Patrick M (Mike) Condray

Husband, father, Christian, veteran, baseball fan, self-identified Eisenhower Republican researching and advocating ways to preserve/improve democracy

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@ChrisLaCivita That example would be more convincing if

a GOOD candidate and a GOOD campaign (Ciatarelli, NJ) getting smoked by almost same amount as your cherry picked "bad candidate and campaign" did in VA.

How do you explain the GOOD example having almost the same result as your BAD case?

[Ken Gardner @KenGardner11]

Congress needs to stop being so damn obsequious to Trump. It’s un-American. It’s degrading. It’s gross. Start doing your damn job.

[Sir Humphrey 🇺🇦 @bdquinn]

Trump and @jdvance have made clear they think Ukraine just should've surrendered the instant Russia invaded. In their mind, a smaller country has no business defending itself against a larger one.

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@jimgeraghty As always, “truth” is whatever the Dear Leader says is “truth”

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@RonFilipkowski Seeing a Speaker of the House totally rolling over and surrendering Congress’ fundamental power of the purse our Founders established in the Constitution is an appalling image our Founders would not have believed possible

And yet here we are

[Eduard Conrad @ConradEduard]

@clashreport Basically, the talks are telling Putin to come up with his wildest dreams and say "yes".
Such the deal maker. You Trumpists should be proud.

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

Trump has "shape-shifted" on many things. But on two things, he has remained absolutely consistent, since the 1980s. (1) Detestation of international trade. And (2) admiration of dictators.

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@scarylawyerguy NYT editor piously defended this as “balance.” If they accurately cover what Trump, Musk and their minions are doing our media feels like they are “picking a side.” Can’t DO that!

So when facts sound like “picking a side”, gloss over/sanewash facts in favor of “balance” 🙄🙄

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Egg shortage? Tax cuts for billionaires. National Parks backed up? Tax cuts for billionaires. 60 thousand veterans fired? Tax cuts for billionaires. Cost of coffee up 25 percent? Tax cuts for billionaires. Every problem needs a tax cut for a billionaire. That’s just math.

[Aaron Astor @AstorAaron]

Hard to find a more Trump-friendly newspaper than the NY Post, so kudos to them.

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@joncoopertweets As long as MAGA is willing to accept election results they don’t like. Remember Trump’s J6 storm troops now know they can attack elections with legal impunity

This ain’t gonna be easy

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

For those who still think Trump is on the side of the “little guy” and not the billionaires

His team is openly talking about going after SS and Medicare. Gotta make room to extend those billionaire tax cuts after all

If his billionaire cabinet wasn’t a big enough clue…

[Acyn @Acyn]

Lutnick: Think about it, we have almost $4 trillion of entitlements and no one has looked at it before. You know social security is wrong, you know medicaid and medicare are wrong so he's going to cut one trillion…

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@DPJHodges @MattWilding7 Also darkly amusing Farage (UK) is attacking Zelensky for not holding an election during a war

when of course Winston Churchill did not hold elections from 1940-45 while the UK was at war
These clowns are so utterly shameless and ignorant it’s hard to tell which one applies here

[Mike Coté @ratlpolicy]

If you think the same people who are abandoning Ukraine, appeasing Russia, slashing our defense budget, unbanning TikTok, & slapping the same tariffs on our friends as on our enemies will stand up to Beijing on Taiwan, I have a bridge to sell you. Clear title, too!

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@lxeagle17 Fair enough. Then again, *Russia* has elections.

So let's re-phrase the question: "Will we (USA) have elections where the party in power is willing to accept losing power--and hand that power over peacefully?"

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Sen. Blumenthal: “What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable, a disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom…The president's surrender is pathetic and weak.”

[Patrick M (Mike) Condray @m_condray]

@CathyYoung63 But Putin hates the same folks MAGA hates

Hence things like the "I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat" shirts and the hailing of Putin as some sort of Christian hero

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

How Hitler seized power:

1. Create a crisis.
2. Demonize opponents.
3. Declare a state of emergency.
4. Undermine elections.
5. Make the rule of law irrelevant.
6. Rule by decree.

If America falls it will be because of the people who didn’t pay attention.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

MAGA, be honest—if a foreign enemy invaded the U.S. and occupied 20% of our land, would you seriously argue that we shouldn’t declare martial law? That we shouldn’t fight back? That we should just hand over whatever the enemy demands?

Because that’s exactly what Trump is telling Ukraine to do. And somehow, you're all nodding along.

It’s wild how fast your ideals and moral compass shift to match whatever Trump decides is right that day. If you can’t even question him—if you’re not allowed to have a differing opinion—then let’s stop pretending this isn’t a cult.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

"At worst, Musk acts as though Trump is a doddering old man who must, for the moment, be humored. And he does it while wearing the black hat which proclaims, I am not another foot soldier in the red-hat army. I am the commander of my own forces."
https://t.co/2MLBqZRSVE