Category: Congress

A RED wave? (SO what.)

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We’re all being told to be patient. The “red wave” is coming and ALL will be right in America again. Seriously. (Seriously?) Previous Republican majorities failed to even

Tilli$$$ selling us ALL out on gun control

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Remember all that talk about gun regulations and gun control during senator Thom Tilli$$$’ two campaigns? Me neither. I didn’t vote for that. I didn’t register Republican for that.

Pat McCrory, sore loser

Posted on June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Our former governor — fresh off of spectularly losing a US Senate primary — has gone off and done what you’d expect. He’s back on Meet The Press —

NONE for me, thanks.

Posted on May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

For years, North Carolina pols have kept Thom Tillis at arm’s length. No one was calling him to campaign for them. No one was posing for pictures with him

Thoughts on Tuesday (and the future)

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

For the most part, we at Haymaker HQ had a pretty good election night. A good chunk of the folks we were pulling for WON. Pat McCrory. The former governor

Lies and the (elected) liars who tell them

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It’s really depressing each time elections roll around. We have scores and scores of politicos in Raleigh and DC regularly lying their a$$es off to convince us to give

Tillis: “We need MORE Mexicans. My yard is a mess!’

Posted on May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

*JUUUUUUST what we asked for.* Thom Tillis — who gives poop a run for its money in the organic fertilizer market — is teaming up with Texas senator John

Pat McCrory’s “crappy” campaign

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

So. It’s ALL come down to this. Poo-poo. Number Two. Pinched loaves. From the mind of campaign savant Paul Shumaker comes a television ad decrying silliness and perceived untruths

Greg Murphy vs. Onslow Co. GOP: The tale of the email

Posted on April 18, 2022April 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

(Links are now fixed.) As we noted earlier, there is a split in the Onslow County GOP over the future of US Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC3rd). A group of activists

Election-Year Tremors in Onslow County

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It appears that a sizable revolt is going down among Republicans in Onslow County. The meat and potatoes of the fight can be found in this Facebook video. Viewers