There are, at most, a few dozen full-spectrum conservatives in Congress. Yet, moderate Republicans tied at the hip to K Street interests who will be obsequious to GOP leaders have now learned how to defeat the few good incumbents. They run as outsiders, paint our guys as insiders, and run to the right of the incumbent precisely so they can enter Congress and vote to the left. This tactic is extremely dishonest, but it succeeded, in large part, in unseating Rep. Tim Huelskamp. If conservatives don’t mobilize, the establishment may do it again, this time to Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. (B, 83%) in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District.
Like many political neophytes who were elected to serve in the GOP House Majority in 2010, Gosar took some bad votes because he genuinely believed that GOP leaders were going to secure victories on their behalf. Gosar was challenged in a primary two years later by state senator Ron Gould because of his votes for some of Boehner’s budget bills. I endorsed Gould at the time. But unlike any other member, Gosar actually learned his lesson and got better over time. He realized the system was rigged and that leadership was a joke, and he never turned back after 2012. Since 2012, he has not only been a reliable conservative vote, but a conservative voice for so many initiatives on immigration. He joined in the fight against John Boehner and is always a reliable vote whenever conservatives need to take down a rule on bad legislation. In short, Gosar has become one of the most conservative members and a model for improvement in the House.
In comes his opponent, Ray Strauss, who is struggling to find a rationale for challenging such an indefatigable conservative fighter. So when he is interviewed by the press, he uses the same catch-phrases that other establishment challengers have used. Without tipping his hand that he’d be a shill for K Street and a reliable vote for Ryan and McCarthy, Strauss promises to be “more effective,” “persuasive,” mutually respectful,” and not “caustic” or “ineffective.”
Translation: “I will be a doormat for leadership and K Street on all major legislative battles.
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— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) August 9, 2016
And most likely Strauss exactly like Ryan will get an endorsement from trump if that’s what the Rino’s want him to do, despite all his outsider rhetoric trump is a progressive liberal rino democrat, proven all to willing and ready to throw in; with the enemy within. Whatever it takes to be crowned the King; he only need speak deceitful words of illusion; honor, integrity, principles do not amount to even the slightest sliver of a sacrifice, as they were never there to begin with.
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