GOPer Senator Admits His Party Cares More About Election Than Gun Control

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.

As a bipartisan group of senators hammer out legislation on modest gun control measures, which is slated to include “red flag” laws, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) told reporters straight-up on Tuesday that his party cares more about winning the midterms than addressing gun violence.


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FirST!!!1!

Now it’s off to work for me. Have a good one!

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OOPS This Proud Baby realizes he’s in deep trouble…

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Should we say “cares more about power”?
I don’t see them too worried about actual democracy

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Republicans are addicted to power the same way a junky is addicted to heroin.

They will do anything to get power and as a typical junky they have to keep getting more of it.

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Eeesh!! You said the “W” word!

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Comment over on the right
My Thoughts…Why don’t they just run King Kong, Oh they are!!
“I find it hard to believe Walker isn’t getting more of the black vote.
Black dudes respect power and strength…those are Walker’s strengths”

I agree with you. I think and hope this poll is way off.

Yeah, @kelaine: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince know what time it really is.

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I think all of our grandkid’s inheritance is already set.

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That session will focus on how Trump and his goons tried to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence into hijacking the electoral vote count.

A friend pointed out recently that a quick survey of people who fell into TFG’s orbit are just cartoon characters. How did so many malicious cartoon characters find their way into the highest circles of government? It’s just ridiculous.

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Florida Synagogue Files Religious Freedom Suit Over Abortion Ban | Crooks and Liars

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Boy, This would be a doozy if true PAC Claims Rep. Lauren Boebert Had Two Abortions | Crooks and Liars

By Conover Kennard — June 14, 2022

Politico leaked a Supreme Court draft opinion in May revealing that a majority of justices supported overturning Roe, the landmark 1973 case that guaranteed access to abortion nationwide. It was a stunning draft. And since then, we’ve heard some Republican chatter about banning contraception. You see, this never was about children. It’s about control.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, the gun-toting Colorado congresswoman who ran on a law and order platform, has been arrested quite a few times and received her GED diploma a few months before winning the election to Congress. She joked recently about praying for President Joe Biden’s death, so she’s already been outed as a hypocrite on multiple levels. She describes herself as pro-life, and a family values Republican.

The American Muckrackers PAC that helped to take down Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s reelection efforts in North Carolina just aimed at Boebert, and it’s a doozy. According to the PAC, Boebert, who would like to strip other women of their right to choose, had two abortions. One of the abortions she had was at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.

Boebert allegedly worked as a paid escort and met Sen. Ted Cruz through a client, and this whole story is getting even weirder. To be clear, no one here cares if she was a sex worker, but we do care about her stunning hypocrisy regarding abortion rights. She believes that life begins at conception, but only if other women are pregnant.

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Absolutely, true. If someone wants to date livestock and worship a packet of pasta – I really don’t care. It’s the “rights for me and none for thee” philosophy that enrages me.

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Ha ha ha! TPM is becoming a stakeout!

Well done. I was cooking dinner. Again. Time for hubby to go on a diet.

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Note the “Explore Talent” Agency that had profiles of Klannie Oakley.

Seems that “Explore Talent” Agency has profiles of lots of folks who wind up being right wing activists like Candace Owens and Melissa Carone the clown who testified with Rudy in Michigan.

Something is fishy with that “Explore Talent” agency…hmmm TPM Muckrakers…care to take a look???

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Oh goody, this will become tres interessant, tout suite.

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Just make a double batch and don’t cook the second night, or order out. I’m starting to want this wish to come true for you. :smile:

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In other news, today is an opinion (one or more) day for SCOTUS. Stay tuned…

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If Daily Beast hadn’t confirmed, I’d be tempted to think this was just another thing he falsely claimed to have done.

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You and me both! He is recovering from the first of two hip-replacement surgeries, and between doling pills, putting on compression socks and cooking all meals, Nurse Ratchet is starting to look like Mother Theresa compared to me. And I never get to be Frist1!1!1!

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