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1. Kurtz says:
   Wednesday, 24 July 2024 at 10:30

   Oh, I saw that “race comments” article in Politico. It is filled with GOP gems. So full, it’s nearly impossible to pick an excerpt or two. I’m not even covering all of it below.

   It’s important to note that the reason given for the admonition wasn’t bigotry bad. It was about strategy.

   Johnson said it shouldn’t be about personalities or race. It should be bout policy.

   The remarks about Harris’ race have privately infuriated some Republicans, who feel it shifts the spotlight back on the GOP instead of Democrats’ missteps.

   Well, as we see later in the piece, it’s pretty tough for the GOP to take any missteps, because they don’t take any steps to begin with.

   “We have everything going our way and you just can’t handle that?” this member added. “We’ll give you a cheat sheet if you don’t know what else to talk about.”

   I mean, if you need to give cheat sheets to your members, because they have nothing intelligent to say. Oh, excuse me, nothing to say except race-baiting.

   But several Republicans immediately took the criticism in a different direction. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Monday that Harris was a “DEI vice president” and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) over the weekend questioned if Democrats are sticking by her “because of her ethnic background.” If nominated, Harris would be the first Black and South Asian woman to be a major party nominee.

   They don’t listen anyway. Exerting leadership on GOP Reps. is like trying to govern a failed state.

   [Comer] added that his part of the impeachment inquiry into Biden, which has largely focused on the business deals of his family members, is over. And that he is done drafting his part of an impeachment report that his panel is working on with the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees.
   “I feel like we’ve done our job. … Our part of the report has been finished for a long time. They can publish it or not — I guess things change if he’s not running again,” Comer said.

   Even Boebert is on board.

   Dusty Johnson (too easy, and decorum) says they have appropriations to do. No work has been done on it, so they will have to get it done prior to the shutdown deadline 9/30–a month before the general. And yeah, they are leaving for August recess soon.

   Meanwhile, Andy Ogles (too easy, and decorum) introduced another impeachment resolution against Harris, his second attempt.

   I would love to make $174,000 a year doing everything but my job.

   Of course, if you’re Ogles you can plenty of money on the side and embellish your background so extensively that you are compared to George Santos.

   Oh, and then there is this, no need for commentary:

   Our investigation discovered that he had used the stillborn death of a child to raise nearly $25,000 for a children’s burial garden that was never built. Ogles has refused to provide evidence of what he did with the money.

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2. Jay L Gischer says:
   Wednesday, 24 July 2024 at 15:22

   I find it hard to fathom what interest Trump had in a statewide race on the other side of the country. I mean, I’m not sure he owns any golf courses here.

   To be fair, he is a minority investor in a financial district skyscraper in downtown SF. Maybe that is why?

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3. mattbernius says:
   Wednesday, 24 July 2024 at 16:52

   @Jay L Gischer:
   My understanding is that this donation might have had more to do with Ivanka than anyone else. She also donated to the campaign.