Tom Nichols
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Yeah, go girl. My favorite news about Lauren Bovert recently is that she had a Politico subscription in her office.
Yeah, go girl. My favorite news about Lauren Bovert recently is that she had a Politico subscription in her office.
So when I got to the House in January of 2019, one of my first missions was to find the Republicans I could work with on national security. And I got a lot of advice and Got to know a lot of them. And there was kind of this solid group that I ended up working a lot with at first. And it included Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney.
So when I got to the House in January of 2019, one of my first missions was to find the Republicans I could work with on national security. And I got a lot of advice and Got to know a lot of them. And there was kind of this solid group that I ended up working a lot with at first. And it included Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney.
So when I got to the House in January of 2019, one of my first missions was to find the Republicans I could work with on national security. And I got a lot of advice and Got to know a lot of them. And there was kind of this solid group that I ended up working a lot with at first. And it included Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney.
Who at that point, Liz was the super partisan leader of the Republican caucus. Adam, Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Waltz. It's interesting. They all went in different directions. And interestingly, the one who I was closest to at first was Elise Stefanik.
Who at that point, Liz was the super partisan leader of the Republican caucus. Adam, Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Waltz. It's interesting. They all went in different directions. And interestingly, the one who I was closest to at first was Elise Stefanik.
Who at that point, Liz was the super partisan leader of the Republican caucus. Adam, Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Waltz. It's interesting. They all went in different directions. And interestingly, the one who I was closest to at first was Elise Stefanik.
And she ended up being the only member of the House of Representatives I would not make eye contact with, whose hand I would not shake, because I think she is the least honorable person in Washington, D.C., deserving of absolutely nothing but scorn and hate for betraying every principal and every friend she ever had. So that's one extreme.
And she ended up being the only member of the House of Representatives I would not make eye contact with, whose hand I would not shake, because I think she is the least honorable person in Washington, D.C., deserving of absolutely nothing but scorn and hate for betraying every principal and every friend she ever had. So that's one extreme.
And she ended up being the only member of the House of Representatives I would not make eye contact with, whose hand I would not shake, because I think she is the least honorable person in Washington, D.C., deserving of absolutely nothing but scorn and hate for betraying every principal and every friend she ever had. So that's one extreme.
Oh, I mean, she was totally, I mean, she was totally anti-Trump. I mean, like I had a lot of conversations with her.
Oh, I mean, she was totally, I mean, she was totally anti-Trump. I mean, like I had a lot of conversations with her.
Oh, I mean, she was totally, I mean, she was totally anti-Trump. I mean, like I had a lot of conversations with her.
And super smart and thoughtful about it. And like she co-sponsored two of my first national security bills that were designed to keep Trump from withdrawing our troops from South Korea and Syria. in 2019. And we were like, we're going to work together and form this friendship. Two years later, she's tweeting that I'm a corrupt pedophile. She really said pedophile? Well, the NRCC did.
And super smart and thoughtful about it. And like she co-sponsored two of my first national security bills that were designed to keep Trump from withdrawing our troops from South Korea and Syria. in 2019. And we were like, we're going to work together and form this friendship. Two years later, she's tweeting that I'm a corrupt pedophile. She really said pedophile? Well, the NRCC did.
And super smart and thoughtful about it. And like she co-sponsored two of my first national security bills that were designed to keep Trump from withdrawing our troops from South Korea and Syria. in 2019. And we were like, we're going to work together and form this friendship. Two years later, she's tweeting that I'm a corrupt pedophile. She really said pedophile? Well, the NRCC did.
And I think she was boosting some of that. And we'll call anybody who recounted conversations with her from when she was normal. I mean, she said, saw lies, never said those things. Like I have friends in the Freedom Caucus. I mean, they're Republican guys who I played football and baseball with and all the sports teams that I loved in the House of Representatives.
And I think she was boosting some of that. And we'll call anybody who recounted conversations with her from when she was normal. I mean, she said, saw lies, never said those things. Like I have friends in the Freedom Caucus. I mean, they're Republican guys who I played football and baseball with and all the sports teams that I loved in the House of Representatives.
And I think she was boosting some of that. And we'll call anybody who recounted conversations with her from when she was normal. I mean, she said, saw lies, never said those things. Like I have friends in the Freedom Caucus. I mean, they're Republican guys who I played football and baseball with and all the sports teams that I loved in the House of Representatives.