It was the lowest hanging fruit on the tree of conservatism — a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his willful neglect of his constitutional duties to secure US sovereignty. For almost three years, Mayorkas’ border has remained open, allowing some 10-15 million migrants to walk on in, flooding our country with potential terrorists, sex traffickers, cartels and criminals.
Eight Republicans voted to shelve the measure — from North Carolina, Patrick McHenry and Virginia Foxx, from California, Tom McClintock, Darrell Issa and John Duarte, Cliff Bentz of Oregon, Ken Buck of Colorado and Mike Turner of Ohio — and 13 Republicans abstained from voting altogether. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) had authored the resolution to impeach Mayorkas after two of her constituents were killed by human traffickers near the border. H. Res. 411 is extensive — six pages of high crimes and misdemeanors. But the vote was 209-200, Dems win. Or anyway, Americans lose. Cowards all of them, more concerned with politics than principle.
This followed by less than a week a dust-up at the Republican Party presidential debate in Miami, where candidate Vivek Ramaswamy hammered GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel for her extensive record of losing elections, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Now he has doubled down, launching FireRonna.com to prompt her resignation.
McDaniel said it wasn’t her fault that the GOP keeps losing elections. It was all due to “Republican infighting.” So, Ramaswamy’s fault. Spoken just like her uncle, RINO Mitt Romney. Blaming Republicans who stand up for principle against those who cave to the mob is a sure path to defeat. Looking at this year’s losses, Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA said, “When an NFL team keeps losing games, the coach gets fired. So why does the RNC keep going to war led by the same losers who failed last time?” Even Trump, who endorsed McDaniel, is said to be having second thoughts.
Ramaswamy was responding to off-year elections only the evening before the debate, when Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio went Democrat in statehouse races and referenda on abortion and marijuana. Turnout is generally low in off-year elections, but some speculate that without Trump on the ticket, his voters stayed home. Which has implications for the party. As one caller told Breitbart’s Mike Slater the other day, “Don’t mistake my vote for Trump as a vote for the GOP.” A bumper sticker is born.
The Democrat brand is popular. Their left-wing supporters vote in lockstep, and often. The Dems have succeeded in branding Republicans as racists, white supremacists, and transphobic. Meanwhile they have a fervent cohort of activist non-issue voters — for abortion on demand. Of course they have a huge advantage — a cheerleading media. But Republicans have neither good messaging nor cohesion. Dems in California made ballot harvesting legal. Why don’t Republicans use it?
“We need a new RNC Chair,” Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna tweeted. “I’ve been saying this for a while. We need someone who understands grassroots activism not just how to fundraise. I’m sure she’s a nice lady but I want to win!”
Suddenly the GOP is having an identity crisis. As Chris Bray at the Daily Blaze TV noted recently, “Why bother with the GOP if this is all has to offer?” Teeth-less in the face of the FBI’s continued persecution of anyone anywhere near the Capitol on Jan 6, “sailing past $34 trillion in debt, on its way to $50 trillion,” with no speed bumps to stop the madness, flaccid in exposing Democrat hypocrisies — the GOP is failing.
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