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Tuesday’s primary election results were generally bad for President Trump and America First patriots. Two of his most important endorsements failed miserably, underperforming even compared to their dismal poll numbers. David Perdue and Jody Hice were trounced by voter-fraud-deniers Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger in Georgia. This established a string of losses for Trump-endorsed candidates taking on GOP Establishment incumbents.
According to WSJ:
In Georgia on Tuesday night, Gov. Brian Kemp decisively won his primary against the former president’s candidate, former Sen. David Perdue. Last week in Idaho, Mr. Trump’s candidate, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, lost her challenge to Gov. Brad Little. A week before that, Charles Herbster, the Trump-backed businessman who ran for governor in Nebraska and faced allegations of groping women, lost to University of Nebraska official Jim Pillen. Mr. Herbster denied the allegations; Mr. Trump told voters to overlook them.
Georgia’s governor race was perhaps the marquee primary test given it was the center of the president’s false 2020 election fraud claims that he says will boost turnout for Republicans this fall. He repeatedly attacked Mr. Kemp, calling him weak for not trying to overturn President Biden’s win there.
Does this mean Trump has lost his touch or, worse yet, his support? Not at all. It means the two things I’ve been saying since before the first primary this year are still quite true, even for Trump. First, it’s always going to be tough to beat an incumbent who doesn’t have a major scandal attached to them because many if not most U.S. voters like to go with what they know during primaries. It’s human nature to assume that an incumbent who has proven they can beat Democrats will get the lion’s share of low-information votes during primaries.
Second, and I’ll continue to say this despite most disagreeing with me, is my belief that endorsements are mostly worthless. Are dedicated Trump fans going to take his endorsement into account? Sure. But your standard mid- to high-information voter is going to be the one who’s even aware of Trump’s or anyone’s endorsement, and those voters are more likely to do the research to make their own decisions.
Endorsements are mostly ineffective. Rallies and other appearances for the sake of fundraising are better. But both are trumped by the quality of the campaign. Money and great endorsements cannot make a bad campaign or a bad candidate win. Perdue was a horrible candidate throughout, hitting the wrong notes at the wrong times and often coming across as whiny rather than winning.
As for Hice, did he even run a campaign? I like him as a Congressman, but he wasn’t out there hammering Raffensperger nearly as hard as he should have been. He had a prime opportunity to make national news and drive massive fundraising if he had gone after Raffensperger’s demonstrable corruption. Instead, he ran the mediocre campaign that’s fine for a congressional district but not nearly enough for a statewide election.
The real narrative here isn’t just Trump. The bigger narrative that the Republican Establishment and their cronies in corporate media will play on is the combination of “MAGA Republicans” and voter fraud losing weight in the eyes of primary voters. This may or may not be true; we tend to see things in light of what’s present in the America First base but often miss what Average Joe Republican is thinking. Have they been so gaslighted by Fox News and the like to the point they think voter fraud didn’t happen and MAGA is dead and gone?
I don’t know the answer to that question, but it really isn’t important to know because our path forward remains the same. The America First movement must get louder in spite of corporate media propaganda. Voter fraud must remain an issue until culprits are held responsible. Most importantly, RINOs must be exposed. We need to work harder at that now more than ever. America hangs in the balance and continued control by the Uniparty is untenable.
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One final note about Trump’s influence in the party. As improbable as it was to imagine just a year ago, there are plenty of rumblings about active people within the America First movement having second thoughts about him. He hasn’t helped himself by continuing to this day to promote the jabs. I’m not sure where the disconnect is or why he feels it’s beneficial to mention them at most events, but it’s turning MAGA people away. Then, there’s the poor endorsements of people like Dr. Mehmet Oz that have people scratching their heads. Even the Republican Establishment is rallying behind Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania over fellow globalist David McCormick. That’s not a good look for Trump.
Arguably the most concerning miss on his endorsements on Tuesday is the one nobody’s discussing. Mo Brooks has done much better since LOSING Trump’s endorsement. When Trump pulled his endorsement two months ago, Brooks was in a distant third place with under 17% in the polls. He finished yesterday by forcing a runoff and getting 29.1%.
Perdue and Hice were expected to lose, but just two weeks ago so was Brooks. He surged in spite of Trump. That doesn’t mean he got a bump from Trump pulling his endorsement. It just reinforces what I’ve said all along: Endorsements don’t mean much.
We need to fight harder to get America First candidates across the finish line. We can’t rely on Trump or Ron DeSantis or Tucker Carlson to do that for us. We need to do it ourselves.
Five Things New “Preppers” Forget When Getting Ready for Bad Times Ahead
The preparedness community is growing faster than it has in decades. Even during peak times such as Y2K, the economic downturn of 2008, and Covid, the vast majority of Americans made sure they had plenty of toilet paper but didn’t really stockpile anything else.
Things have changed. There’s a growing anxiety in this presidential election year that has prompted more Americans to get prepared for crazy events in the future. Some of it is being driven by fearmongers, but there are valid concerns with the economy, food supply, pharmaceuticals, the energy grid, and mass rioting that have pushed average Americans into “prepper” mode.
There are degrees of preparedness. One does not have to be a full-blown “doomsday prepper” living off-grid in a secure Montana bunker in order to be ahead of the curve. In many ways, preparedness isn’t about being able to perfectly handle every conceivable situation. It’s about being less dependent on government for as long as possible. Those who have proper “preps” will not be waiting for FEMA to distribute emergency supplies to the desperate masses.
Below are five things people new to preparedness (and sometimes even those with experience) often forget as they get ready. All five are common sense notions that do not rely on doomsday in order to be useful. It may be nice to own a tank during the apocalypse but there’s not much you can do with it until things get really crazy. The recommendations below can have places in the lives of average Americans whether doomsday comes or not.
Note: The information provided by this publication or any related communications is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. We do not provide personalized investment, financial, or legal advice.
Secured Wealth
Whether in the bank or held in a retirement account, most Americans feel that their life’s savings is relatively secure. At least they did until the last couple of years when de-banking, geopolitical turmoil, and the threat of Central Bank Digital Currencies reared their ugly heads.
It behooves Americans to diversify their holdings. If there’s a triggering event or series of events that cripple the financial systems or devalue the U.S. Dollar, wealth can evaporate quickly. To hedge against potential turmoil, many Americans are looking in two directions: Crypto and physical precious metals.
There are huge advantages to cryptocurrencies, but there are also inherent risks because “virtual” money can become challenging to spend. Add in the push by central banks and governments to regulate or even replace cryptocurrencies with their own versions they control and the risks amplify. There’s nothing wrong with cryptocurrencies today but things can change rapidly.
As for physical precious metals, many Americans pay cash to keep plenty on hand in their safe. Rolling over or transferring retirement accounts into self-directed IRAs is also a popular option, but there are caveats. It can often take weeks or even months to get the gold and silver shipped if the owner chooses to close their account. This is why Genesis Gold Group stands out. Their relationship with the depositories allows for rapid closure and shipping, often in less than 10 days from the time the account holder makes their move. This can come in handy if things appear to be heading south.
Lots of Potable Water
One of the biggest shocks that hit new preppers is understanding how much potable water they need in order to survive. Experts claim one gallon of water per person per day is necessary. Even the most conservative estimates put it at over half-a-gallon. That means that for a family of four, they’ll need around 120 gallons of water to survive for a month if the taps turn off and the stores empty out.
Being near a fresh water source, whether it’s a river, lake, or well, is a best practice among experienced preppers. It’s necessary to have a water filter as well, even if the taps are still working. Many refuse to drink tap water even when there is no emergency. Berkey was our previous favorite but they’re under attack from regulators so the Alexapure systems are solid replacements.
For those in the city or away from fresh water sources, storage is the best option. This can be challenging because proper water storage containers take up a lot of room and are difficult to move if the need arises. For “bug in” situations, having a larger container that stores hundreds or even thousands of gallons is better than stacking 1-5 gallon containers. Unfortunately, they won’t be easily transportable and they can cost a lot to install.
Water is critical. If chaos erupts and water infrastructure is compromised, having a large backup supply can be lifesaving.
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies
There are multiple threats specific to the medical supply chain. With Chinese and Indian imports accounting for over 90% of pharmaceutical ingredients in the United States, deteriorating relations could make it impossible to get the medicines and antibiotics many of us need.
Stocking up many prescription medications can be hard. Doctors generally do not like to prescribe large batches of drugs even if they are shelf-stable for extended periods of time. It is a best practice to ask your doctor if they can prescribe a larger amount. Today, some are sympathetic to concerns about pharmacies running out or becoming inaccessible. Tell them your concerns. It’s worth a shot. The worst they can do is say no.
If your doctor is unwilling to help you stock up on medicines, then Jase Medical is a good alternative. Through telehealth, they can prescribe daily meds or antibiotics that are shipped to your door. As proponents of medical freedom, they empathize with those who want to have enough medical supplies on hand in case things go wrong.
Energy Sources
The vast majority of Americans are locked into the grid. This has proven to be a massive liability when the grid goes down. Unfortunately, there are no inexpensive remedies.
Those living off-grid had to either spend a lot of money or effort (or both) to get their alternative energy sources like solar set up. For those who do not want to go so far, it’s still a best practice to have backup power sources. Diesel generators and portable solar panels are the two most popular, and while they’re not inexpensive they are not out of reach of most Americans who are concerned about being without power for extended periods of time.
Natural gas is another necessity for many, but that’s far more challenging to replace. Having alternatives for heating and cooking that can be powered if gas and electric grids go down is important. Have a backup for items that require power such as manual can openers. If you’re stuck eating canned foods for a while and all you have is an electric opener, you’ll have problems.
Don’t Forget the Protein
When most think about “prepping,” they think about their food supply. More Americans are turning to gardening and homesteading as ways to produce their own food. Others are working with local farmers and ranchers to purchase directly from the sources. This is a good idea whether doomsday comes or not, but it’s particularly important if the food supply chain is broken.
Most grocery stores have about one to two weeks worth of food, as do most American households. Grocers rely heavily on truckers to receive their ongoing shipments. In a crisis, the current process can fail. It behooves Americans for multiple reasons to localize their food purchases as much as possible.
Long-term storage is another popular option. Canned foods, MREs, and freeze dried meals are selling out quickly even as prices rise. But one component that is conspicuously absent in shelf-stable food is high-quality protein. Most survival food companies offer low quality “protein buckets” or cans of meat, but they are often barely edible.
Prepper All-Naturals offers premium cuts of steak that have been cooked sous vide and freeze dried to give them a 25-year shelf life. They offer Ribeye, NY Strip, and Tenderloin among others.
Having buckets of beans and rice is a good start, but keeping a solid supply of high-quality protein isn’t just healthier. It can help a family maintain normalcy through crises.
Prepare Without Fear
With all the challenges we face as Americans today, it can be emotionally draining. Citizens are scared and there’s nothing irrational about their concerns. Being prepared and making lifestyle changes to secure necessities can go a long way toward overcoming the fears that plague us. We should hope and pray for the best but prepare for the worst. And if the worst does come, then knowing we did what we could to be ready for it will help us face those challenges with confidence.
The MAGA candidates in Georgia were victims of an open primary and the Stacey Abrahms machine.
True dat!! But the msm was waiting for this one. That is why the establishment flew in all the usual suspects. You know Trump is not a stupid man. There is something about the way this turned out that has me wondering if something else is going on here. I mean Trump knew it was an open election and with no one challenging Abrams he had to know dems would come out like crazy for Kemp. Then the hard core MAGA coming out immediately saying we need to support Kemp??? Really??? We are not seeing something here and we may not see it until November. But my gut is telling me this was a set up on some level. We will see.
Kemp may not make it to November. His cover-up of the 2020 GA election fraud is too big to go unpunished…he may be taken out of the race because he’s under indictment and arrest…..just sayin.’
Your right. see big losses in states not fixing the steal.
No he has 96% on his picks he supported.
Hope Georgia will be happy with Abrams as their future governor.
No Mojo lost… Trump’s win percentage for endorsed candidates was 88% for Tuesday… Throw in other recent elections and it is even higher…
Can’t win 100% of the time…
Although in the RNC will end up being 100% MAGA…
Remember, Brother JD, the Deep State is the collective bunch of unelected career bureaucrat ministry workers that anonymously do the bidding of the oligarchy.
I suggest a play similar to when Janet Reno took over the DOJ: require the resignations of everyone.
Then, interview and rehire based on the current administration’s policies.
I realize that long ago regulations and rules were created to prevent the above (I am a D.C. Native offspring of two former SuperGrades) but since no one actually follows laws and rules nowadays and the results happen before any accountability is only ceremoniously handed out, why don’t we try this?
Never heard of this site before and I never will visit it again. 100 to 6 is the tally Trump back candidates won 100 to 6 and this site says Trump is in trouble….. click bait baby crap here….
Did you research how many votes for Kemp and Raffensberger came from Democrat voters? I would bet that the only reason Raffensberger won was because of Democrat voters casting a vote for him. The Gateway Pundit concurs.
You fell into the Liberal trap. They want us to start blaming ourselves first. That way the real problem of fraud is overlooked. You cannot ever win anything if the playing field is stacked against you. Please stop appeasing the liberals with blaming MAGA candidates and focus on the fraud. Democrats voted in the Georgia primaries. Enough to tip the scale. Take out the Dem votes and guess what … yeah, I’m sure your gut reacted the same way. MAGA would have won.
Now, look at Trump’s endorsements. Take out Georgia. What’s the spread? You really think Trump’s pull is diminishing? That answer would be “no”, if you aren’t sure. The only factor limiting the success of MAGA is fraud. Why is Pennsylvania not decided? Fraud. Why did Kemp and Raffensberger win? Fraud. Who thought it was a great idea to let the enemy cast votes? That’s called fraudulent actions.
Toss the big ball of crap back in there faces. Make them pin down how many Dems voted for Kemp and Raffensberger. Make them admit that those two won only because of Dem voting. Showcase the fraud and bring it into the sunlight. Make them squirm with the truth. And stop blaming MAGA.
Fraud:
One that is not what it seems or is represented to be. Example: The UFO picture was proved to be a fraud .
A person who pretends to be what he or she is not You’re not Santa Claus—you’re a fraud .
Any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage specifically a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with knowledge of its falsity or in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity and with the intent to deceive another and that is reasonably relied on by the other who is injured thereby.
Misrepresentation. concealment. Dem pretending to be a Repub. Dem pretending to represent what Repubs want in office.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/05/democrat-voters-pushed-dirtbag-raffensperger-top-georgia-gop-primary/
I disagree with the conclusion that endorsements are ineffective because only low-information voters are persuaded by endorsements. Indeed, that’s exactly why endorsements ARE effective. So-called “informed voters” are few and far between; i.e., the vast majority of voters are low-information. Ergo, endorsements matter. This can be exemplified by the fact that our body politic has been so easily corralled for over two centuries into the Uniparty Coin-toss Election model. Thinking people, such as I, tend to feel disenfranchised altogether by this, by what we observe correctly as a smattering of clandestinely hyped strawman crises that have exactly two, strangely opposite crisis solvers, whose actual solutions, much like the crises themselves, are never defined but sound really opposite during campaign speeches. And disenfranchised, thinking people also tend to boycott stupid, condescending wastes of time–like choosing between two crappy, panhandling, dim-bulb candidates who were put there by the wholly rigged (and wholly bribed) Two-Party Primary system, and knowing that either candidate’s actions would facilitate the clockwork decline of civilization anyway because long before the candidates were even born, society chose to stop rewarding merit above all else. Anyway, vox populi elections are merely circuses for the Plebeians (and deep down, JD, I know you know that). And governments propped up by such elections–which are all rigged psychologically if not outright physically–will not stand the test of time. The best minds will simply be culled from the gene pool after so many generations of ceding individual responsibility to “representation,” and all that will be left will be the lazy, mindless, helpless savages. Mike Judge did a great, funny movie predicting this very thing. It’s not such a funny movie now.
WHAT? Trump is 100-6 in endorsement election wins this year!!! Hardly a problem. Kemp and Raffensburger in GA were and are RINO anti-Trumpers from the beginning. As in PA, McCormick is a NWO Bushite, and anti-Trumper as well. Not gonna get Trump support period. Conservatives of the establishment ilk may win primaries because of the base but cannot win in purple states general elections against Democrats. Trump not being a pure conservative understands this. A winning candidate needs to be able to pull a majority of Independents as well as at least 20% of Democrats to be successful. There was always a schism in the Republican Party with Trump because he doesn’t fit in with the old school corrupted types. Get over it.
Have you gone off the deep end? The statement pasted below implies that you regard President Trump’s claims about the election to be false.
“Georgia’s governor race was perhaps the marquee primary test given it was the center of the president’s false 2020 election fraud claims that he says will boost turnout for Republicans this fall. He repeatedly attacked Mr. Kemp, calling him weak for not trying to overturn President Biden’s win there.”
The 2020 election was stolen by the demoncrat party machine. That is very clear. In reality Donald J Trump is the President of the USA.
I live in Georgia and I think Kemp won the governor’s race fair and square. He’s the incumbent and things have gone pretty well in the state over the last four years. Don’t forget too that he was passing out tax rebates to all Georgia taxpayers as they were heading to the polls. One could argue he did a little old fashioned vote buying by handing out those checks just before Election Day. More importantly though, Georgia Republicans believe he’s the best choice to beat Abrams and that’s their focus. Another factor is that Georgia allows crossover voting so Democrats can vote in the Republican primary and many did. However, the Democrats who crossed over voted for Kemp too just to get back at Trump. It was a recipe that gave him a resounding victory.
Trump’s preferred candidate (Herschel Walker) won the Senate race and his preference for Lt. Governor (Burt Jones) also won. In both of those races, there was no incumbent so his choice seemingly carried a lot of weight.
For Secretary of State, I think Raffensperger’s slim victory can be attributed to Democrats crossing over. Had that not occurred, the incumbent SoS would’ve been forced into a runoff he likely would’ve lost. Chalk this up to Democrats who saw Brad as an their ally who saved the Georgia race in 2020 from those who sought to steal it and in so doing helped to put Joe Biden in the White House. They were going to reward him for that and they did; they give him a victory albeit very slim.
Taken together the varied results aren’t any kind of indication that Trump has lost his mojo. There were many factors. Trump was but one.
I live in Georgia. I voted agaist Kemp. In no way at all is the Perdu loss a reflection on Trump. It’s more a reflection on Perdue.
I’ll present a bit different view here – have to take every endorsement on a case by case basis.
Most people in Georgia detest David Perdue. He’s a total RINO as proven by his record while Senator. He 100% supports the CDC, Mask Mandates, Vaccine Mandates and Federal Gov’t encroachment over our rights. I’ve personally received responses from his office when he was Senator telling me to go blow when asking him to stand up for our constitutional rights and freedoms. Kemp may be on the wrong side of the vote fraud, but he was one of the first Governors to open up our state from lock downs and he’s stood solid against the madness that other States are trying to enforce on their residents. Overall, he’s had a pretty good record.
The question is why Trump endorsed Perdue. Not why he lost.
For the “Rat” Raffensperger, that was tragic, but I concur neither Hice nor David Belle Isle who I supported did any work campaigning to beat him. Offers to assist were ignored, no effort made on either part. They had a fabulous chance and they just didn’t make an effort. Sad. But I’ll vote Bee Nguyen (25 – smart – and Democrat) to beat him in November. You just can’t give up.
It’s not about Trump. It’s about all of us and our freedoms and liberty!