Posted on Dec 31, 2022
Trump's favorite newspaper warns GOP on verge of "massive" self-sabotage
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Former President Donald Trump's preferred newspaper released a dire warning for the GOP on Friday, saying that the party is headed for a "massive" implosion.
The New York Post, the long-running conservative daily tabloid published by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has been noted as Trump's favorite newspaper in the past, with a GQ profile from early in his presidency stating that he also consumed The New York Times and Wall Street Journal to a lesser extent.
The Post's editorial board released a piece warning that the "GOP needs to back Kevin McCarthy for speaker—or risk handing Dems big win." The piece specifically calls out Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, and his "band of saboteurs" for opposing McCarthy's bid for speaker of the House, and added that such in-fighting could "be a massive act of GOP self-sabotage."
The New York Post, the long-running conservative daily tabloid published by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has been noted as Trump's favorite newspaper in the past, with a GQ profile from early in his presidency stating that he also consumed The New York Times and Wall Street Journal to a lesser extent.
The Post's editorial board released a piece warning that the "GOP needs to back Kevin McCarthy for speaker—or risk handing Dems big win." The piece specifically calls out Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, and his "band of saboteurs" for opposing McCarthy's bid for speaker of the House, and added that such in-fighting could "be a massive act of GOP self-sabotage."
Trump's favorite newspaper warns GOP on verge of "massive" self-sabotage
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Yet it was Donald Trump, not McCarthy, who picked fringe candidates and pushed the stolen election canard that lost the 2022 midterms," the piece states. "The answer is not to double down on Trump-esque candidates such as Biggs and Gaetz. Moreover, Biggs doesn't command a majority. He barely commands enough people to fill a station wagon. By putting himself up as an alternative, all he's doing is sapping votes from McCarthy and allowing the Democrats a say in who runs the chamber. Nancy Pelosi is cackling!"
The board further stresses that the House cannot move forward and begin pursuing policy measures until a speaker is elected. McCarthy, it added, has pledged to pursue issues related to security at the U.S.-Mexico border, and to remove certain Democrats from committee positions.
"Republicans have a unique talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," the newspaper's piece concluded. "They should not exercise it here."
Newsweek reached out to Gaetz's office for comment."
..."Yet it was Donald Trump, not McCarthy, who picked fringe candidates and pushed the stolen election canard that lost the 2022 midterms," the piece states. "The answer is not to double down on Trump-esque candidates such as Biggs and Gaetz. Moreover, Biggs doesn't command a majority. He barely commands enough people to fill a station wagon. By putting himself up as an alternative, all he's doing is sapping votes from McCarthy and allowing the Democrats a say in who runs the chamber. Nancy Pelosi is cackling!"
The board further stresses that the House cannot move forward and begin pursuing policy measures until a speaker is elected. McCarthy, it added, has pledged to pursue issues related to security at the U.S.-Mexico border, and to remove certain Democrats from committee positions.
"Republicans have a unique talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," the newspaper's piece concluded. "They should not exercise it here."
Newsweek reached out to Gaetz's office for comment."
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023: PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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