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[ElNono]

Huelskamp loses GOP primary after ideological battle

GOP Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a three-term incumbent and House Freedom Caucus member from Kansas, lost his House primary Tuesday night to challenger Roger Marshall, a physician backed by agricultural interests and several big-spending outside groups.

Marshall had 57 percent of the vote to Huelskamp’s 43 percent when The Associated Press called the race with 72 percent of precincts reporting.

Huelskamp’s primary in the “Big First” district, a safely Republican seat, became a proxy war between hard-line conservatives and more traditional GOP groups and donors.

Story: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/huelskamp-defeated-in-kansas-primary-226603

[boutons_deux]

"to advance a fiscally conservative agenda to actually end out-of-control spending"

:lol

decoded: cut spending on the poor, keep spending on the rich (the donors who hired Marshall)

[spurraider21]

:lol huelskamp

Sometimes on my way home from work I tune into mark Levin for the lulz. As soon as I heard him passionately endorsing huelskamp I knew he was a looney

[rmt]

What this article doesn't say is that Huelskamp is a NeverTrumper (and supported by Cruz) and Marshall is pro-Trump.

http://hiddenamericans.com/politics/nevertrump-gop-rep-loses-primary-to-pro-trump-challenger/

[boutons_deux]

What this article doesn't say is that Huelskamp is a NeverTrumper (and supported by Cruz) and Marshall is pro-Trump.

http://hiddenamericans.com/politics/nevertrump-gop-rep-loses-primary-to-pro-trump-challenger/

Well, it's KS, so you know every politician and their voters are fucked up.

[spurraider21]

Article doesn't have to say that. Tea party guys usually like cruz and dislike trump as a result. Tea party agenda is to use "states rights" in order to push their religious beliefs into law

[FromWayDowntown]

Tea party agenda is to use "states rights" in order to push their religious beliefs into law

I'm not sure that's limited to the tea party or to pushing just religious beliefs -- it seems to be a catchall for saying that blue states shouldn't be governed by Democrats at all.

Though it's funny to hear Team GOP scream about states' rights and then lambaste Obama for (for instance) not eradicating murder in Chicago.

[Aztecfan03]

I'm not sure that's limited to the tea party or to pushing just religious beliefs -- it seems to be a catchall for saying that blue states shouldn't be governed by Democrats at all.

Though it's funny to hear Team GOP scream about states' rights and then lambaste Obama for (for instance) not eradicating murder in Chicago.

:rolleyes When has someone done this?

[Spurminator]

:rolleyes When has someone done this?

The Republican Convention.

[Aztecfan03]

The Republican Convention.

Do you have any Quotes?

[boutons_deux]

Do you have any Quotes?

"Obama's (of course) Chicago" with high murder rates and gun control are ALWAYS brought up here to "prove" gun control doesn't work.

[Spurminator]

Do you have any Quotes?


Decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this Administration’s rollback of criminal enforcement.

Homicides last year increased by 17% in America’s fifty largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years. In our nation’s capital, killings have risen by 50 percent. They are up nearly 60% in nearby Baltimore.

In the President’s hometown of Chicago, more than 2,000 have been the victims of shootings this year alone. And more than 3,600 have been killed in the Chicago area since he took office.