Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) lays the lion's share of the blame for the poor GOP performance in the mid-term elections on the poor performance of GOP leader Mitch McConnell. Instead of presenting the GOP as an alternative to Biden's flailing policies, McConnell often caved in and went along with Biden on key measures. That has contirnued since the election with the disastrous omnibus spending bill.
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Elections are won by use of effective messages that communicate the differences between your party and the opponent to the voters. In 2022, polls showed that the GOP had the issues, but they failed miserably in the messenging. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDnaiel was asleep at the switch on this, and Kevin McCarthy made only a feeble effort at it, but Mitch McConnell was downright awful on it, and that showed in the disappointing election results. McConnell did almost nothing to put up distinctions between the GOP and the Democrats, and instead tried to almost blend them together, the exact opposite of what one does if they want to win. The only real messenging McConnell did actually helped the Democrats with his whining we were going to lose due to "candidate quality". That is long time McConnell code for candidates more conservative than he is, ones who actually care about issues instead of just playing the game. Several election cycles ago, McConnell publicly vowed "to crush them [conservatives] everywhere" and this cycle it appears McConnell was more interested in seeing GOP conservatives lose than Democrats lose. McConnell pulled money out of close Senate races and kept $40 million in the bank after the election rather than spending it to help Republicans win. Even after the election, McConnell joined with the Democrats to hamstring the new Republican House majority by eliminating their power of the purse for the first year of their two year term, through his treacherous omnibus deal.
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hundreds of them voted.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 9:10 pm
By: John Steed
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pay for play rides again
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026 @ 8:00 am
By: John Steed
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“Neville Singham has been a mechanism and funding arm of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 @ 9:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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illegal aliens are a major part of crime throughout Europe
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 @ 11:20 am
By: John Steed
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illegal alien "asylum seeker" migrants are a crime wave on both sides of the Atlantic
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 @ 8:42 am
By: John Steed
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Once again big brother is watching
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2026 @ 3:34 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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to fill Lindsay Graham seat
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2026 @ 10:30 am
By: John Steed
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wrongful stops and possible people tacking including cell phones
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2026 @ 5:14 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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travesty on fee speech and religious liberty
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2026 @ 2:02 pm
By: John Steed
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his crimes should be discovered and prosecuted
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2026 @ 9:03 am
By: John Steed
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twice as much as all grants and loans in past 15 years COMBINED
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2026 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Steed
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defies the Gaystapo
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2026 @ 11:47 am
By: John Steed
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Media bias on the internet
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2026 @ 9:50 am
By: John Steed
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funded anti-ICE demonstrations, other socialist activiies; based in China
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2026 @ 9:07 am
By: John Steed
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"Let's get up and fight back, God ... darn it!"
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2026 @ 3:49 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Democrat ABC and NBC refuse to cover at all; CNN cuts away
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2026 @ 8:30 am
By: John Steed
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COVID lies
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2026 @ 4:13 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Tillis is embarrassment to North Carikuba
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2026 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Steed
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tyranny of the judiciary MUST be stopped
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2026 @ 9:30 am
By: John Steed
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overwhelming local support for secession
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2026 @ 8:40 am
By: John Steed
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perjured himself in Congressional testimony
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 @ 7:34 am
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 @ 5:19 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Julien Epstein speaks out
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 @ 9:52 am
By: John Steed
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would classify them as children of invaders
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2026 @ 8:20 pm
By: John Steed
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new analysis by Institute for Energy Research
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2026 @ 2:46 pm
By: John Steed
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what caused his cardiac arrest?
Published: Sunday, July 12th, 2026 @ 3:20 pm
By: John Steed
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many states will have to reimburse federal government
Published: Sunday, July 12th, 2026 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Steed
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illegal migration also drives up healthcare, insurance, and other costs for Americans
Published: Sunday, July 12th, 2026 @ 9:36 am
By: John Steed
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Why SAVE America Act is needed
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2026 @ 8:27 am
By: John Steed
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loony left Judge Sparkle is at it again
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2026 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Steed
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America's formerly greatest museum has become a bad political joke
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2026 @ 11:21 am
By: John Steed
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by Rev. Mark Creech
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2026 @ 9:39 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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rules taht giving in-state tuition to illegal aliens violates federal law
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2026 @ 8:30 am
By: John Steed
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A Senate race in Colorado several election cycles back show McConnell's distain for both conservatives and the grassroots. In Colorado, the easiest way to get on the primary ballot is to win over a certain percentage of the state GOP convention vote, and the less easy way is by petition. Usually, two to three candidates get enough convention votes to make the primary ballot, but that year, grassroots support was so strong for a black conservative county commissioner that he took the convention by storm and was the only one making the primary ballot from the convention. McConnell's annointed candidate, a squishy state legislator, had to get on by petition. When the votes were counted in the primary, the black conservative county commission won by a wide margin, while McConnell's candidate ran a distant fourth. Initial polls for the general election showed a tight race, but McConnell in a huff announced his PAC was pulling out of Colorado because the nominee could not win. The Republican nominee's campaign took a big hit on fundraising from McConnell's knife in the back and ended up losing the seat. McConnell plays a "rule or ruin" game with conservatives.