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MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and \u2014 as President Biden would call it \u2014 malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump saw flashing red warning signs in his Super Tuesday performance and is uninterested in winning over Nikki Haley supporters; congressional Republicans failed to explain their support for a law threatening IVF access; Mitch McConnell endorsed Trump despite having previously railed against his actions leading up to January 6; and Trump\u2019s hand-picked candidate for the North Carolina governor\u2019s race said he wants to go back to a time when women couldn\u2019t vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Trump\u2019s MAGA allies are threatening to block President Biden\u2019s actions to slash junk fees; yet another Trump veepstakes contender refused to commit to certifying election results if he was vice president; and Ronna McDaniel\u2019s time at the RNC came to a close after poor fundraising and back to back losses at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Donald Trump can see after his Super Tuesday performance are red flags \u2013 and he has no interest in fixing them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cTrump faces a fractured party, legal troubles and financial headwinds after securing GOP nomination\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs he emerges victorious from the Republican primary race, Trump faces considerable challenges both inside and outside the political arena. \u2026 But chief among his priorities as a candidate over the next eight months will be rallying disenchanted Republicans around his third White House bid. Trump\u2019s team is keenly aware of how polarizing their candidate is, and that every vote will count in what is expected to be a highly competitive general election rematch.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdditionally, Trump\u2019s political operation is trailing the Biden campaign significantly in the money game, entering February with roughly $30 million in cash reserves compared to nearly $56 million in Biden\u2019s equivalent account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee has similarly trounced the Republican National Committee in fundraising.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/a>: \u201cTrump dominates Super Tuesday but faces warning signs in battle against Biden\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump did little to help the narrative that he can appeal to independents, centrist Republicans, and Democrats unwilling to support Biden after Haley\u2019s exit from the 2024 race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cIn addition to warning signs from Haley voters and independents that they aren\u2019t eager to back him, Trump is staring down over half a billion dollars in legal judgments coming due within weeks and trying to push back four criminal trials until after the election. \u2026 In preliminary exit polls Tuesday in Virginia and North Carolina \u2014 potentially competitive states in November\u2019s general election \u2014 most voters who supported Haley said they are not committed to supporting the Republican nominee.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump is bizarrely uninterested in winning over the support of Nikki Haley voters, whom he has called \u201cRINOs,\u201d \u201cnever Trumpers,\u201d and \u201ccommunists\u201d who are \u201cbarred from the MAGA camp.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cAnybody that makes a \u2018Contribution\u2019 to [Haley], from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp. We don\u2019t want them, and will not accept them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: Haley supporters are “RINOs,” “never Trumpers,” and “communists.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cI’m not sure we need too many [Haley supporters].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley has made an unholy alliance with RINOs, Never Trumpers, Americans for No Prosperity. Did you ever hear of Americans for No Prosperity? Globalists and radical left communists trying to get liberals and Biden supporters to vote for her in the Republican primary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Gold, New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump reacts to Haley suspending her campaign by mocking her, criticizing her supporters for being insufficiently MAGA, and then inviting them to unite behind her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MAGA Republicans failed at their attempt at a tightrope act of hypocrisy, unable to explain their support for extreme legislation that would threaten access to IVF nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans Struggle to Explain Away Their Hypocrisy on IVF\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you ask these Republicans how they square their newfound public support for IVF with their support for a measure that would undermine IVF, you\u2019ll get some tortured\u2014though, at times, candid\u2014answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018With difficulty,\u2019 is how Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) responded last week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf these GOP lawmakers are relying on medical science to guide their opinions, it\u2019s clear many haven\u2019t done much research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cThis Congress, 125 House Republicans \u2014 including Speaker Mike Johnson \u2014 have cosponsored the \u2018Life at Conception Act,\u2019 which states that the term \u2018human being\u2019 includes \u2018all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitch McConnell endorsed Trump, a man he has called \u201cpractically and morally responsible\u201d for January 6 as well as \u201cdiminished,\u201d \u201cnuts,\u201d and someone who \u201cdoesn\u2019t know a lot about the issues\u201d that matter to the American people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C-SPAN<\/a>: \u201cMinority Leader McConnell Says President Trump \u2018Practically and Morally Responsible\u2019 for January 6 Attack on Capitol\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cMcConnell chides Trump for saying immigration is ‘poisoning the blood’ of US\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cMcConnell says Trump fueled ‘candidate quality’ problems in the midterms\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cA rising number of Republicans, including Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, are denouncing Donald Trump for hosting a dinner with white nationalist and antisemitic guests \u2013 but few if any expect the former president to apologize. \u2018There is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy,\u2019 said McConnell, R-Ky., a frequent antagonist of Trump. \u2018And anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, is highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Desiderio, Punchbowl News<\/a>: \u201c[McConnell] said this of the former president\u2019s NATO comments over the weekend: \u2018I totally disagree with him. And it was extremely unhelpful.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson \u2013 who Trump thinks is \u201c<\/strong>Martin Luther King on steroids<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u2013 is running on an extreme record of supporting cruel abortion bans, threatening our democracy, and talking about returning to a time when women couldn\u2019t vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a> on Robinson: \u201cThis is Martin Luther King on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cMark Robinson’s Bizarre Ramble: ‘I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn\u2019t Vote’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson won the GOP primary to become his party\u2019s nominee for North Carolina governor, presumably with the help of female voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut just four years ago, Robinson invoked a bizarre hypothetical in which he said he\u2019d \u2018absolutely\u2019 like to return to the days when the 19th Amendment didn\u2019t exist \u2015 when women didn\u2019t have the right to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn\u2019t vote,\u2019 Robinson said in a newly resurfaced video of his remarks at a March 2020 event hosted by the Republican Women of Pitt County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTUS<\/a>: \u201cMark Robinson, currently the state\u2019s lieutenant governor, has referred to feminists as \u2018Fem-Nazis,\u2019 claimed there is a \u2018transgender movement\u2019 that is \u2018demonic\u2019 and a \u2018mass delusion,\u2019 called LGBTQ people \u2018filth,\u2019 continues to deny  the 2020 election results, and has supported a no-exceptions abortion ban. Robinson has since denied ever supporting an abortion ban and avoids talking about the subject altogether, stating he prefers to promote a \u2018culture of life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s allies put their big money backers ahead of the American people as they rallied against cutting junk fees, despite the legislation being popular across party lines. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cCredit card late fees capped at $8 as part of Biden crackdown on junk fees\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cTrump Ally Tim Scott Seeks to Block Biden Credit Card Late Fee Cap\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA key Donald Trump ally is seeking a Senate vote to block a new Biden administration rule capping credit card late fees, targeting a high-profile initiative in the president\u2019s campaign to crack down on unpopular \u2018junk fees.\u2019 Senator Tim Scott, a potential Trump vice presidential pick and the top Republican on the Banking Committee, said Tuesday he would push the Senate to take action to block the new regulation, to be announced Tuesday at a meeting of the White House Competition Council.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHouse Financial Services Chairman Patrick McHenry of North Carolina also opposed the new rule in a statement \u2026 \u2018The Biden Administration continues to weaponize financial regulators to play politics in an election year,\u2019 McHenry said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byron Donalds became the latest Trump veepstakes contender to embrace election denialism, refusing to commit to certifying election results.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cByron Donalds wouldn’t commit to certifying election results as Trump\u2019s VP\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) suggested Thursday at an Axios event that he would be willing to decline to certify the 2028 election results if he was vice president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonalds also did not clarify if he would have certified the 2020 election results, during an interview with Axios’ Sophia Cai.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe big picture: Trump and his allies will want a VP pick that is more willing to comply with the former president’s wishes, which former Vice President Pence rejected by certifying the 2020 results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonalds said \u2018I already know\u2019 states did not follow election laws in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronna McDaniel\u2019s tenure as RNC chair is coming to a close, as Trump prepares an extreme MAGA takeover of the RNC, which has posted disastrous fundraising numbers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cRNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave her post on March 8 as Trump moves to install new loyalists\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump wants a leadership change at the Republican National Committee in an attempt to install a new slate of loyalists \u2014 including his daughter-in-law \u2014 atop the GOP\u2019s political machine even before the former president formally secures the party\u2019s next presidential nomination.\u201d

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cDemocrats hold vast fundraising advantage as Republicans face cash problems, disarray in crucial swing states\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccording to year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) this week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) holds nearly three times the cash on hand reported by the Republican National Committee (RNC), and brought in nearly three times as much fundraising in the final month of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe RNC reported its worst fundraising year since 2013 raising just $87.2 million in 2023, and starting 2024 with just over $8 million in cash on hand. If adjusted for inflation, the RNC’s fundraising was last this low in 1993 \u2014 before the 2002 McCain Feingold Act restricted political committee fundraising from corporations and capped donations from individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThe Republican National Committee continued to show signs of financial strain when compared with the war chest of the Democratic National Committee, reporting just $8.7 million in cash on hand to the DNC\u2019s $24 million.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cThe Democratic National Committee also maintained its cash advantage over its Republican counterpart. The DNC raised $17.4 million in January and ended the month with $24 million in cash on hand. The Republican National Committee raised $11.6 million and closed the month with $8.7 million in cash on hand.\u201d
Axios<\/a>: \u201cThe RNC reported this week that it had its worst fundraising year in almost a decade last year \u2014 entering 2024 with just $8 million in cash. Trump’s comments are a sign of him flexing muscle as the de facto head of the GOP, even though the soonest he could clinch the nomination is March.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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