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A GOP With Backbone Would Support Elon
Musk, Punish Apple, And Fight For Free
Speech On Twitter

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Posted By: earlybird, 12/1/2022 7:25:05 PM

Apple’s threat to remove Twitter from its App store for the crime of being a slightly more open forum for free speech under Elon Musk has been met with a chorus of outrage and substantive threats of congressional action by Republican leaders. Just kidding. Republicans have barely said anything about it, and establishment Republicans have said nothing at all. With the exception of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who offered his opinion on a matter outside his purview as a governor, Apple’s threat to crush Twitter has been met more or less with silence, even from members of the GOP who consider themselves conservative.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: earlybird 12/1/2022 7:30:25 PM (No. 1346927)
See new article just above. Just published, just posted. Sounds as though Musk worked it out… May write his own “Art of the Deal"?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Proud Texan 12/1/2022 7:30:26 PM (No. 1346928)
Just from the title, this is some kind of "fantasy" article.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: itsonlyme 12/1/2022 7:33:58 PM (No. 1346929)
Mitch "MultiUseless" McConnell doesn't even have a spine. Yes, when his Senate term finishes January, 2027 he'll celebrate his 85th Birthday the following month.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Citoyen 12/1/2022 7:43:46 PM (No. 1346933)
So far Kevin McCarthy is proving to be as passive as many feared. I know that he is not yet Speaker but there is no reason why he should be silent on Apple's collusion with China and its hint to essentially de-platform Twitter. So far only a few senators have rebuked Apple. They continue to wonder why they can't attract voters and keep doing the same old same old.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: spinpilot 12/1/2022 7:57:04 PM (No. 1346941)
But they are all being paid by the Chinese.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: thomthomp 12/1/2022 8:28:35 PM (No. 1346949)
"A GOP with backbone" is contrary to all historical evidence. Maybe once, when the Republican Party was formed to fight slavery, but not recently.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Geoman 12/1/2022 8:37:03 PM (No. 1346952)
The Headline wouldn't be so appealing to the anti-GOP faction if it had led with, "80 million Right-of-Center Americans with Backbone Would Openly Support Elon Musk by Publicly Smashing Their Phones, Thus Demonstrating Willingness to Fight for Free Speech." That might call for a little introspection and less blame passed on to the politicians they elected; besides, why should anyone get rid of their sought-after i-Phones, iPads, MacBooks, and assorted electronic paraphernalia, when it is so much easier and much more fashionable to blame Republicans?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: earlybird 12/1/2022 8:40:34 PM (No. 1346953)
“in a perfect world…."
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Californian 12/1/2022 9:07:21 PM (No. 1346973)
Author is operating under the incorrect theory that GOP=conservative. They are not. GOP=uniparty.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 12/1/2022 9:27:09 PM (No. 1346981)
#9 has it right. A “spine” implies interest in the American people, of which the GOP wing of the Uniparty has none.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Paglia guy 12/1/2022 10:08:00 PM (No. 1346992)
3 names and lots of outrage. Looks like all your writing is pretty moot, pal. Embarrassing. Mollie and Harsanyi and little else on The Fed.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: mifla 12/2/2022 5:12:49 AM (No. 1347091)
And an unbiased media would lay the facts out and not take sides. This is fun.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DCGIRL 12/2/2022 5:20:11 AM (No. 1347094)
#3, Mitch is ruthless when it comes to MAGA. This man and his wife are part of the CCP and don't forget it. Now that they can review Trump's tax returns, let's have a look and Mitch and family.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: F15 Gork 12/2/2022 7:12:58 AM (No. 1347155)
GOP and bAckbone in the same sentence? C’mon man!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: rusino 12/2/2022 7:35:13 AM (No. 1347167)
The REPUBLICAN Stupid/Silent Party 😳🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Yuban 12/2/2022 8:21:05 AM (No. 1347200)
I am a Conservative, not a Republican, not a Libertarian, not a Democrat, not a Socialist, not a Communist, a Conservative, Con serv a tive.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: broken01 12/2/2022 8:42:09 AM (No. 1347215)
Remember that scene from Goodfellas where Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta and company are laughing at a joke the former was telling and then he asked Liotta do I amuse you and make you laugh? That's me and my Conservative friend when we read this headline. A GOP with a backbone? Amusing and funny.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Zigrid 12/2/2022 11:29:47 AM (No. 1347371)
I'm starting to like this guy more each day...musk is sticking it to the establishment dudes and smiling all the way...I might consider joining tweeter...although I'm enjoying Truth Social very much...since the wokies are checking every post on Truth Social...I've been effective in hiding my responses from the behavioral psychologists in the White House war room...were they monitor the "pulse" of the electorate...so they can report to the cabal....the tattle/tale professional social media misfits are trying to break our spirit...MAGA
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Reply 19 - Posted by: NotaBene 12/2/2022 11:39:33 AM (No. 1347378)
Elon Musk is getting more and more interesting. Like Tump, a hero against Marxist dominion.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: WhamDBambam 12/2/2022 12:31:44 PM (No. 1347457)
And, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: FormerDem 12/2/2022 12:46:54 PM (No. 1347474)
the way to help Elon right now is buy some advertising for your twitter feed. And who cares if it even works. .... Though actually it did work, I am paying in effect for one pepsi a day, and my follower count keeps going up. I am on a bizarre and tiny topic but twitter keeps finding me people who are interested.... Anyway I think I am helping Elon.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: DrOstrow 12/2/2022 1:11:48 PM (No. 1347497)
The initial premise being false renders the title statement pointless. We buy Chinese junk ( pun intended ) by the shipload enabling the Chinese to do exactly what #5 says ! See how simple and fun 'basic economics' can be !!!??
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Reply 23 - Posted by: RWPollock 12/2/2022 3:48:33 PM (No. 1347572)
Term limits , no lobbying allowed , and no taking money from foreign entities would be a start in stopping the sell outs in Washington!
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