Infighting Is Funny

Rolling Stone reports: Attorneys for veterans of Trump’s post-election activities like Rudy Giuliani and Kenneth Chesebro — both of whom have been identified as among the six unnamed “co-conspirators” in the most recent federal indictment of Trump — are now casting blame towards others on the campaign’s legal team or people close to the then-president. Giuliani and his lawyer are …

Media Matters has the transcript: You’ve had Kansas, Michigan, and now Ohio, right, excuse me, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Ohio, Michigan I don’t know that well. You’ve had three in a row, where that case hasn’t been made or it’s not resonating. And these are not close, these in modern American politics these are blowouts, these are blowouts. You’ve had three …

The Hill reports: Republican presidential candidates Mike Pence and Vivek Ramaswamy exchanged barbs after the former vice president said he was “deeply offended” by Ramaswamy’s comments that he does not believe the 9/11 Commission. Pence, in an interview with the Union Leader in New Hampshire, addressed Ramaswamy’s comments that the conservative entrepreneur made to Blaze TV when he was asked …

The New York Times reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said that claims about the 2020 election being stolen were false, directly contradicting a central argument of former President Donald J. Trump and his supporters. The comments went further than Mr. DeSantis typically goes when asked about Mr. Trump’s defeat. The governor has often tried to hedge, refusing to acknowledge …

“As President, I will end the weaponization of government, replace the FBI Director, and ensure a single standard of justice for all Americans. While I’ve seen reports, I have not read the indictment. I do, though, believe we need to enact reforms so that Americans have the right to remove cases from Washington, DC to their home districts. Washington, DC …

“He has incredible conspiracy theories that are just outrageous. Vaccines cause autism because they have Mercury preservative and they are worse than the diseases that they say they are going to save you from. “We haven’t used Mercury since 2001 in children’s vaccines. It was never used in the three most common vaccines on children. And no scientific evidence supports …

Florida Politics reports: During a Fox News interview, Kellyanne Conway was blunt in her denunciation of a DeSantis campaign that is in “reboot” mode just weeks after a formal campaign launch. The “reboot,” Conway said, is “usually not six weeks after you launch your campaign.” “You actually don’t reboot while the ink is still wet on your campaign documents,” Conway …

“I’m not talking about the people on the air, but the people who are now running it are not the friends of our Constitution and our God, I believe. I think people just need to be aware that this is ESG, this is the World Economic Forum coming to roost. They are demanding their pound of flesh and they will …

“President Trump, keep your eye on the prize: 270 electoral votes. Everything you say, everything you do should be geared to winning in the states you need to win. This should be a 50-state campaign for America. Attacking popular Republican governors or senators in battleground states is more than unwise. It’s self-destructive. Why do it? Voters in a general election …

Axios reports: Tensions between Donald Trump and his former press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have grown over her neutrality in the 2024 presidential race, people familiar with the relationship tell Axios. Trump’s frustration has risen recently because Sanders’ team had told his campaign she wouldn’t make an endorsement until after her first legislative session in Arkansas, according to …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The newly elected first vice-chair of the Georgia GOP — Brian K. Pritchard — ripped U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during an extraordinary 20-minute segment of his online show Friday. “I’m through with her. I’m through,” he said. Although Greene continues to be closely aligned with former President Donald Trump, Pritchard’s are the first significant negative …

The Daily Beast reports: It’s no secret that the relationship between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert has never been worse. They’ve yelled at each other on and off the floor. Greene recently called Boebert a “little bitch” to her face. And Boebert supported Greene’s removal from the Freedom Caucus. But, lawmakers told The Daily Beast, the situation between the …

CBS News reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday she has not been told that she was kicked out of the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus, while brushing off the significance of the apparent vote to boot her from the group. “I’m not really concerned about it,” Greene said, adding that most of what she has learned has been …

The New York Daily News reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t backing down from her head-scratching “b-word” feud with fellow far right wing Rep. Lauren Boebert, even after it got her booted from the House Freedom Caucus. Greene’s “MTG Battleground” podcast doubled down on the insult aimed at Boebert by spelling out the nasty word on Twitter and retweeting an …

Axios reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has not responded to calls by top members of the House Freedom Caucus aimed at notifying her that she has been ousted from the influential conservative group, two lawmakers familiar with the situation told Axios. One HFC board member said that Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.) unsuccessfully tried to reach out to …

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: Three people in New Hampshire asked me why FoxNews uses such “horrible” pictures of me when doing or promoting a story. The coloring, distortions, everything are just so bad. They must sit and look at 100 different shots, and then take the 10 absolute worst. My staff has even complained about it …

Politico reports: The news that former President Donald Trump is steering donations away from his 2024 presidential campaign and into a political action committee he has previously used to pay his legal fees may have come as a surprise to some of his donors. But not so for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Trump’s chief detractor in the GOP …

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: In an essay published in Reason, a libertarian magazine, Monday morning, Pence quoted former President Ronald Reagan, who said, “Government is not the solution to our problem — government is the problem.” “When the governor of Florida decided to launch a full-scale campaign of governmental retribution against Disney, he wasn’t taking a page out of the …

Politico reports: House Freedom Caucus members took a momentous vote Friday on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s future with the group, according to three people familiar with the matter — but it’s not yet clear whether she’s been officially ejected. Greene’s close alliance with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and her accompanying criticism of colleagues in the group, has put her on the opposite …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday accused Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) of leaking their tense argument in the House chamber to the press, calling it “unfortunate” that she did so. “I find it unfortunate that Lauren Boebert leaked that conversation that we had to the press. But once she leaked it out, I had to confirm …