Former Floridian, Montanan forever. 9th generation Catholic American: 4th generation Republican. Go Pack Go!

Montana, USA
Joined May 2023
Best breakdown of the various rightwing factions. Its going to be very intresting to see what comes next in the post Trump populist experiment the right has played with.
Where to begin with this? I guess with the simple part. There are not two factions of Republicans and conservatives more broadly fighting for the future of the Republican party (and conservative movement). There are at least three, arguably four or five, depending on how we cut them. They are (as five): 1) Establishment Republicans ("stodgy suit wearing conservatives") 2) RINO traitors ("Romney-esque") 3) "Middle MAGA" (Pro-America, common sense realist, hard-working, civically engaged patriots) 4) Woke Right/Post-liberal/paleoconservative radicals (they'll fight out their differences later) 5) Pragmatic neo-Establishment Republicans (think Ron DeSantis) The most likely outcome will be a fusion between the Middle MAGA and Ron DeSantis types (3 and 5): solid conservatives and classical liberals who want solutions to our problems and to get things done. Many of the Establishment Republicans (1) will come along. This faction is mostly Gen X led, not Boomer, not stodgy, and real. The RINO traitors and Woke Right (or post-liberal) radical (traitors) will kick and scream and try to ruin everything, and they'll do a lot of damage. Same as it ever was. Tim is not a very good analyst. You can like his show if you want for entertainment purposes or to feel like you're hanging out with interesting bros or whatever, but his analysis is really poor. He doesn't have the talent for it.
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Apparently people are mad at me for this but I stand by it. DeSantis is more conservative than Reagan. Yes it was a different time but policy wise, DeSantis is more conservative. I still love Reagan a lot and he defined my conservatism as a teenager but he’s open to criticism just like DeSantis is.
I would venture to say DeSantis is better than Reagan.
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Conor Thomas retweeted
No principled conservative can support the woke right. Nor can any principled libertarian. Racist socialists belong with the Democrats. If you agree with the socialists taking over the Democrat party…then you are not a Republican, not America First & not a conservative.
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Conor Thomas retweeted
We've had 3 presidents who are evil: Obama took us back 50 years with his arrogant, leftist bullshit. Biden was a non-existent shell run by evil. And Trump is the superstar evil president destroying the country. Where do we go from here?
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Conor Thomas retweeted
If Trump kissing up to communist Mamdani while hating on conservatives doesn't tell you who Trump is, then you'll never figure it out. Get some help.
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Uh huh… so he’s a national socialist with a fanatical view of Christianity and he hates Jewish people. Right. This already has a name, by the way. It’s Nazism being recycled in America…
The Right Must Embrace Socialism To Win
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She worked at one of the best hospitals in the country as a labor & delivery nurse. Her husband worked for a big tech company making $400k. She had better access to healthcare than just about anyone in the USA. That was not the issue. If anything the discussion should be about reopening asylums.
Massachusetts gov proposes better postpartum healthcare after Lindsay Clancy trial: 'I see you' trib.al/JVYqwxv
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Conor Thomas retweeted
This is not acceptable. This is humiliating for the country. I don’t know what needs to be done, but we have to stop this. The senate is not hospice.
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I am noticing a distinct pipeline from “da joooos r behind it!” to “Islam could be a great ally!” and I hate it.
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Conor Thomas retweeted
Trump is not a conservative. There is no resentment from real conservatives, just a lot of disappointment.. Trump has taken millions of good people and made them believe he is a Republican. He isn't. He worships dictators and hates conservatives like Massie and DeSantis.
I'm going to start unfollowing Trump haters. I sense it's not just disappointment he hasn't delivered on all his promises. It's a resentment that points more to folks who don't at all share in my Republican and conservative values. I'm not going down that path at all with them on that!!
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Conor Thomas retweeted
The 1966 midterms took place 25 years after Pearl Harbor. Imagine running for Congress in 1966 on a platform of “America deserved the Pearl Harbor attack.” Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed must be defeated.
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Tucker Carlson described American soldiers as terrorists in his newsletter. Fuck that guy. And then he said Abdul El-Sayed was “obviously right” on 9/11. Fuck them both. Grotesque bastards.
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Conor Thomas retweeted
I voted for Trump. However, he has managed to single-handedly destroy the Republican party and turn it into a left wing, big government piece of garbage. His good deeds were the border and following DeSantis' leads in Florida. Thats about it. Do you like high food and gas orices?
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Dude is gone. Totally. He’ll never recover from this.
Tucker Carlson formally endorses Abdul El-Sayed
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Conor Thomas retweeted
Frankly, DeSantis is too good for today's Republican Party. He is a conservative and governs like one. He should also be president but voters let Con Inc tell them who to vote for.
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Qatar pays well, apparently.
Tucker Carlson backs Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race Tucker Carlson also defended Abdul El-Sayed’s comments about 9/11
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Conor Thomas retweeted
“You’re all wrong. That bitch killed her kids.”
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Conor Thomas retweeted
We were told by the establishment to unite with this
Tucker Carlson backs Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
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DeSantis has paid off half of Florida’s debt in eight years. Trump has added $11.6 trillion to the national debt so far in both terms as potus. None of you idiots understand economics.
Replying to @DashaBurns
A senior WH official went further — DeSantis "doesn't care" about helping Americans, or "the limit of his comprehension has been met." "We'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it's the latter."
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Conor Thomas retweeted
Reminder, any association with Tucker Carlson is completely disqualifying
On September 11, Tucker Carlson goes on Russian state TV to proclaim that Germany and Britain are "occupied countries," and alleges the CIA and NSA target the strikes on Russia. His source: "Putin knows this. I've talked to him about it, obviously." Obviously. He then reassures you that Vladimir Putin, four years into a war to take over Ukraine, has no interest in rebuilding the Soviet Union, since "Russia doesn't need the territory." You know who does want the Soviet Union back? America's leaders—"the heirs of the (((Bolsheviks)))"—who are running an "anti-Christian state." According to Carlson, Putin doesn't want to take over Ukraine; he's just anti-Bolshevik. Pure, unfiltered Russian state propaganda.
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Of course he did, Ron DeSantis is a true conservative.
Ron DeSantis shoots down Trump's $5K dividend proposal: 'More inflation' trib.al/8navfXN
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