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Roland99
Roland99's Journal
Roland99's Journal
February 5, 2020
Such a fitting analogy to any trump KKKlan rally or the #TraitorGOP applauding every lie he’s spewing tonight
So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause
Such a fitting analogy to any trump KKKlan rally or the #TraitorGOP applauding every lie he’s spewing tonight
February 4, 2020
I spoke in front of 3,000 Iowa Republicans last night. It was like a MAGA rally. I told them we needed a President who doesn’t lie all the time. The crowd booed me. I told them we needed a President who wasn’t indecent & cruel. The crowd booed me. 1/
I told them we needed a President who doesn’t care only about himself. The crowd booed me. I told them the Republican Party needed to do some real soul searching. The crowd booed me. 2/
I told them that, because of Trump, young people, women, and people of color want nothing to do with the Republican Party. The crowd booed me. I told them I’m a pro life, pro gun, secure the border conservative, but we need a President who is decent and represents everyone. 3/
The crowd booed me. I got booed, yelled at, jeered, and given the middle finger for the 3-4 minutes I spoke to these 3,000 people. Afterwards, I realized again that 99.9% of these folks don’t support me. They don’t care that Trump lies, they don’t care that he’s cruel, 4/
they don’t care that he cheats to get re-elected, they don’t care that he attacks the free press, they don’t care that he increases the debt, they don’t care that his tariffs have killed Iowa farmers, they don’t care that Trump abuses the Constitution and acts like a dictator. 5/
Afterwards, I realized again that my Republican Party isn’t a Party, it’s a cult. I realized again that nobody can beat Trump in a Republican Primary. And most importantly and most sadly, I realized again that I don’t belong in this party. I have no home in this party. 6/
And I realized again that something new needs to begin. Whether it’s a political party, or a movement, I don’t know. But there needs to be a home for conservatives who are decent, principled, and respectful. Conservatives who embrace all God’s children, acknowledge that 7/
climate change is real, get serious about our debt, abide by our Constitution, and tell the truth. I hope to be a part of this new party. This new movement. But job #1 in 2020 is to stop Trump. And all of us from across the political spectrum need to come together 8/
to stop Trump. Let’s make sure Trump is defeated in 2020, then we get back to respectfully debating issues. Instead of talking about Trump everyday. Let’s put aside our differences on certain issues now and understand that Trump is the single greatest threat to this Republic. 9/
https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1224757974243168262
Tea Party Republican, Joe Walsh, on #Cult45
I spoke in front of 3,000 Iowa Republicans last night. It was like a MAGA rally. I told them we needed a President who doesn’t lie all the time. The crowd booed me. I told them we needed a President who wasn’t indecent & cruel. The crowd booed me. 1/
I told them we needed a President who doesn’t care only about himself. The crowd booed me. I told them the Republican Party needed to do some real soul searching. The crowd booed me. 2/
I told them that, because of Trump, young people, women, and people of color want nothing to do with the Republican Party. The crowd booed me. I told them I’m a pro life, pro gun, secure the border conservative, but we need a President who is decent and represents everyone. 3/
The crowd booed me. I got booed, yelled at, jeered, and given the middle finger for the 3-4 minutes I spoke to these 3,000 people. Afterwards, I realized again that 99.9% of these folks don’t support me. They don’t care that Trump lies, they don’t care that he’s cruel, 4/
they don’t care that he cheats to get re-elected, they don’t care that he attacks the free press, they don’t care that he increases the debt, they don’t care that his tariffs have killed Iowa farmers, they don’t care that Trump abuses the Constitution and acts like a dictator. 5/
Afterwards, I realized again that my Republican Party isn’t a Party, it’s a cult. I realized again that nobody can beat Trump in a Republican Primary. And most importantly and most sadly, I realized again that I don’t belong in this party. I have no home in this party. 6/
And I realized again that something new needs to begin. Whether it’s a political party, or a movement, I don’t know. But there needs to be a home for conservatives who are decent, principled, and respectful. Conservatives who embrace all God’s children, acknowledge that 7/
climate change is real, get serious about our debt, abide by our Constitution, and tell the truth. I hope to be a part of this new party. This new movement. But job #1 in 2020 is to stop Trump. And all of us from across the political spectrum need to come together 8/
to stop Trump. Let’s make sure Trump is defeated in 2020, then we get back to respectfully debating issues. Instead of talking about Trump everyday. Let’s put aside our differences on certain issues now and understand that Trump is the single greatest threat to this Republic. 9/
https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1224757974243168262
February 4, 2020
No wonder his approval is at a high!
About that Gallup poll (distribution of Dems vs Traitors)
Results are based on telephone interviews conducted January 16-29, 2020 with a random sample of –1,033— adults, ages 18+, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on this sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For results based on the sample of -- 946 -- registered voters, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For results based on the sample of -- 443 -- Democrats and Democratic leaning independents, the margin of sampling error is ±6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For results based on the sample of -- 527 -- Republicans and Republican leaning independents, the margin of sampling error is ±5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For results based on the sample of -- 946 -- registered voters, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For results based on the sample of -- 443 -- Democrats and Democratic leaning independents, the margin of sampling error is ±6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For results based on the sample of -- 527 -- Republicans and Republican leaning independents, the margin of sampling error is ±5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
No wonder his approval is at a high!
February 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1224746065125158917
Seth Abramson with a very astute observation on the candidates' responses from last night
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1224745547841654784 One observation I want to make is that the two women behaved in a presidential fashion after the chaos in Iowa. Both gave gracious speeches and flew to New Hampshire. Meanwhile, Biden went to his lawyers, Pete declared "victory," and Bernie released confusing partial caucus data.
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1224746065125158917
PS/ I like Joe, I like Pete, and I like Bernie. I also think it's way past time for a woman to be in the White House. And I think how the candidates responded to the chaos yesterday is telling. It'd be difficult for anyone to argue that Warren and Klobuchar didn't handle it best.
February 4, 2020
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Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake is one of the world's most important Arctic wetlands. But @BLMAlaska wants to overturn protections for this globally-significant habitat and make it available for sale to the oil industry. Take action now to #ProtectTeshekpuk:
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BLMAlaska wants to overturn protections for Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake
https://twitter.com/audubonsociety/status/1224714289530970113Audubon Society
@audubonsociety
Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake is one of the world's most important Arctic wetlands. But @BLMAlaska wants to overturn protections for this globally-significant habitat and make it available for sale to the oil industry. Take action now to #ProtectTeshekpuk:
http://ow.ly/LAAv30q0lxE
February 4, 2020
Caucus comment... heh
https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1224546949640212482 This caucus system really boggles Des Moines.
I’m sorry. I’ll show myself out.
I’m sorry. I’ll show myself out.
February 3, 2020
Twitler was correct. Y'all didn't know Kansas had annexed west Missouri???
https://twitter.com/TheyCallMeTarz/status/1224174715465617408
February 1, 2020
After twitler claims he's exonerated, guess what he and #TraitorGOP will do about the Bidens?
Not. A. Goddamned. Thing.
They won’t open one single investigation. No special counsel. No committee hearings.
Nothing
Oh, they’ll still spread lies and innuendo but they won’t actually do anything and their knuckle-dragging #MAGAt supporters won’t care.
February 1, 2020
US Constitution ... 1787 - 2020
“This house is a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order, and of liberty; it is here-it is here in this exalted refuge-here, if anywhere, will be resistance made to the storms of political frenzy and the silent arts of corruption. And if the Constitution be destined ever to perish by the sacrilegious hands of the demagogue or the usurper, which God avert, its expiring agonies will be witnessed on this floor.”
- Aaron Burr, 1805 farewell address to the US Senate
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