Fake Republicans and the crock called ‘bipartisanship’

It’s time we ask ourselves, why are Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) pretending to be Republicans? They are no more Republicans than Josef Goebbels was a conservative-libertarian Southern Baptist.

You will immediately observe that I omitted party affiliation for those cited above; that’s because despite their masquerading as Republicans, they are the furthest thing from the Party of Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. They are betrayers of everything we as Republicans stand for, and their voting records prove it.

McConnell, in the image and likeness of the late Sen. John McCain, was seen shaking hands with Democrats – exchanging “well-dones and atta’ boys” after he voted against Peter Hegseth for secretary of defense.

This is not a new phenomenon. Tragically, it has become a commonplace for Republicans to back-stab We the People on issues that are important to us and betray us on legislation we approve of and support.

Together, the three of them have become dependable Democrat votes in opposition to President Trump. The House of Representatives, likewise, is not without its dependable other-side-of-the-aisle Democrat supporters.

Add to the senators I reference, Lindsey “Goober” Graham (South Carolina) and the result is that they are progressive Democrats masquerading as pachyderms for the sake of getting elected – which causes me to evaluate if they are Republicans solely for the sake of that goal.

As Tia Yang and Cooper Burton wrote, Jan. 29, 2024:

While Senate Democrats were extremely unified last year, Republican senators were more freethinking, agreeing with the president anywhere from 5 to 71 percent of the time (though most voted with Biden less than 25 percent of the time). Interestingly, Republicans who have been in office longer voted with Biden at a slightly higher rate than those who are newer to the Senate. GOP senators who have been elected four or more times agreed with Biden a median of 28 percent of the time, while Republican senators who have been elected only once (or not at all**) agreed with him a median of 10 percent of the time. That’s likely because the senators who have been around longer hail from a time when the Senate was more bipartisan and are often more willing to work with Democrats. Many of the newer GOP Senate recruits are more conservative and have been less open to compromise.

Three Republicans in particular weren’t afraid to cross the aisle last year: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. All three voted with Biden more than half of the time, with most of that agreement happening on nomination votes. Collins and Murkowski have long been seen as among the most moderate Republicans in the Senate and often make headlines for breaking with their party on consequential votes. While Graham is ordinarily quite conservative when it comes to legislation, he’s said before that he believes presidents should be given broad deference to choose their judicial and executive branch nominees, and he voted to confirm the majority of Biden’s picks last year.

Why should We the People tolerate Murkowski? She voted to back 12 of Biden’s nominees, all of whom real Republicans opposed in 2021, according to Alaska Public Media. She voted with Biden approximately 64% of the time in 2023, according to ABC News. Yet she opposes President Trump’s nominees.

Bipartisanship has not helped you and me, as citizens. It has, however, massively rewarded the politicians who are able to sell, swap and trade their souls for financial/material gain, under the guise of a cohesive government voting as one to further the interest of We the People. That’s a crock of manure and they know it.

Supporting President Trump’s nominees isn’t an imbroglio. Support for his nominees is showing respect to the leader of our party who received a clear mandate from We the People when we reelected him Nov. 5, 2024.

It is long past time for us to primary hacks and sell-outs such as those referenced here. It is time for us to hold the elected claiming to be Republicans accountable.

We should not accept “mostly conservative.” That’s an oxymoron.

Our nation is hanging by a thread. The world is a heartbeat away from experiencing a nuclear winter. Thanks to Biden being Obama’s sock-puppet assigned the task of undermining global stability, we have the resurgence of Muslim terrorist groups.

We have a strong leader with a clear vision, in President Trump. We need men and women we elect to stand with us in support of President Trump’s pledge to the people of America.

If elected lawmakers resist and/or refuse, we must fire them and elect those who will. If these are willing to betray us and impede President Trump, think what they will be emboldened to do when President Trump leaves office.