2020 Senate Races

[evillawyer]

It is unprofessional for them to be engaging in a personal feud in a public domain. I would have expected Sessions to know that he has to be the one to take the high road, because Trump never does. You are right. They both look juvenile. They are behaving like two gossipy teenage girls fighting over who gets invited to their next house party. It's bizarre to see this from the presidency.

Sessions has fallen into the wrestling with a pig trap.

 

[BowlBrother85]

So staying in a politically advantageous marriage is ok even though your husband is trying to nail anything that moves? Gotcha.
Lindsey Graham is a douche bag mccain nut sucker who blows whichever way the politics is heading. I lose respect every time someone tries to defend the cow Clinton. She's indefensible just like Graham. And frankly I've had enough of trump and his nanometer thin skin at this point.
This is politics. " I'm a politician, if I'm not trying to kiss your baby I'm trying to steal his lollipop" red October and one of the truest lines ever.

I wasn't defending Hillary Clinton at all. I said that the campaign ad against Lindsey Graham was the most damning and effective ad that I've ever seen, and then Onelilreb played "what-about-ism" and brought her into the discussion and then I disagreed that the examples that he was citing were worse for her than that video is for Graham.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

I wasn't defending Hillary Clinton at all. I said that the campaign ad against Lindsey Graham was the most damning and effective ad that I've ever seen, and then Onelilreb played "what-about-ism" and brought her into the discussion and then I disagreed that the examples that he was citing were worse for her than that video is for Graham.

my apologies, you weren't defending Hillary. I agree it's a politically effective ad. I know how he flip flops, his character has about 4 sides.
For the record, I don't have a problem with parallel what about isms.
Calling someone out on opinions or logic not evenly applied to everyone got labeled what about ism because it asks for accountability in the actual levelness of opinion and logic.
Graham and Clinton are in the same boat. Their actions and words are politically convenient for them, to the outside world, they just come off as disingenuous snakes. Have you seen the Hillary compilations? Hard to say that she's not made of that very same cloth as Graham.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

I'm surprised at how little attention AOC's re-election campaign gets considering how much attention she garners every time she opens her mouth. When Michelle Caruso-Cabrera posts on her Facebook page there are hardly any replies posted. Just about anybody in the country could get a message right in front of MCC.

Maybe the Leftists are embarrassed and want AOC's campaign to be as low key as possible. Her stupidity could generate a lot of collateral for other Democrats.

BTW, it might be a good idea to have a separate thread for the HoR. With all of the races just one for 2020 will eventually have all sorts of discussions running all over each other.

It would be interesting if Dr Fauci decided to run against AOC.

 

[0nelilreb]

I wasn't defending Hillary Clinton at all. I said that the campaign ad against Lindsey Graham was the most damning and effective ad that I've ever seen, and then Onelilreb played "what-about-ism" and brought her into the discussion and then I disagreed that the examples that he was citing were worse for her than that video is for Graham.

Just to be fair I’ve always thought “ whataboutisms” are in play , it’s an effective way to compare . I’m not like some that complain about using whataboutism then turn around and use it when it helps my argument .
If I was someone that did complain about using them and was hoping to see Biden as POTUS, I believe I’d be looking to change my stance now because they are going to be all over the board after Trump leaves office and a dem takes his place .

 

[DC_Vol]

Just to be fair I’ve always thought “ whataboutisms” are in play , it’s an effective way to compare . I’m not like some that complain about using whataboutism then turn around and use it when it helps my argument .
If I was someone that did complain about using them and was hoping to see Biden as POTUS, I believe I’d be looking to change my stance now because they are going to be all over the board after Trump leaves office and a dem takes his place .

Nobody ever really believed whataboutism was a no no. They just all watched the same television channel during the Kavanaugh hearings and were told what to think and what to say. Some people don’t think for themselves.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Tommy Tubervile says he wont debate RINO Neocon Jeff Sessions. If I lived in Alabama I would vote for Coach Tuberville.

Tommy Tuberville is Refusing to Debate Jeff Sessions in Alabama Senate Runoff - Big League Politics

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

It is unprofessional for them to be engaging in a personal feud in a public domain. I would have expected Sessions to know that he has to be the one to take the high road, because Trump never does. You are right. They both look juvenile. They are behaving like two gossipy teenage girls fighting over who gets invited to their next house party. It's bizarre to see this from the presidency.

Bama voters,

Where's the teenage girls?

Signed,

Roy Moore

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Arizona’s Mark Kelly Sat on Advisory Board of Company That Partnered With Chinese Tech Giant

Mark Kelly under scrutiny for China-linked business interests, investments

Senate candidate Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) sat on the advisory board of and held a significant financial interest in a Colorado company that partnered with a Chinese state-financed tech giant to bring supersonic aerospace technology to China in 2018, according to his financial disclosure reports.

Kelly, a former NASA astronaut, served on the advisory board for Boom Technology, a high-speed aircraft company in Colorado from 2015 to 2019 and owned private stock in the company worth between $115,000 and $300,000 as of last year.

In 2018, Boom Technology partnered with the Shanghai-based travel company Trip.com Group Limited, formerly known as Ctrip, to help "bring supersonic flight to China," according to a joint announcement from the companies.

Ctrip has also been a key player in the Chinese government’s ongoing "Belt and Road Initiative," a massive multi-country infrastructure project that the U.S. government has described as a global security threat.

Kelly, who is challenging Republican incumbent Martha McSally for an Arizona Senate seat, has faced scrutiny for other China-linked business interests and investments. World View Enterprises, a company he cofounded and holds investments in, received funding from Chinese tech company Tencent, the Washington Free Beacon reported last October. Tencent has been accused of espionage and of censoring antigovernment sentiment on its WeChat app.

Dem Senate Candidate Sat on Advisory Board of Company That Partnered With Chinese Tech Giant

 

[evillawyer]

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Exactly what policies do you want implemented if you have Biden, House & Senate?

 

[evillawyer]

Exactly what policies do you want implemented if you have Biden, House & Senate?

We'll start with court packing. Then either firm up or replace Obamacare with a public option. Triage the disaster that Trump has worked in the administrative state. Changes to the tax code to make it more equitable. Grab some guns. You know, the regular stuff.

 

[evillawyer]

Exactly what policies do you want implemented if you have Biden, House & Senate?

And this is also a good one to tack on

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

We'll start with court packing. Then either firm up or replace Obamacare with a public option. Triage the disaster that Trump has worked in the administrative state. Changes to the tax code to make it more equitable. Grab some guns. You know, the regular stuff.

...and if you have these policies, will you be happy?

 

[GAVol]

And this is also a good one to tack on

Hey @lawgator1 , this gets into your realm. What’s your opinion of this? I understand the goal, but to me this could be very problematic for a municipality.

 

[lawgator1]

Hey @lawgator1 , this gets into your realm. What’s your opinion of this? I understand the goal, but to me this could be very problematic for a municipality.

I am watching this closely because its a huge part of what I do. There are about a half a dozen cases pending at the S. Ct. which ask either that the immunity be eliminated or that it be modified, and they have been pending for some time, now. Unusual.

And the politics make for strange bedfellows. There are numerous civil rights groups promoting reform of the immunity; plus some otherwise conservative think tanks, such as the Cato Institute. Justice Thomas has written that its time to reconsider the immunity. And of course its all coming to a head at a time when there is a lot of outrage and revulsion at a particular incident (though I don't think the Floyd incident would likely involve a realistic claim to the immunity).

The S Ct. has carried those cases over yet again, to their conference meeting today on which cases to accept. An Order on them, including granting cert. review could come as early as Monday. Or they could continue to mull them over.

Very much an issue to keep an eye on because I do believe that the practical effects of complete elimination of the immunity would be far reaching and very expensive, not to mention create real hurdles to finding people willing to go into law enforcement, knowing that every act they take could land them in federal court.

 

[GAVol]

I am watching this closely because its a huge part of what I do. There are about a half a dozen cases pending at the S. Ct. which ask either that the immunity be eliminated or that it be modified, and they have been pending for some time, now. Unusual.

And the politics make for strange bedfellows. There are numerous civil rights groups promoting reform of the immunity; plus some otherwise conservative think tanks, such as the Cato Institute. Justice Thomas has written that its time to reconsider the immunity. And of course its all coming to a head at a time when there is a lot of outrage and revulsion at a particular incident (though I don't think the Floyd incident would likely involve a realistic claim to the immunity).

The S Ct. has carried those cases over yet again, to their conference meeting today on which cases to accept. An Order on them, including granting cert. review could come as early as Monday. Or they could continue to mull them over.

Very much an issue to keep an eye on because I do believe that the practical effects of complete elimination of the immunity would be far reaching and very expensive, not to mention create real hurdles to finding people willing to go into law enforcement, knowing that every act they take could land them in federal court.

Thanks for that response. Knew you’d have some insight on that. To me, eliminating the immunity creates a liability nightmare.

 

[lawgator1]

Thanks for that response. Knew you’d have some insight on that. To me, eliminating the immunity creates a liability nightmare.

Everything is on the table; could grant cert en masse; could deny with someone writing. Thomas as author would be interesting for a whole lot of reasons.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Hickenlooper Dragged to Ethics Hearing After Commission Holds Him in Contempt

Josh Christenson - JUNE 5, 2020 1:47 PM

Democratic Senate candidate and former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper appeared before an ethics hearing Friday after he was held in contempt of court for refusing to appear.

Hickenlooper attended the ethics hearing remotely after Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission voted 5-0 Thursday to hold him in contempt. He is the first person in the state to be held in contempt of court by the Independent Ethics Commission.

"By failing to honor the subpoena of the commission, [Hickenlooper] has indicated a disrespect for the rule of law, disrespect for the commission, disrespect for the process, disrespect for the parties and the witnesses," commissioner Bill Leone said in a statement Thursday. "The defendant has imposed a tremendous amount of cost and inconvenience on the commission, on the Attorney General's Office, on the courts, on witnesses and all those who have an interest in this hearing."

Hickenlooper's hearing will determine whether the former governor improperly received corporate gifts, in the form of travel expenses, while he was an elected official. Colorado has a state ban on all elected officials accepting such gifts. As a candidate, Hickenlooper has often campaigned against the unwelcome influence of corporate money on politics.

The Public Trust Institute filed the ethics complaint against the former Colorado governor in October 2018 and filed a subsequent complaint in November 2018. The complaints also allege that Hickenlooper expunged public records of gifts he accepted.

Hickenlooper has denied violating his state's ban on gifts, and his campaign spokeswoman has called the accusations "politically motivated."

If he triumphs in the primary, Hickenlooper will face incumbent senator Cory Gardner (R., Colo.) in November. The primary is set to take place on June 30.

Hickenlooper Dragged to Ethics Hearing After Commission Holds Him in Contempt

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Appeals Court Bench Blocks Universal Vote-By-Mail In Texas

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday blocked an order requiring Texas officials to make mail-in ballots available to any voter who wants one due to the coronavirus ahead of elections in July.

Mail-in ballots are available in Texas if the applicant is over the age of 65. Voters under 65 must demonstrate that they will be outside the state or have a disability to vote by mail. Texas Democrats challenged those rules, arguing among other things that they violate equal protection and the 26th Amendment's bar on age discrimination in voting.

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery sided with the Democratic plaintiffs in a May 19 order requiring the state to make vote-by-mail available to virtually all Texans. The Fifth Circuit decision includes pointed rebukes of Biery's order, predicting his decision "will be remembered more for audacity than legal reasoning."

Voters will cast ballots on July 14 in about 30 primary races where no candidate attained a majority of the vote. Among numerous other state and federal races, Democrats M.J. Hegar and Royce West are vying for the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) in the November general election. Early voting for the primary runoffs begins on June 29. State officials expanded the early voting period to disperse turnout and reduce the possibility that polling precincts will become vectors of transmission. After Thursday's decision, mail-in ballots will only be available to those who ordinarily qualify under the state's rules.

"Allowing universal mail-in ballots, which are particularly vulnerable to fraud, would only lead to greater election fraud and disenfranchise lawful voters. The unanimous Fifth Circuit ruling puts a stop to this blatant violation of Texas law."

Appeals Court Bench Blocks Universal Vote-By-Mail In Texas

 

[BowlBrother85]

McSally is burnt toast.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Yay. Possibly new batch of worthless pieces of **** who do nothing but steal from us citizens.

 

[evillawyer]

Good. Lay down with dogs, rise up with fleas.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Democrats try to Dump their Nebraska Senate candidate for Texting Staffer that campaign should Pay to 'get her laid,' saying it would 'take three guys'

The Nebraska Democratic Party called on its U.S. Senate nominee to drop out of the race Tuesday after he made sexually repugnant comments about a campaign staffer in a group text with her and other staffers.

The party said its state executive committee voted unanimously on Monday evening to withdraw all of its resources from Chris Janicek's campaign.

Janicek, the owner of an Omaha cupcake bakery, is challenging Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, who is seeking a second term.

Janicek accepted the Democratic nomination a little more than a month ago after winning a seven-candidate primary race, but the odds of winning in November were against him in Republican-dominated Nebraska even before his party withdrew its support.

Free cupcakes: Janicek has campaigned by taking free baking to an Omaha high school but is now refusing to quit over his sexual harassment shame

'Our Democratic Party has no tolerance for sexual harassment,' state Democratic Party Chairwoman Jane Kleeb said in a statement. 'Our party will not extend resources or any type of support to any candidate that violates our code of conduct and doesn't treat men and women with the dignity and respect they deserve.'

The text messages, which were obtained by The Associated Press, were from a group chat involving Janicek and five other people, including the female staffer. At one point, he wrote that he had argued with her and then asked whether the campaign should spend money on 'getting her laid.'

'It will probably take three guys,' he wrote, before describing in graphic detail an imagined group sex scene involving the female staffer.

He then tried walk back those comments as 'a joke,' and texted an apology to the group.

Dems try to dump Nebraska Senate candidate for texting that campaign should pay to get staffer laid' | Daily Mail Online

 

[volfanjustin]

By the liberal/BLM/antifa standards he has to end his campaign right?
Hickenlooper apologizes for resurfaced comment comparing himself to slave

"If I was to describe a scheduler, a political scheduler, imagine an ancient slave ship with the guy with the whip, and you're rowing," Hickenlooper said to laughter in the video. "We elected officials are the ones that are rowing, and they have nothing but hard, often thankless things to do."