General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRiggleman Says He's No Longer a Republican
Riggleman Says Hes No Longer a Republican
June 5, 2022 at 3:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/05/riggleman-says-hes-no-longer-a-republican/
"SNIP.......
Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), who worked as a technical adviser for the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, told CNN that he has left the Republican Party and that he will never run again as a Republican.
Said Riggleman: What Ive seen behind the scenes has pushed me further away. That the party has moved away from conservative principles to this cult of personality that Liz Cheney is talking about. Shes absolutely correct.
.......SNIP"
Lovie777
(12,232 posts)he said what they uncovered is undeniable frigthening.
certainly scared me.
Stuart G
(38,419 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,849 posts)I hope so. Cant wait for the committee.
ShazzieB
(16,370 posts)🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)Maybe the Cheney group will start another party some day but it matters not. 30% of American adults support the cult. America loses no matter how you slice it.
Response to KentuckyWoman (Reply #13)
Post removed
GoodRaisin
(8,922 posts)LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)When some responds oddly I like to look.
GoodRaisin
(8,922 posts)Indeed, it was an odd one.
PJMcK
(22,031 posts)jimlup
(7,968 posts)that is all...
pansypoo53219
(20,972 posts)mrsadm
(1,198 posts)and I hope it scares more...
secondwind
(16,903 posts)HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)"Scared straight"?
Alice Kramden
(2,166 posts)He is an honest man
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)As a Republican member of Congress, he officiated a same sex wedding. He was primaries as a result and lost his seat, but I dont think he cared. He was willing to put himself out there for what he believed.
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)it doesn't excuse leaking privileged information on the J6 Committee.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/03/jan-6-panel-fumes-over-unauthorized-interview-by-former-adviser-00037165
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,014 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)Havent for a long time.
Joinfortmill
(14,416 posts)hydrolastic
(487 posts)Think about it. How will they recover from this ?
COL Mustard
(5,897 posts)If enough people stay home!
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)Fascists.
FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)You say "Fascist, " I say "ChumpHumper."
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)And to 'finish' the tune:
IQ45 certainly DOES want to "call the whole thing off!"
phylny
(8,379 posts)because he performed a marriage between two men. Blasphemy in the fifth district of Virginia. He was a useless congressman who never met with his constituents.
SouthBayDem
(32,018 posts)Easy for him to make this move without an election on the line. Spineless.
Original CNN report: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/politics/denver-riggleman-republican-party-cnntv/
PJMcK
(22,031 posts)... one less Republican works for me.
I read recently that a concern among the GOP elite is that so many older people died of Covid that those lost votes may be impactful this November. We'll see.
applegrove
(118,622 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)ms liberty
(8,572 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,130 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)JHB
(37,158 posts)...it's been a cult for much linger than he thinks. Conservative built that cult to gain and maintain power. It was built on telling people what they wanted to hear, that their animosities and resentments and bigotries were right, that they should shut out anything that tells them otherwise, and that they should turn that righteous anger against all who stood in the way of The Way Things Ought To Be: Liberals, Democrats, and especially any Republican who can't get with the program and acts more like The Enemy than like One Of Us.
All Trump did was what he always did: recognize some suckers ripe for the plucking.
It's only been under construction since you were in diapers, Denver. Thanks for finally noticing.
djacq
(1,633 posts)VA-05 leans Trump country.
5th District Virginia Republicans ousted Riggleman because he had officiated a same-sex wedding;
"After Bob Good Ousts Denver Riggleman, the Word Conservative No Longer Describes a Republican Party That Has Gone Off the Deep End"
[link:https://bluevirginia.us/2020/06/after-bob-good-ousts-denver-riggleman-the-word-conservative-no-longer-describes-a-republican-party-that-has-gone-off-the-deep-end|
Now, Congressional District VA-05 is represented by the insurrectionist racist useless Bob Good;
"VA05 Overwhelmingly Republicans Re-Nominate Extremist, Insurrectionist, Science Denier, Bigot, etc. Rep. Bob Good"
https://bluevirginia.us/2022/05/va05-overwhelmingly-republicans-re-nominate-extremist-insurrectionist-science-denier-bigot-etc-rep-bob-good
The Republican Party has become a white supremacist fascist movement.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)became persona non grata in the narrow-minded, bigoted, and generally hateful conglomeration of misfits known as today's Republican party.
I'm glad to see him make it official. Here's hoping others find the courage to do the same.