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https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/17/politics/james-blair-gop-midterms-trump-misanthroptimist
(1,836 posts)They're Nazis, one and all. They hate America, its Constitution, and its people.
SheltieLover
(81,771 posts)sakabatou
(46,363 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,858 posts)DFW
(60,466 posts)They may not strive to look or sound like NSDAP skinheads the way the Republicans do, but we have people in our party with similar goals and tacticsprimary those who do not tow the line of the purest ideologues, who just happen to be themselves. Different ideologies, obviously, but similar tactics.
Mysterian
(6,643 posts)Got it.
DFW
(60,466 posts)Suffice it to say that neither party has been granted immunity from making stupid moves that do them more harm than good.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,612 posts)You're pretending some fringe bloke who'd like to control the Democratic party is the same as Trump and his minions who actually do. You did deserve a response like that.
canetoad
(21,057 posts)Edit this post. DFW did not say that. This is a blatant twisting of words.
Mysterian
(6,643 posts)no.
Duncan Grant
(8,944 posts)James Blair has six months to defend Republican power in Congress but first he needed to send a message to his party.
Blair, the White House deputy chief of staff, spent weeks plotting to crush a group of Republican lawmakers in Indiana who defied the presidents demands for a more favorable congressional map. He personally helped recruit and vet their primary opponents while designing a strategy intended to end their political careers.
The night five of those Republican holdouts fell this month, a triumphant Blair thumped his chest on X with a gif of Russell Crowe in Gladiator: Are you not entertained?
Called the Oracle by colleagues and ruthless even by friends, 36-year-old Blair has become one of the most powerful and feared operators in Republican politics. Within the White House, hes seen as a potential successor to chief of staff Susie Wiles if she ever stepped down. On Capitol Hill, he has kept the partys fragile majorities in line. Across the country, he has put recalcitrant Republicans on notice, no target too small. The bruising mid-decade redistricting battle thats reshaping the midterm map? Thats Blairs brainchild.
And yes, Blairs insides match his outside hes a monstrous political operative.