Loeffler’s Trumpian Turn Made Clear, Given Her Newest Challenger

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Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest and most vocal allies, will announce a challenge to appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) in upcoming days.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1287405
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Party of Lincoln rebrands as Party of Lobotomies

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Yes, clearly Mitt Romney, multimillionaire from deep red Utah, a Mormon, a member of the GOP elite, is concerned about appeasing the left.

Where does the GOP find these chucklefucks?

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So it’s bad when they eat their own?

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Nope. That’s where I get my cup of schadenfreude to go with breakfast.

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I rarely have the slightest morsel of sympathy for Republican Senators, but I imagine the notion of Collins joining your caucus makes some of them physically ill.

Collins could give a dog’s ass heartburn, as we used to say.

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You must have some ‘interesting’ roots.

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I wanted to make fun of these two morons running a full-speed race to the bottom that is likely to lose them the race altogether. Then I looked at the slate of declared and potential Dem candidates, and I despaired. One of them is literally the spawn of Joe Lieberman.

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Loeffler v. Collins: A Race to the Bottom of the Sewer

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It’s interesting that Ms Loeffler’s superior job experience - a gazillionaire and no elected offices - qualifies her to be a US Senator.

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The spawn of Joe Lieberman would be better then a Republican.

Wait…why is everyone laughing?

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Nothing they do makes sense.

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Au contraire. The senate is designed to protect the rich white landowner, not Americans.

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The level of cynicism and lust for power among these people is breathtaking.

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As long as the person caucus’s with Dems to boot McConnell out of control, i don’t care.

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Thank god we hold the presidency to a higher standard.

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Will you be here all week?

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Among the Dems who could challenge Loeffler:

  • Sherry Boston, the district attorney of DeKalb County;
  • Jen Jordan, a state senator who was vocal opposing the new abortion “heartbeat” law now tied up in court;
  • Ed Tarver, a former US Attorney from Augusta, former state senator and US Army captain;
  • Raphael Warnock, the politically active pastor at Atlanta’s landmark Ebenezer Baptist Church.

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Under Georgia law, special elections for U.S. Senate seats are non-partisan “jungle” affairs – meaning that all candidates in the contest, Democrat and Republican, would be on that ballot. If no one wins a majority, the top two contenders – again, regardless of party – move to a Jan. 5, 2021 runoff.

A bill has cleared committee in the GA lege to do away with this kind of primary.

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So if we could clear the democratic side, or at least winnow it down to two…

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Hey now, try the veal. Don’t forget to tip your servers, they work very hard.

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