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Former Republican Rep on New Party: Conservative does not mean crazy. Be balanced & not nuts.
In discussing a new party, Former Congressman Denver Riggleman (R-VA) said Conservative does not mean crazy nor being nuts but balanced.
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Former Congressman Denver Riggleman did not mince his words. He was clear.
"You just saw the messaging for the 2022 midterms," Former Congressman Denver Riggleman (R-VA) said. "That is what you just saw right now. Election integrity, loyalty to Trump, and then trying to hit Biden on taxes. That's really what's going to happen in 2022.
The host then asked about an NBC report that said 100 influential Republicans were forming the third party. He wanted to know if it was practical to have an anti-Trump party.
"Jeff, I know exactly what it says because I'm one of those 100," Riggleman said. "So it's really interesting. So I'm, you know, I'm good at that. Right? And I know exactly what it says. And it's not a threat. It's a promise. And if we can't, you know, somehow work from the inside to go to a facts-based policy position away from fantasy and ridiculousness and disinformation and conspiracy theories, I think we're gonna have a tough time in the future.”
The former Congressman was not done.
“Short term, it's very good for the GOP,” Riggleman said. “We lost this battle, Liz, me, Adam. All these individuals, as you guys remember, I mean, I was asked because I officiated a same-sex wedding and came out against QAnon. I mean, those two things right there were very difficult for the Virginia base to accept.”
Denver Riggleman then made a piercing statement.
So I've been through this,” Riggleman said. “We've lost this battle, but the war is long, and I think you're going to see a new front starting to emerge. And I hope. So I'm going to try. I can't guarantee success. That would be ridiculous to say that. But I think we haven't. We have the opportunity right now for people who aren't afraid to step up and say, 'Hey, Conservative doesn't equal crazy. And I think that's really the baseline message of this, is you can be conservative, be that sort of balance to the left and the right that we need in this country and not be nuts."
Could it be any clearer?
Biden comes out swinging diplomatically at business: Want employees? Pay them a living wage!
President Joe Biden’s speeches are well written. Here he makes it clear that employers need to step up and pay a living wage.
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As I listened to Joe Biden’s speech, I was taken aback at first. It seemed for a while that he would let the Republican and neoliberal narrative win the day. I thought he was joining the bandwagon to castigate those people receiving the extended unemployment purportedly instead of available jobs.
I rewound the feed and listened to the entire speech. His team crafted that speech perfectly. He first defends the American worker as those put in dire straits by the past derelict administration.
“We are not going to turn our backs on our fellow Americans,” Biden said. “22 million people lost their jobs in this pandemic, through no fault of their own. They lost their jobs to a virus and to a government that bungled its response to the crisis and failed to protect them.”
He pointed out that America is still short 8 Million jobs from the start of the pandemic. He said the unemployment benefits are a lifeline for most. He said no one should take their eyes off the ball.
“If you are receiving unemployment benefits,” Biden said. “And you are offered a ‘suitable job,’ you can’t refuse that job and just keep getting unemployment benefits.”
And he infers the suitable job by admonishing business and employers. He said employers needed to assist in getting their employees vaccinated. And he admonished them to pay a living wage.
This was a good speech. It could have gone after the false narrative of slave-driving corporations harshly. Instead, he had a tone that attempts to nudge them. Not to worry, those of us who are activists will. Watch Jen Psaki used reporter’s question to throw shade on a Republican Party in complete disarray.
Another effective use of words to throw shade at a dysfunctional Republican Party is all in a day's work for White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
Watch Jen Psaki used reporter’s question to throw shade on a Republican Party in complete disarray.
Another effective use of words to throw shade at a dysfunctional Republican Party is all in a day's work for White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
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Jen Psaki appeared on The Axe Files with David Axelrod and said she would only be staying on as White House Press Secretary for about a year. One has to hope that her assistant press secretaries are very good understudies. After all, she embarrasses the Right-Wing media and Republicans when they are in their continuous misinformation and lying mode, the mode synonymous with their existence.
Most importantly, however, is how Psaki can throw shade seemingly in an innocent fashion like she did today. By now, everyone knows that the Republican Party is in complete disarray. When Kelly O'Donnell asked a question about working with Republicans, Psaki effectively used it as an opportunity to point out that the Republican Party is pretty much a joke. But she does it in such a sly manner.
O'Donnell asked if the internal Republican fighting will affect President Biden's dealings with the Republican leadership. Psaki was ready. The written word does not do the visual word choreography justice.
"No. The President knows that there is some introspection going on in the Republican Party right now," Psaki said with a smile. "And a determination about who they are going to be, who they want to lead them, and what they want to represent moving forward. He is not going to focus on that."
Psaki went on to point out that the American people elected the President to do the probable. She said the president would seek ways to work together even with the "family excitement on the other side."
"There are a lot of ways we are working with Republicans," Psaki continues. "Even as they are determining who they are moving forward."
Ouch! She uses that short answer to point out the Republican dysfunction even as the President remains the adult in the room.
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