State Attorney General Eric Schmittwon Missouri‘s Republican primary for Senate, besting a roster of rivals that included embattled former Gov. Eric Greitensand Rep. Vicky Hartzler The hotly contested race to replace retiring Republican Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) in Washington, D.C., unfolded without Donald Trump backing any particular candidate. Instead, the former …
Read More »Missouri's Senate Race Doubles as the Toxic Masculinity Bowl
Democratic Senate candidate Lucas Kunce isn’t running against Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). I was nevertheless curious: Had he seen the news about Hawley’s just-announced forthcoming book, Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs? Kunce gives a hearty snicker. “This is what we’re running against,” he says. “We’re running against the biggest …
Read More »'A Thing of Beauty': Trump Was Tickled as the Missouri Erics Scrambled to Claim His Endorsement
Donald Trump still has the power to make Republicans fight each other for his approval, and he’s enjoying it immensely. The former president “thought it was a thing of beauty and too goddamn funny” to endorse “Eric” in the Missouri primary and then to watch two MAGA candidates — both …
Read More »Trump Hedges by Endorsing Mysterious 'ERIC' in Missouri Senate Race
Former President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is endorsing “ERIC”in the Missouri Republican Senate primary. The only problem is that two of the leading candidates to secure the nomination are named Eric. Eric Schmitt, the state’s attorney general, and Eric Greitens, the state’s disgraced former governor in a …
Read More »GOP Candidate Fantasizes About Murdering Political Opponents in New Ad
The Jan. 6 committee has, for the past few weeks, been reminding Americans about the horrifying “war scene” that unfolded during the attack on the Capitol. Some conservatives are ignoring the panel’s findings and dismissing the hearings as a distraction. Others are doubling down on political violence. Eric Greitens, a …
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