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Trump needed to defeat weak Republicans in order to battle evil Democrats.Trump needed to defeat weak Republicans in order to battle evil Democrats.'Historic' loss for John Cornyn shows that the George W. Bush era of the GOP is 'DEAD,' CNN's Harry Enten says
CNN analyst Harry Enten says the recent historic loss for a longtime Republican in Texas proves that the Republican Party is completely owned by President Donald Trump.
Enten cited the president shoving longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn out of the primary election in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as evidence of Trump's complete control.
'When a Republican goes up against Donald Trump or Donald Trump really goes up against them, it doesn't end too well for that Republican senator.'
"It was historic to a degree that we have not seen since my mother was born!" Enten said. "And I'm not gonna give the exact age, but you'll be able to figure it out because just take a look here."
Cornyn lost by 28 percentage points, which was the largest by a Republican in primary history, according to Enten.
"His 28-point loss on Tuesday night was the worst, the worst since at least World War II for a Republican senator," said Enten. "We have seen this over and over and over again — when a Republican goes up against Donald Trump or Donald Trump really goes up against them, it doesn't end too well for that Republican senator."
He also cited the end of Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy's re-election campaign after the president backed one of his competitors.
Enten pointed out that while Trump was 45 points in net negative approval in 2015, he is now over 61 points positive 10 years later, a shift difference of 100 points in the positive direction.
Former President George W. Bush, on the other hand, went from a 57% net approval rating in the party all the way down to only 17% net approval, according to his analysis.
"The George W. Bush era of the Republican Party is, simply put, it is dead," Enten said. "It is dead, and this was the capstone to it. And Donald Trump’s Republican Party is very much alive. He is the leader of the Republican Party."
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Video of Enten's analysis was widely circulated on social media.
"George W. Bush, simply put, as I said, ... Republican voters are very lukewarm on him, and Republican voters are still very hot to trot on Donald Trump," Enten added.
"The bottom line is that Donald Trump, it's his party across the political map, even in George W. Bush's backyard," he concluded.
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Obama’s Colbert ‘fake applause’ interview goes off the rails with ‘little green men’ denial
Former President Barack Obama’s latest appearance on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show had it all, from thinly veiled critiques aimed at the current presidency and the Republican Party to alien skepticism.
And BlazeTV host Pat Gray wasn’t impressed, pointing out that the applause throughout the interview sounded “fake.”
“I’ve never seen that in an interview with the president before,” he notes.
In the interview, Obama told Colbert that “the presidential center is nonpartisan” before immediately pivoting to concerns about Republicans and Donald Trump.
“The reason I want to mention that is because I’m worried about the Republican Party, not just the Democratic Party,” Obama told Colbert, while Gray listens and scoffs.
“When I was president, people would ask me, ‘Well, what change would you like to see in Washington?’” Obama told Colbert. “I’d say, ‘I’d love a loyal opposition. I’d love a Republican Party that was conservative in some ways, that didn’t agree with me on a whole bunch of stuff, but believed in rule of law.'”
“We’re going to have to do some work to return to this basic norm, and we probably now have to codify it,” he explained. “The White House shouldn’t be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever.”
“The idea is that the attorney general is the people’s lawyer, it’s not the president’s consigliere, right?” Obama asks.
Obama went on to explain that “we can’t overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system” to another round of “fake” applause.
Colbert then asked Obama about aliens, to which Obama replied that for the people “that still think that we’ve got little green men underground somewhere,” there’s no need to speculate because “the government is terrible at keeping secrets.”
“This idea of conspiracy theories, if there were aliens or alien spaceships or anything under the control of the United States government that we knew about, seen, photographs, what have you, I promise you, some guy guarding the installation would have taken a selfie with one of the aliens and sent it to his girlfriend,” he said.
“Do you wish they were real?” Colbert asked Obama.
“I actually do,” he responded.
Executive producer Keith Malinak isn’t buying it, commenting, “Never denied it.”
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Anti-Trump Republican senator HUMILIATED in primary
A Republican U.S. senator who made an enemy of President Donald Trump has just been put out to political pasture.
Saturday was Primary Election Day in Louisiana, and Republicans in Louisiana have spoken: They do not want Sen. Bill Cassidy to serve a third term.
'It’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!'
With 99% of the vote tallied, Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), endorsed by Trump, led with 44.8% of the vote, followed by Treasurer John Fleming with 28.3% of the vote. Letlow and Fleming will face off in a runoff on June 27.
"THANK YOU, LOUISIANA! Louisiana made it clear tonight: we are ready for strong conservative leadership that will stand with President Trump and never waver," Letlow posted to X on Saturday night.
"WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA," Fleming pledged early Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, Cassidy came in a distant third at just 24.8%.
"When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to. But you don’t pout, you don’t whine, you don’t claim the election was stolen, you don’t find a reason, you don’t manufacture some excuse," Cassidy said after the race was called.
"You thank the voters for the privilege of representing the state or the country for as long as you’ve had that privilege, and that’s what I’m doing right now."
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Cassidy likely saw his defeat coming. Since at least February, polls from Quantas Insights, Emerson College, and American Pulse have had Cassidy trailing both Letlow and Fleming by several points.
Cassidy's fractured relationship with Trump likely played a key role.
In November 2020, Cassidy coasted to re-election, partially on a "Complete and Total Endorsement" from Trump. However, just three months later, in February 2021, Cassidy was one of seven Republican senators to convict Trump on articles of impeachment related to January 6.
Much has changed in the state and the country since that pivotal vote five years ago — and not in Cassidy's favor.
For one thing, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, a strong ally of President Trump, was elected in November 2023 and signed a law to implement closed primary elections in Louisiana, beginning in 2026. Previously, Cassidy, who supported Michael Dukakis in 1988 and who once donated to Democrats like former Sen. Mary Landrieu (La.) and former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, could rely on Democrat voters to help him in the Republican primary.
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Then in November 2024, Trump was elected to a second term as president, collecting all eight of Louisiana's electoral votes after carrying 60% of the vote there.
And like the elephant on the Republican Party logo, Trump never forgets.
As far back as October 2023 and all the way up until Primary Election Day, Trump has been railing against Cassidy on social media, calling him "wacky," "incompetent," "A TOTAL FLAKE," and "a very disloyal person."
Late Saturday night, Trump reveled in Cassidy's ouster: "Bill Cassidy, after falsely using his 'relationship' with me during his political career, and winning Elections because of it, voted to impeach me on preposterous charges that were fake then, and now, are criminally insane! His disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now a part of legend, and it’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!"
Since Trump's return to the Oval Office, Cassidy has made at least one significant overture to Trump, casting the deciding vote in favor of Robert F. Kennedy as health and human services secretary. The senator took heat for that vote, especially considering his background as a physician and his long-standing support of vaccines in general.
That vote was apparently not enough.
Now, the winner of the runoff between Letlow and Fleming will face the winner of the Democrat runoff between Jamie Davis and Gary Crockett in November.
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‘F**k DJT’: Alleged Antifa radical accused of trying to burn down Republican headquarters
An alleged Antifa sympathizer was arrested and is facing federal charges after she was accused of attempting to set fire to a Republican Party headquarters building in Texas.
On Jan. 14, Grace Carol Brown, 22, broke a window at the Comal County Republican Party Headquarters in New Braunfels, Texas, court filings claimed. She allegedly threw a backpack through the broken window and unsuccessfully attempted to climb inside.
Brown ‘also expressed support for, and agreement with the anti-government principles espoused by the domestic terrorist organization “ANTIFA.”’
After failing to enter the building, Brown “lit a rolled magazine on fire and threw it through the broken window,” the indictment claimed.
She allegedly left behind a note that read, “Report this: I burned down the Nazi Party of NB’s office. F**k DJT,” presumably referring to President Donald Trump.
“F**k ICE,” the note continued. “Liberty or die.”
The note Brown allegedly left included an image of three arrows, which the indictment claimed was an “anarchist symbol associated with the domestic terrorist organization ANTIFA.”
Inside Brown’s backpack, authorities discovered one container of ethanol, two containers of gasoline, a lighter, and matches, according to court filings.
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Brown was charged with one count of actual and attempted malicious damage by fire to property involved in interstate or foreign commerce. The indictment listed Comal County Republican Party Headquarters as a victim, as well as two other businesses, an auto sales business and a storage company, that were also housed in the same building.
The indictment claimed that Brown “displayed antipathy towards the goals and activities” of the Comal County Republican Party Headquarters. It stated that she also displayed antipathy toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump, and the U.S. government’s actions against illegal immigration.
She allegedly referred to ICE and Trump as “Enemies of The US Constitution.”
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Brown “also expressed support for, and agreement with the anti-government principles espoused by the domestic terrorist organization ‘ANTIFA,’” the indictment claimed.
Authorities arrested Brown on Jan. 22. If convicted, she faces five to 20 years in federal prison.
The Comal County Republican Party and Brown’s attorneys did not respond to a request for comment.
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