Politico‘s latest “person of interest” is leftist lawyer Ron Filipkowski. Apparently, he’s the “hard-tweeting defense lawyer GOP candidates have learned to fear.”
Calm down. Pride cometh before the fall. I always forget who he is. Then again, I’m not a Republican or GOP candidate. (Remember, I don’t have a horse in this race.)
Anyway, Filipkowski said he remains in contact with Laura Loomer and the Trump campaign to eliminate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from the race:
His tweets have sparked cable news segments and online battles with political operatives. Journalists have alerts turned on to catch the latest photo or obscure right-wing event he has uncovered. Even the campaigns he covers and political figures he loathes have warmed to him and even teamed up with him. Filipkowski said he is in contact with far-right activist Laura Loomer and people affiliated with Donald Trump’s campaign. It’s not to boost Trump (whom he has been agitating against since the 2020 campaign) but to upend their mutual enemy: DeSantis.“I’m probably the top anti-DeSantis person on Twitter. So if [rivals] have something anti-DeSantis that they want to get into the mainstream, they’ll send it to me,” Filipkowski said, without disclosing the name of anyone on the Trump campaign he’s worked with. The Trump campaign declined to comment.Loomer said they speak occasionally. “He knows I’m a Trump loyalist, and I know he doesn’t like Trump, and despite our differences, we have found common ground on making sure Ron DeSantis is never elected president of the United States, ever.”
Honestly, is anyone shocked? I’d like to find out who the other candidates are working with behind closed doors to remove their opponents.
Politics is a dirty game.
Filipkowski used to be a Republican until the pandemic because he had to watch Trump while staying home:
“A lot of Republicans talk about the fact that with Covid they were forced to see what their kids were being taught at school,” Filipkowski said. “For me, it was like, now I’m forced to watch Trump every day, and I just started throwing things at the TV and screaming. … I was shocked at how stupid he was and how obnoxious he was.” That’s when he decided, he says, “I’m gonna do everything I can to defeat him.”One day, during the 2020 election cycle, he spotted a call for people to submit personal testimony videos for an advertising campaign by Republican Voters Against Trump, a group longtime conservative Bill Kristol was launching.“I wrestled with it for like, two weeks. Because I’m like a known person here. You know, once I do that, it’s burning a bridge forever. … I can never walk into a Republican club or meeting again,” Filipkowski explained.
I laughed: “I made the case to conservatives, which is like, ‘Why do you like this? … You say that you’re for this military service, [that you’re] Christian who lives right down the line, and [Trump], in every way, has lived his life the opposite of what you believe.’”
So the smart thing is to obviously go to the Democrats because they’re a shining beacon of family and Christian values. Give me a break.
Why is the Trump side so scared of DeSantis? Are they that worried they have to work with Filipkowski and other rabid Trump haters?
I really want to know. As I said, I would love to know if the other candidates teamed up with anyone on the other side.
Then there’s Laura Loomer. I don’t have to say much, right?
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