NRCC Weekly Rundown: Impeachment fever!

September 20, 2019

And here’s this week’s edition of the NRCC Weekly Rundown:

(National) Vulnerable House Democrats started off the week rightly panicking over their caucus’ obsession with impeaching President Trump and the disastrous impact it will have on their reelection hopes. A recent Politico report detailed internal polling from the DCCC, which found 54 percent of voters nationally think the Democrats’ main focus is investigating President Trump, though only 10 percent believe that should be the party’s top priority. The socialist Democrats have doused their conference in gasoline and swing district Dems are begging them not to light the match. Unfortunately for them, the socialist Democrats are full speed ahead!

(National) A slew of vulnerable House Democrats – including Colin Allred, Cindy Axne, Abby Finkenauer, Andy Kim, Katie Porter, Abigail Spanberger and Xochitl Torres Small – have been loud and proud with their pledges to ban dark money. In fact, all of them cosponsored and voted for H.R.1 and the DISCLOSE Act. But right now, the liberal dark money group Protect Our Care is running $2 million worth of digital ads propping up these silly socialists. Apparently dark money is only bad when they aren’t benefitting from it!

(National)Nancy Pelosi’s radical caucus released their newest socialist agenda item this week: a prescription drug plan that would leave drug pricing in the hands of government bureaucrats. Pelosi’s plan would be catastrophic for everyone from kids to seniors to cancer patients because it increases costs, devastates investment opportunities and paves the way for socialized medicine. Nothing to see here except another example of massive government overreach by the socialist Democrats!

(AZ-01, CA-10, CA-21) Tom O’Halleran, T.J. Cox and Josh Harder are refusing to support the USMCA even though farmers, ranchers and business owners in their districts desperately need the agreement ratified as soon as possible. In fact, every single former agriculture secretary has endorsed the agreement! With so much bipartisan support, why aren’t these congressmenon board? Because they can’t risk the wrath of primary challengers, Nancy Pelosi or the DCCC!

(CA-25) After months of dragging her feet on impeachment (but doing plenty of cable TV appearances on the subject) Katie Hill is suddenly pro-impeachment (shocker!). I’m old enough to remember Katie Hill on MSNBC one week ago saying “we should focus on things that matter.” No word on why Katie’ssuddenly changed her mind…

(FL-13) Career politician Charlie Crist announced he’s endorsing fellow career politician and 2x failed presidential candidate Joe Biden. FYI – earlier this year Bidenraised his hand in support of giving free health care to illegal immigrants. Does that mean Crist is on board with that loony socialist idea too?

(IA-01)Abby Finkenaurcannot be serious. At a Rotary Club event in Cedar Rapids this week, she expressed concern over the prospect of rural hospitals closing but failed to mention it’s her own radical socialist agenda that’s putting these hospitals in jeopardy. A recent study showed the socialist Democrats’ plan for a “public option” for health insurance would force 52 Iowa hospitals to close their doors. If Abby really cared about Iowans, wouldn’t she ditch the socialist agenda that’s hurting them? 

(IL-03, 17) The headaches for Beltway Bustos and her flailing DCCC keep on rolling as socialist AOCofficially endorsedMarie Newman this week over sitting Democrat incumbent Dan Lipinski. Bustos’ DCCC blacklist policy couldn’t keep Newman out of the race, which has allowed Newman to garner more support from far-left groups like Justice Democrats and Roots Action. Between Bustosrecent diversity dumpster fire and Justice Democrats’ ads against her, Beltway Bustos should tread carefully…

(IL-06) Impeachment fan boySean Casten peddled fake news last weekend, jumping on board with the socialist 2020 candidates who are calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh over an allegation that turned out to be (surprise) not true. But facts, much like the concerns of the Illinoisans he is supposed to represent, don’t seem to matter to Casten. It’s time for Casten to be impeached for all of his stupid ideas!

(MI-08, 11) This is awkward… Michigan Reps.Haley Stevens and Elissa Slotkin are doing anything they can to avoid talking about fellow Michigan Democrat and rampant anti-Semite Rashida Tlaib. Stevens has accepted campaign cash from known anti-Semite Ilhan Omar, so why is she dodging questions about endorsingTlaib

(MI-11) Haley Stevens introduced a bill to combat “deepfakes” and “prevent the proliferation of fake news and hoaxes.” Makes sense, considering she knows a thing or two about “deepfakes,” fake news and hoaxes! Stevenscampaigned on her role as the “Chief of Staff” of Obama’s federal auto-task force, except…she wasn’t. (Haley didn’t actually have much power, aside from taking lunch orders.)

(MN-07) Lyin’ Cranky Collin peddled fake news this week, calling his votes against the wall “misinformation.” BUT, Cranky Collin voted against the wall FOUR times! (HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE). Maybe, instead of lying to western Minnesotans, Cranky Collin should call it quits and go home.
(NJ-05) Josh Gottheimer is demanding the immediate resignation of a local New Jersey Democrat who made disgusting anti-Semitic comments this week. But why won’t Gottheimer use the same tough rhetoric when it comes to members of his own party in Congress? After all, Gottheimer has refused to call for Ilhan Omar to be removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee after her repeated anti-Semitic remarks. Talk about a double standard

(NJ-11)Mikie Sherrill has found herself in a lose-lose situation after Mark Washburne announced he’s primarying the freshman rep. over her refusal to back the impeachment of President Trump. Now, Sherrill must either back impeachment to appease her socialist base and anger the independents, or refuse to back impeachment and anger the base she needs to win. Good luck, Mikie!

(NY-11, NY-18, NY-19, NY-22) New York’s six Republican members of Congress sent a letter to the Attorney General and the Department of Justice asking them to block Governor Andrew Cuomo’s insane law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. Not included as signees: Anthony Brindisi, Antonio Delgado, Sean Patrick Maloney and Max Rose. I guess these socialists are completely fine with making it harder to crack down on illegal immigration and voter fraud, and proudly standing with Gov. Cuomo’s radical abuse of power…

(OK-05) Accidental Congresswoman Kendra Horn recently joined the chorus of vulnerable Democrats begging their deranged socialist party to not force them to vote on impeaching President Trump. But, when asked this week about the socialist Dems latest impeachment obsessionJustice Brett KavanaughHorn was surprisingly quiet. KWTV reached out to Horn’s office to get a statement from the Congresswoman, but their calls were not returned. Probably worth a follow-up!

(OR-04)Peter DeFazio, a sitting Congressman and Chairman of the Transportation Committee, is actually a conspiracy theorist. This week, when a constituent said he believed President Trump was laundering money for the Russian mafia, DeFazio began to explain why that could be the case and how Deutsche Bank could be at the “nexus of it all.” Since Peter D wants to peddle insane conspiracy theories, wesent him his very own tinfoil hat making kit! Although, DeFazio’s sudden leap to the loony left isn’t surprising – he now has a real primary race on his hands!

(PA-08) Turns out Matt Cartwright has been using his taxpayer-funded job to introduce legislation aimed at lining his own pockets. According to the Washington Examiner, Cartwright“has spent years sponsoring truck insurance legislation that would directly benefit his family’s law firm, in which he owns a multimillion dollar stake…” Not a good look. Click HERE to read more.

(SC-01)Nancy Pelosi is off to save Fake Engineer Joe Cunningham with a fundraiser in South Carolina next month. It’s no surprise Pelosi is coming to her loyal soldier’s rescue, after all, Cunningham votes for her socialist agenda over 85% of the time. This fundraiser might even be the perfect opportunity for Cunningham’s wife to complain about her taxpayer-funded health care!
 
(TX-22)Sri Kulkarni must have received some bad polling numbers because now he’s racing from the radical socialist agenda he once vocally supported (as recently as this week). On the now-deleted issues page of his campaign website, Kulkarni had proudly endorsed a host of socialist policies, but now he’s pretending to be a moderate who doesn’t support socialized medicine or a full-on ban of “high-capacity semi-automatic weapons.” I wonder why he’s had a change of heart

(VA-02, 07, 10) This week we learned Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeauwore brownface at a party…in 2001. This is eerily similar to the Virginia Democrats’ scandals, including current governor, Ralph Northman who admitted he wore blackface, and AG Mark Herring, and the allegation that LG Justin Fairfax was a serial rapist. Don’t worry, all three are still in office even while Congresswomen Spanberger and Luria think Fairfax is a rapist…but they won’t return his campaign donations.

(VA-07) While Abigail Spanberger was pretending to be a moderate and preaching civility, one of her top campaign aides was hurling vulgar and profane attacks at Republicans on social media. Reports revealed her aide called all Trump supporters, “white trash piece(s) of s**t” and called Republican elected officials—among other insults—a “f****ing dullard” and a “talking d***o.” Spanberger’s aide was doing this for months, but suspiciously Abigail and her staff only unfollowed him after the press questioned her… No one’s buying it, Abigail!

(WI-03)Ron Kind is facing backlash after confronting a tracker during a PUBLIC event in Wisconsin. The tracker – who was minding his own business among Kind’s constituents – was told by an aide to leave, before Kindattacked the tracker, physically confronting him and making a grab for his phone.  What was he so scared the tracker would catch?


News & Notes


GOP Women Flood 2020 House Battlegrounds

A wave of Republican women have signed up to run in the hottest House districts despite a summer filled with setbacks.

Party recruiters have fielded at least one female candidate in 27 of the 40 most competitive House seats that are open or held by a Democrat. That number could grow in the coming weeks as several more prepare to launch bids in key battlegrounds.

Strategists say electing more women, a longtime challenge for the party, is more important than ever this cycle, as the number of GOP women sits at a historic low point of 13—and two more are set to retire next year. If female nominees can emerge from next year’s primaries, Republican leaders said they believe they can also help stanch the party’s bleeding among women voters, particularly in suburban areas where President Trump is less popular. READ.


Impeachment push raises political concerns for House Dems, even as GOP retirements give boost

House Republicans are facing a steep climb to regain the majority in 2020, as mounting retirements in the party complicate their efforts to wrest the gavel from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But they may have been given a political gift this past week when Democrats doubled down on their pursuit of an impeachment investigation against President Trump.

The move came after Republicans already were enjoying a dose of good news on the congressional campaign front: the party’s narrow win in the special congressional election in North Carolina. The National Republican Congressional Committee touted that the “victory is yet another sign that congressional Republicans are poised to take back the majority.”

A day later, the House Judiciary Committee took a step with potentially bigger implications — approving a resolution defining the panel’s impeachment probe, in the first official vote on the matter.

More than half of Democratic lawmakers in the House support launching impeachment proceedings. Yet considering the GOP-controlled Senate is unlikely to act on any possible impeachment articles from the House, moderate Democrats in the House loudly warned that their colleagues are walking into a political trap. READ.


2020 Democrats may dream big now, but reality will bite them later

The bidding war that has defined the Democratic presidential race reached its apogee of absurdity earlier this month when Bernie Sanders had to explain that, no, he had no plans to erase voters’ credit card bills.

Questioned about his proposal to wipe away $81 billion in personal medical debt in a New Hampshire interview, the Vermont socialist told the Concord Monitor and NHTalkRadio.com: “I don’t believe we wipe out credit card debt. You want to buy… a yacht, and you go in debt, hey, that’s your decision.”

It is easy to understand the pent-up demands of Democratic voters. In this century, the only time that the Democrats have controlled both the White House and Congress was during the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency.

While passing the Affordable Care Act by the narrowest of margins in 2010 remains Obama’s most enduring legacy, it also played a major role in dethroning Nancy Pelosi as speaker in that year’s midterm elections. As a result, Obama’s powers were mostly limited to foreign policy and executive orders during the final six years of his presidency.

Thwarted in their dreams, the 2020 Democrats — exemplified by Elizabeth Warren — have put together more plans than the Allies drew up in preparation for D-Day. READ.


SC congressman’s wife complains publicly about her taxpayer-supplied health care

Talk about bad optics.

The video posted by the wife of Charleston’s Democratic congressman Joe Cunningham was a self-described “rant” about Congress’ health care plan.

It didn’t cover her therapy sessions, she lamented, or their marriage counseling.

While it was only a minute long, it was long enough to be weaponized by Republicans.

Sitting on the floor and talking directly to the camera, Amanda Cunningham posted on Instagram her dissatisfaction with the health care coverage that comes with being a member of Congress (salary $174,000 a year). READ.