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Miles Archer

(23,015 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:55 PM Thursday

Andy Ogles (R-TN) equates having "a set of balls" with doing whatever Trump demands, enthusiastically, without question

House conservatives are training their fire on a new target: their own Senate majority leader.

Fed up with John Thune's (R-SD) refusal to nuke the filibuster and force through President Donald Trump's sweeping voter ID bill, House Republicans are reaching for a familiar weapon — the same scorched-earth playbook they used to torch former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

"It’s time for Thune to grow a set of balls," Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) told Notus on Thursday.

"Nuke the filibuster, pass all this stuff and pass Trump's executive orders," he added.

The frustration centers on the SAVE America Act, which passed the House 218-213 last month with just one Democrat voting yes. The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot, including by mail, in an attempt to curb baseless accusations of rampant voter fraud. Critics say it would amount to voter suppression.

https://www.rawstory.com/john-thune-2676388578/

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Andy Ogles (R-TN) equates having "a set of balls" with doing whatever Trump demands, enthusiastically, without question (Original Post) Miles Archer Thursday OP
That's taking the concept canetoad Thursday #1
Andy Ogles Jilly_in_VA Thursday #2
Now that's... 2naSalit Thursday #3
Republicans are always worried about what's in someone else's underpants... Drum Thursday #4
It's Matt Schlapp's world, we just live in it Miles Archer Thursday #5
Schweddy Balls Turbineguy Thursday #6
drop pants, bend over, thank the dear leader nt msongs Thursday #7
They have no balls. nt GenThePerservering Thursday #8
Hitler has only got one ball. Goering has two but they're quite small struggle4progress Thursday #9
Fire all republicans. Initech Thursday #10

Jilly_in_VA

(14,343 posts)
2. Andy Ogles
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:57 PM
Thursday

ought to be kicked out of Congress for the scurrilous anti-Muslim crap he's been posting everywhere. If a Democrat did that he'd be censured and kicked out of the party.

Miles Archer

(23,015 posts)
5. It's Matt Schlapp's world, we just live in it
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:07 PM
Thursday
Conservative leader Matt Schlapp is accused of fondling a male campaign staffer in Georgia

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/matt-schlapp-accused-fondling-male-campaign-staffer-rcna64563

The Herschel Walker campaign aide said the conservative leader groped him without his consent in October.

Jan. 6, 2023, 1:21 PM EST / Updated Jan. 6, 2023, 8:05 PM EST
By Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON — Matt Schlapp, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative leaders and a top ally of former President Donald Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign in October.

"He reached in between my legs and fondled me," the former Walker staffer told NBC News in a telephone interview Thursday night. "To my shame, I didn’t say anything" to stop Schlapp. NBC News is withholding the staffer’s name at his request because he fears the allegations against a powerful Republican could harm his own career in GOP politics.

struggle4progress

(126,070 posts)
9. Hitler has only got one ball. Goering has two but they're quite small
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:52 PM
Thursday

Himmler is very sim'lar. And poor old Ogles has no balls at all.

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