{"id":30105,"date":"2020-08-12T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=30105"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:23:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:23:56","slug":"i-can-smell-the-burning-rubber-from-here-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/08\/12\/i-can-smell-the-burning-rubber-from-here-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can Smell The Burning Rubber From Here, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/07\/01\/i-can-smell-the-burning-rubber-from-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">QAnon angle<\/a>, the Republican Party is now a smidgeon worse, a little closer to extinction and ridicule, members discredited, etc:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"endmarkEnabled\">Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has expressed support for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/qanon-caucus-fringe-conspiracy-theory-advocates-aim-congress-n1231225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">far-right conspiracy theory QAnon\u00a0<\/a>and been criticized for a series of racist comments, has won the Republican nomination for Georgia\u2019s 14th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmarkEnabled\">Greene beat neurosurgeon John Cowan in a primary runoff for the open seat on Tuesday in the deep-red district in northwest Georgia, despite several GOP officials denouncing her campaign after videos surfaced in which she expresses racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim views.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-supporter-who-made-racist-videos-wins-n1236487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NBC News<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Or perhaps I shouldn&#8217;t use the adjective smidgeon, because, well, a smidgeon is a smallish quantity.\u00a0Greene beat her challenger Cowan, and by quite a lot, while making her QAnon leanings known.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30106\" style=\"width: 827px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GA-14th-GOP-Primary.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30106\" class=\"wp-image-30106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GA-14th-GOP-Primary.jpg?resize=800%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GA-14th-GOP-Primary.jpg?w=817&amp;ssl=1 817w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GA-14th-GOP-Primary.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GA-14th-GOP-Primary.jpg?resize=768%2C415&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GA-14th-GOP-Primary.jpg?resize=250%2C135&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GA-14th-GOP-Primary.jpg?resize=150%2C81&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ballotpedia<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A survey of previous primaries for this district yields little useful information, as candidates tend to run unopposed, and the Republicans usually win by large margins.<\/p>\n<p>November should be perversely interesting in this case, as it&#8217;ll speak to the depravity with regards to ascertaining truth in the case of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the QAnon angle, the Republican Party is now a smidgeon worse, a little closer to extinction and ridicule, members discredited, etc: Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has expressed support for the\u00a0far-right conspiracy theory QAnon\u00a0and been criticized for a series of racist comments, has won the Republican nomination for \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/08\/12\/i-can-smell-the-burning-rubber-from-here-ctd\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; 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