Election Day odds and ends
A lot of history was made last night
Last night was an historic night for the Republican party. As with any election, all kinds of interesting tidbits miss the major headlines. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
“Get Money Out of Politics!!”
Sometimes money isn’t everything, especially not when you have a beard like this guy.
This Rhode Island governor candidate won 22 percent of the vote. He only spent $35. http://t.co/oionOLRBM1pic.twitter.com/YxGoOINc0Z
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) November 5, 2014
GOP fashion sense just improved
It looks like Carl DeMaio will be the first openly gay Republican Congressman! http://t.co/NYJ3aDFTh1
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) November 5, 2014
Technically…
@KemberleeKaye@emzanotti No. We’ve had openly gay GOP congressmen. He’s the first to be out before his first election.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 5, 2014
About that War on Women…
Making history: 100 women hold seats in US Congress – the highest number ever http://t.co/94PuFUFIPp #Midterms2014 pic.twitter.com/BzHGcNiTSo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 5, 2014
New York elected the youngest woman ever elected to Congress
History made! 30-year-old Republican is youngest woman EVER in congress: http://t.co/H2t9KJIA6r #VoteRepublican — Brad Thor (@BradThor) November 5, 2014
Tim Scott made all kinds of awesome history
HISTORY: Republican Tim Scott First Black Senator Elected in South Since Reconstruction… http://t.co/uQqqh1gcJU
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) November 5, 2014
But wait, there’s more…
.@SenatorTimScott is also the 1st African-American to be elected to both the House and Senate http://t.co/Detzy6a5X1pic.twitter.com/mj83iXaXLH — CNN (@CNN) November 5, 2014
The first Iraq War Veteran was elected to the Senate
Tom Cotton, who’s projected to win in Arkansas, will be the first Iraq war veteran elected to the Senate. http://t.co/9QX97GOrqm — FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 5, 2014
And then the first woman veteran was elected to the Senate
And also the first woman elected to represent Iowa in the Senate
So happy for @joniernst for her BIG WIN! First woman elected to the Senate from #Iowa! #IASen pic.twitter.com/ZezalElb4q — Reince Priebus (@Reince) November 5, 2014
Abortion is not exactly a winning message
Abbott just squeaked by with nearly a million more votes than Wendy Davis — Matthew (@Matthops82) November 5, 2014
Wendy Davis losing white women by 35 points is just hilarious.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 5, 2014
Racist Republicans continued their he-man women hating
Oops. RT @LessGovMoreFun #tcot http://t.co/chnoH3EhI7 pic.twitter.com/K9Cp1K8Wpo — LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) November 5, 2014
If you can’t afford your own birth control, you probably shouldn’t run for office
Fluke Flunked: Condom Queen Sandra Fluke Crushed by Whopping 22 Points http://t.co/wRuiLRbX5T
— US PATRIOT (@USPATRIOT5) November 5, 2014
Did I mention that “women’s health activist” @sandrafluke lost last night? Yeah, CA is SO misogynist. http://t.co/X9guT6wNTB
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 5, 2014
But there’s still progress to be made
GOP won half of Asian voters, one-third of Jewish voters, 1/4 of LGBT voters http://t.co/9JMVrhwPU8 — Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 5, 2014
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Comments
Ernst is also an Iraq War veteran.
I understand the commemoration of milestones, but I hope Republicans will not become Democrat-lite. The notable, achievement of Western civilization was to recognize individual and intrinsic dignity independent of ethnicity, color, gender, age, etc.
That’s a rather eccentric précis of Western civilization.
https://twitter.com/michaelbeatty3/status/530097202677702656/photo/1
Well, THAT right there was a milestone all by itself…!!!
re: Maggot…
Technically, Cotton was elected a few hours before Ernst.
I wonder….Will any of these new folks stand with Cruz?
Tim Scott is the real deal, he hasn’t changed a bit since he was on Charleston County Council, fighting for common sense and fiscal responsibility.
But we must be careful with our future stars like him, and Stefanik and Love and Ernst. We have sometimes rushed our young prospects along too fast, before they were seasoned enough and experienced enough to handle what they were asked to do.
All four of these are pretty level-headed people, but don’t forget they are our bench for next few years, not the every-day starters.
“but don’t forget they are our bench for next few years, not the every-day starters.”
Born leaders know when to follow and when to lead and that is what sets them apart from the dead fish going with the flow. If you are going to be a bear, be a grizzly bear and not a Yogi. Politics as usual should have kept a few freshman Republican Senator’s mouths shut the last couple of years, but yet they connected with many at the grass-root level. I say if you got it, go for it. Who cares if you pi$$ the McCains off, unless you are worried about an IRS audit.
We need to work getting the youth into the GOP based on being the party of liberty and opportunity, rather than the party of free stuff.
On the social issues we need to be more accepting of others views but not accept getting their dogma stuffed down our throat. I think gay marriage is OK but it is so wrong to force someone to bake a cake for a ceremony one does not support.