ultimatum; give me the keys to the GOP and retire this list, or I start a new Party.
I agree. It’s time to abandon the rotted stinking hulking corpse of the gop.
It had its day and served its purpose. But it’s morphed into a massive tone deaf deeply corrupt arm of the uniparty that has no intention of supporting conservatives values and voters. Conservatives have been trying to reform it forever. Not only is that approach not working, the gop is going the wrong direction.
No it would not be easy. But the powers that be fear these ideas for many reasons.
The current set up is broken and does not represent the people. It has set itself up to be unreformable via the ballot box.
Well General, I hope Trump gives us a short cut to that conservative party by a complete takeover of the GOP, hostile or otherwise. Time is short and he has the clout and voters to do it.
Bottom up change like the precinct committeman approach will eventually get a majority of America First insiders that will vote to change. The party structure cannot be reformed until the base has enough support to vote it. Once that momentum is there the Rino’s and NeverTrumpers will have to change or go somewhere else with their petty self interests.
Time frame for this ground game approach?
My guess is decades.
I prefer a more energetic aggressive approach. We are on the precipice of liss adding the country and need bold decisive action now.
There will be no “long term” if the dems aren’t stopped. There won’t be much left after 4 years of FJB let alone e en more of the dem rule.
IN my humble opinion……………..not sure even Trump can coalesce support for anyone with a R behind their name. Too many traitors, for far too long.
I understand creating a third party is daunting, but the GOP is REALLY hard to tell from the demonic party. God Bless President Trump and the USA!!
O’Toole is Trudeau lite. How ANY conservative can vote for that is disgraceful. He’s the Liz Cheney of Canada.
I voted for Ross Perot before I voted for Trump. Perhaps Bernier was Canada’s Perot?
I still have my Perot yard sign!
Nonsense. The reason the “Conservatives” lost is because the party, and it’s “leader” Erin O’Toole, decided that they would drag the whole party leftwards, abandon all conservative principles, and hope to attract more voters from the left than they would lose from their own base.
Example (and this was one of the main reasons they lost support): having said publicly that he would scrap Trudeau’s carbon tax, O’Toole then blindsided his party, including his own Members of Parliament, and announced that if elected, his party would introduce a carbon tax of their very own.
Another reason: gun owners were led to believe that a Conservative gov’t would FINALLY stand up for their rights, after decades of Liberal legislative attacks. O’Toole, in the middle of the campaign, announced that all the guns placed on a “ban list” by the Liberal gov’t, would remain on the ban list. The party, it’s supporters, even the gun rights organizations were then left scrambling to assure gun owners that no, they had not just been publicly thrown under the bus.
His waffling on vax mandates didn’t help. His support for the Paris Climate accord didn’t help. But the main reason they failed was because conservative voters saw little difference between O’Toole’s Conservatives and Trudeau’s Liberals. Why vote for Lib-Lite, when you could have the real deal?
Or as one commenter recently said: “It came down to a contest of who had the nicest hair.”
Your point is very well taken. In the past, the GOP Me-Too Republicans like Ford, McCain and Romney have led the GOP to defeat because conservatives were not motivated to turnout and vote. Reagan and Trump both overcame strong opposition from the Me-Too crowd and won their elections by not suppressing conservative voter turnout.
Of the three you cite, the last two were/are foul creatures without souls.
Doing the work of their evil master.
This is NOT Canada, and we have a lion waiting in the wings and ALSO a host of wingmen (sorry for the mixed metaphor, sort of).
I agree with you, and here in the states it is rare for an Independent to win anything.
I am of the firm belief that the election in Canada was stolen. It is possible I am wrong.
Exactly! As a Canadian, I was about to reply with respect the votes splitting, Who can forget that! I’ve lost count of how many partys there are. Such a joke. I’ve donated to the Conservative. I knew Erin had a low chance of leading the party to a win. I mean, can’t they find a leader with an ounce of charisma? How about merging with the PPC? Anything!!
We need our old country!
68% of the GOP Senators have a lifetime conservative voting record of D and F according to Conservative Review Liberty Score. Check them out!
Due to the ‘first past the post’ voting system in the US, it’s very difficult (and ineffective) to have 3 parties running at the same time. However, it is possible to refashion a party from the inside. Take a look at the idea of the formation of Justice Democrats after the 2016 election, and what the progressive candidates they put into office has shaken the standard Dem party. Far more successful changing the party from within.
Our election system as presently formatted is a two-party system. Remember Bill Clinton won the presidency with only 43% of the vote? 57% of Americans didn’t want Bill Clinton. But the system generated that result after a quirky little Ross Perot got 18.9%. If a run-off when no candidate gets a 50% majority, then the three-party system would work.
GHW Bush was un-electable under any circumstances. People saw him as the snake he was and the “no new taxes” lie sealed his fate. His was the wasted vote…Not Perot!
What actually happens is that a third party only siphons off votes from a similarly platformed main party. You may wish to study the EU system of proportional voting, where there are many parties, and coalitions need to form, as no one gets 50% of the vote. By the way, Ross Perot didn’t siphon votes from Clinton….he siphoned them from the Republican candidate.
Only helps with honest elections, which we don’t have.
“I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican…in that order.” – Mike Pence
Mike Pence says he’s also an election integrity activist.
Do you think he’s being honest?
“Mister Pence, the opportunity to prove yourself an election integrity activist passed by long ago.” – in the voice of Apu from The Simpsons
No.
I wish he would send of that money to Julianna Moore (R). She ran against Delaware Governor Carney (D) but lost. It is so hard for a downstater to persuade the minds of the upstaters. She is now running for the Attorney General position. She is a tough women. I will be voting for her. I may even volunteer for her.
Good on ya!
Illinois has the same dynamic between metro Chicago and downstate. Downstate, in this context, refers the entirety of Illinois outside of metro Chicago.
Same with NY outside NYC, and PA outside of Philly, GA outside of ATL and Maine outside Portland/Kennebunk.
It’s becoming that way across the nation. Ever think how easy a blockade of a city by outstaters would be? Most of the food, supplies and even power are produced by outstaters.
After reading all the negative messages I find it helpful to review sundance’s advice. It’s like a vaccine to toxic negativity for me.
“Keep all messages positive.
We are all in the same foxhole.
Put your support behind those who are standing up.
Do not sit silent while our candidates stand in front of the fury of entrenched opposition.
Stand with them.
STAND.”
The Uniparty Left’s goal is to disenfranchise YOU, the base.
They can’t do that until you are demoralized.
The Left has a controlled opposition.
They announce themselves.
Republicans In Name Only.
A defeat mechanism.
Demoralize.
Distract.
Divide.
Delay.
Doubt.
My opinion only.
Well said.
1000000 X
Peter Thiel is wasting his money if Trump really thinks this is a wise choice.
From PDJT’s statement website:
“If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ‘22 or ‘24. It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.”
Of course Election Fraud must be eliminated but it never will be 100% gone. How does not voting at all make any sense? Futilely trying to over turn the election now instead of concentrating all election efforts on eliminating future fraud in swing states is a more realistic goal.
The state legislatures and the vast majority of the elected GOP in DC are not interested in over turning the stolen election so continuing to take that position is a waste of time and does not elevate PDJT’s status as a wise leader.
Fight only battles that can be won rather than waste time and energy on something that will never happen.
You are wrong, Ocelot. Getting to the truth about 2020 election will continue to delegitimize Biden regime, which is a finger in the dike to get us to the next elections.
I think we actually agree Law4lifeblog.
I wasn’t objecting to or diminishing the crucial need to “get to the truth” about the election fraud that can be proven. But if your main goal is to overturn the 2020 election it’s a lost cause. The politically corrupt courts and state legislators et al have proven that.
Sorry. I disagree with you too. Forensic audits of the election in as many states as possible should still be the goal to strive for, despite how futile it may be given, ironically, due to Republican obstruction. (See PA, GA, WI, etc.). There are numerous reasons why, including just uncovering all the ways in which they committed fraud so as to possibly cue Red States as to which holes they need to plug for future elections. This especially applies to Dominion.
“Futilely trying to over turn the election now” – well, first of all, this is basically saying “they cheated, but they were successful, and since it’s been a while, I’ve gotten used to it, so let them go ahead and destroy the country.”
Second, how can we possibly know how to eliminate future fraud when they won’t even show us the ballots and machines WHICH BELONG TO THE PEOPLE so we can find out what was done last time?
We are at war I believe. May God get us through these horrible times.
“Thiel has contributed the maximum-allowed, $5,800 check to Harriet Hageman, the Trump-endorsed attorney running against Cheney in next year’s Republican primary.” (From the referenced Politico article)
Democrats have many ways to get around this limit.
State of mind can create and reinforce a perceived reality. “Taking action is empowering.”
I prefer to fight like David … add my light to the sum of light, to quote a line from The Year of Living Dangerous.
It’s easy to be negative (I was there) and difficult to pull yourself out. A positive state of mind matters IMO.
Hacksaw Ridge ??
who has billions and is not a political puppet?
trump/desantis 2024
The leading America first challenger to Buetler, and the one with the most grassroots support is the district’s own Heidi St John, not joe Kent.
Heid has been fighting for us for years and is in tune with the district. Joe Kent is carpet bagging in from the Washington DC swamp.
He’s not from Southwest Washington. His life experience is paticipating in the war machine from the DC swamp.
It is a mistake to support him. He will split the vote and we’ll end up with Buetler or a demoncrat.
They announce themselves.
TRUMP ENDORSED THE WRONG PERSON IN WYOMING… I know b/c I live in Wyoming. Our State Senator Anthony Bouchard is the real deal. Tried and true. A true constitutional supporter and defender. His work alone is what’s saved our 2A rights here in WY… Yes, that’s right – despite our Gov Gordon espousing his pride in WY being “strong 2A state”, his cronies (including our SOS and AG, and various Reps and Sens) are STILL CONTINUING to work hard to bring down the 2A here.
HAGEMAN & CHENEY ARE BFFs. Hageman’s social media was scrubbed of all connections w/ Cheney, and her profile is so slick you can cut yourself on it’s edge. But, all that word salad says nothing of who she really is, or what her beliefs are. That’s b/c she has none of her own – the Uniparty tells her what to believe.
Trump was played into supporting Hageman by folks just as slick and empty as she is. DO NOT TRUST ALL OF TRUMP’S ENDORSED CANDIDATES JUST B/C HE ENDORSED THEM. Look into them and their backgrounds yourselves. Ask folks outside your usual circle for their thoughts. WE MUST LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX. WE MUST KICK ALL THE TIRES, LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, TAKE ‘ER FOR A TEST DRIVE.
THE UNIPARTY IS ALIVE AND WELL. AND THEY WILL ANYTHING, EVERYTHING TO STAY IN POWER.
Yes, I’ve seen other commenters from WY say the same thing (that State Sen Bouchard is the real deal)–I hope somehow you can get him in.
Oi veh. Here we go. Just what Cheney needs: a split vote. Get your act together, Wyoming. Determine the most MAGA candidate no matter how brutal that determination process may be and no matter how many feelings get hurt, and then all get behind that one candidate. Otherwise Cheney could take this.
So…what are you doing here to resolve this problem as you see it?
Why come here and complain about PDJT’s endorsement in Wyoming?
If you go to his America First website; YOU can contact him and send him your message and advice.
Further you can contact your MAGA leadership in Wyoming and make your points.
That would be taking real action, rather than posting sour notes and signaling defeatism.
I live in Ohio, and was glad to see Gonzales drop out, leaving Max Miller. But now it seems that Miller is running against Stephanie Grisham and her abuse accusations. Anyone living in Max’s district familiar with what is currently happening? It has the feel of a smear campaign — it looks like Max is suing her for defamation. Just wondered what anyone there is hearing on the ground…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-hopeful-max-miller-sues-stephanie-grisham-for-defamation-amid-book-tour?ref=scroll
What is futile is trying to make America a Libtards Utopia. America is Freedom and Libtards are not American, something that Elites will never admit nor understand.
I’m thinking of helping from afar. The idea of making phone calls is a good one Sundance. Back in the day, with long distance fees, calling for a candidate who wasn’t local wasn’t much of an option. But now with unlimited minutes nationwide, it would no big deal.
In 2008 I think it was, my young daughters and I went to the Iowa Straw Poll (republican primary). I was a huge Ron Paul fan so i asked his staff if we could help. We made popcorn for an hour. Free Popcorn can be a great draw. I felt like I’d done something. They gave us 4 shirts. I wore mine out.
Ronna McDaniel needs to be removed! She, like her uncle are both anti Trumpers. Get rid of her Republicans.
So let me say this about Thiel and you make your own decisions. Thiel also funded a start up named Palintir. That company used coercion and illegal practices to gain clients but especially in the IC. There is a lot more data that I won’t devulge but Thiel used his wealth and connections to maneuver that company through the Fed Gov ending up with putting his “former employees” in high positions of the DoD/ IC where contracts could be directed directly to Palintir. He succeeded in getting that company to a public offering using smoke and mirror tactics. Now I wouldn’t be so bold about this since it is SOP of all big tech cos. BUT Palintir held the lives of our troops in their hands and failed repeatedly at the user level yet still kept operating. And that is what chafes me. Profit over the lives of our troops. To hide it they ran extensive PR campaigns with friendly media to puff their reputation. It was a disgusting display to those of us who knew the real story.
So if Thiel is in the game here believe me it’s for profit. He’s not a “conservative” ideologue. He’s a capitalist who’s found a niche. And he will abandon the right if the left offers more. Biden must have kicked his guys out of the power positions at DARPA, DIA, NSA..name it. This is probably to get back in the game at the gov level. He’s reading the tea leaves about 2022.
That being said..I say use him for whatever you can but he’s no savior of the right. And you have to be careful of what/who he puts his money into because there are strings attached…big strings.
Let it be noted that Thiel possesses a skewed moral compass in more than just the example you’ve reported here.
Maybe some people ignore such facts, but to claim the mantle of “Conservative” one’s life should demonstrate a personal commitment to conserving the traditions upon which our nation and society were built, that is, a high regard for Biblical morality.
Otherwise one is tempted to conclude you are a Trojan Horse (I think of M.Pence here, though his failings followed a different template).
Good news often stings — in that it serves to inform and alert a naive reader to the minefield that is ever-present.
I would LOVE IT if every single one of these turncoats is defeated next election. It will send a message, loud and clear, that the GOP is the MAGA party now.
In the meantime, the approximately five email and five text requests for donations that I get every single day from President Trump always go directly to WINRED, the Republican money vacuum, which distributes money to all Republicans, including Liz Cheney, et al. How can I trust that money sent to Trump doesn’t get syphoned to Cheney and others of her ilk? So I went ahead and sent Trump a C note last week. Almost immediately I get texts and emails asking why I haven’t responded to this or that request for money. It’s difficult to trust anything or anyone anymore, especially with politics
Not all PDJT’s fundraising emails are attached to the RNC.
You have to read the small print.
Best you not donate since you are of this mindset.
Thanks. I used to read all of the emails and texts. It’s true, one needs to read the fine print…or in todays terms, scroll to the bottom of the request, because that is where you find WINRED in bold print.
The new party discussion here should be about taking control of the GOP first. Once there is reliable control from the bottom up that benefits “We the People” there would be an announcement about the direction the party will go and a new name that signifies the goals and aspirations. I like “We the People” party with a platform that highlights representing ALL Americans first in the future.
There would be a large exodus of neverTrumpers and Rino’s that will try to start their own party but will fail because the “new” party will work hard to integrate Libertarians and some of the other struggling parties. This strategy will even bring over some of the moderate democrats because now they won’t have to associate with outdated and exclusive “Republican” names and ideas. When the local precincts and districts have a majority of America first insiders, the vote to change will come. It would destroy the Democrat party.
History will be written that the grand old party of Lincoln devolved into a corrupt self interest group that soiled the name.
Good start. However they are a small sampling of useless recucklicans who need to go.
We should start the call for McCarthy & McConell to leave their leadership positions. They control $$ handed out from the NRCC & NRSC. They ALWAYS give to incumbents no matter how rotten. Get them out of their positions NOW
“When you turn your thoughts into action, you will be amazed at how positive your frame-of-mind becomes. Taking action is empowering.”
Meijer is being challenged in Michigan by Tom Norton [ Website Here]
Upton is being challenged in Michigan by Steve Carra [ Website Here]
We truly need Tom Norton and Steve Carra here in Michigan to retire Meijer & Upton. (who is actually retiring this year YEAH)
I will give directly to their campaigns & NOT ever to the RNC or GOP again. Great article thank you & hopefully can track down Mr. Peter Theil’s email & introduce him to Tom Norton & Steve Carra .