While many media sources are still holding out hope that the Democrats might somehow still win control of the U.S. House of Representatives a week after the election, some prominent news outlets are reporting that Republicans have now won enough seats to remain the majority.
At 8:30 a.m. Central time today, the Associated Press still had Republicans at 214 seats and Democrats at 205 (218 are needed for a majority of the 435 seats). However, at about 12:30 a.m. Central Time, news organization Reuters reported that data provider by Decision Desk HQ had projected that Republicans had won the 218 seats necessary to retain power, with vote counting still continuing for about a dozen seats. Yahoo News also reported that Republicans had won the House.
With the House race now in the bag, voters have elected to put Republicans back in the majority in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, along with electing former President Donald Trump, also a Republican, as the next president. It’s likely the number of Republican House seats could reach 220 or more as final results are reported.
The latest election results mark the first time the nation saw a unified government since Democrats controlled both houses during President Joe Biden’s first two years in office. The last time Republicans controlled both houses and the presidency was during the first two years of Trump’s first term.
Second Amendment supporters hope the unified government under the Republican banner will lead to significant strides in rolling back unconstitutional gun control laws and passing more laws to protect lawful gun owners. And there are already some good signs in that direction.
Over the weekend, Trump reaffirmed his commitment to protecting Second Amendment rights, announcing his intent to implement national concealed carry reciprocity once he takes office. This proposed legislation would require all 50 states to recognize concealed carry permits issued by any individual state, enabling gun owners to legally carry firearms across state lines without fear of discrepancies in local regulations.
In his weekend message, Trump also promised to uphold the right to self-defense—the reason a majority of American firearm owners say they own their guns.
“I will protect the right of self-defense wherever it is under siege, and I will sign concealed carry reciprocity,” Trump said. “Your Second Amendment does not end at the state line.”
Another item on pro-gun rights groups’ wish lists includes Trump rolling back a number of executive actions by President Biden, which Trump vowed to do during the campaign. Biden has signed executive orders covering homemade kit guns that do not use serial numbers, stabilizing braces for ARs, which he wanted the owners to have to register as short-barreled rifles under the National Firearms Act, as well as safe storage requirements. Biden even created a task force to consider 3D-printed firearms and fully automatic conversion devices that are already regulated as machine guns.
“In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment—the attacks are fast and furious—starting the minute that Crooked Joe shuffles his way out of the White House,” Trump said during the campaign.
Other Second Amendment actions sought by gun owners and pro-rights groups include dismantling the so-called White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and reining in the rogue Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which has been weaponized by the Biden Administration against lawful gun owners, manufacturers and retailers.
While gun groups are hopeful, some are vowing to hold the Republicans to their word concerning swift action on Second Amendment rights.
“With such a pro-gun mandate from the voters, we’re ready to hold Republicans to their election promises to protect and restore gun rights,” said Adrian Johnston, director of federal affairs for Gun Owners of America (GOA). “It is time that Congress finally enact national concealed carry reciprocity, destroy the ATF’s illegal gun registry, de-regulate suppressors and quit funding unconstitutional ‘red-flag’ gun confiscation laws.”
Of course, it remains to be seen how much pro-rights work actually gets done during the next legislative session. But at this time, chances are much greater than they were when Biden took office, and Democrats held the majority in both the Senate and House.
While I have hope that the Republicans can reverse some of the lunacy from the Biden administration I question whether they have a plan. Trump ran for office the first time with the promise to overturn the ACA but he and the Republican majority couldn’t pull it off despite having years to plan and present a viable alternative, which they could not. The current batch of Republicans seem to have the same lack of cohesion necessary to achieve Trump’s goals. I hope I’m wrong, but as it’s said, past performance is a good predictor of future performance.
Indeed. One need only look at the times they had full control, and analyze how the Republicrats acted (as in, “moderate” dimwitocrats.
McConnel is already rigging the Senate to oppose Trump at almost every turn; establishment elite. Trump is not one of the “good ol’ boys; too uncouth. Trump is merely another one term President. New legislatures, same as the old legislatures.
“The people” threw out Dimwitocrat hacks, but the party they supported will likely bring back the Dims, in fierce revenge.
samyouare…you two outhouse pundits end up providing democRats with what they need most…hope.
One day you may learn there is more to power than racism and genocide. Until then you have me in your head.
Because of people like you 74,000,000 voters of all races rejected the democrat party all across our nation. Electing Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States. They also elected Republicans to retake the Senate and maintain the HOR. Your kind of political hyperbole no longer has any support among the people who truly care about our nation. People like you will be relegated to the junk heap of political history. Never to be relevant again. So go back to your Mommy’s basement and do your homework or there will be no supper, For you.
Debbiedim bulbs gonna fizzle.
McConnell is stepping down as the Republican minority leader and will be rendered irrelevant.
Not soon enough
“McConnell is stepping down as the Republican minority leader and will be rendered irrelevant.”
I think not. The timing, and the top two successors named are not accidental. McConnell groomed those two now candidates to follow his lead. What I see, is McConnell doing the Pelosi kubuki: resign as Leader, but be the force behind the curtain. McConnell will perhaps be less visible, but no less powerful.
BTW, all three top candidates are equally ungood belly feel; swamp creatures.
“the lunacy from the Biden administration“
Yep, gotta get the ‘lunacy’ of the Biden administration out of Washington!
And replace it with a foreign born billionaire and a billionaire anchor baby to ‘advise’ Donald Trump:
Trump announces Musk and Ramaswamy will lead outside advisory group ‘Department of Government Efficiency’
By — Colleen Long, Associated Press
By — Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Politics Nov 13, 2024 9:18 AM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” — which is not, despite the name, a government agency.
The acronym “DOGE” is a nod to Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin. Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House “advice and guidance” and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to “drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.” He added that the move would shock government systems.”
Nope, no one world government globalists here…
You folks may be in for a rather rude awakening.
Replacement of citizens willing to sell out our country to foreign interest groups vs foreigners who immigrated here and have a vested interest in this country succeeding……….you don’t have to sell it being a good idea we already got it.
“citizens willing to sell out our country to foreign interest groups“
“Jared Kushner Addresses $2 Billion Given By Saudis
Published Feb 14, 2024 at 5:58 AM EST
Updated Feb 14, 2024 at 9:22 AM EST
By Giulia Carbonaro
US News Reporter
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of his former top White House advisers, defended on Tuesday his business dealings with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after leaving government, despite the Arab leader being accused by the U.S. of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.“
“Trump business got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments during presidency -report
By Makini Brice
January 4, 202410:53 AM ESTUpdated 10 months ago
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Trump campaigns in Reno
WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Businesses tied to Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump received at least $7.8 million in foreign payments from 20 countries during his four years in the White House, Democratic congressional investigators said Thursday.”
MajorLiar
So wait, let me get this straight . . . it’s TOTES OK for the corrupt Biden family, and their hangers-on, to make MILLIONS on illegal bribes and influence-peddling, but it’s suddenly a “globalist plot” for two folks who have CHOSEN to be American citizens and patriots to take government jobs?? Like John Podesta didn’t have ABSURD conflicts of interest?? Your double standards are showing, MajorLiar – but, then, if you didn’t have double standards, you’d have none at all.
In a development that clearly escaped your keen intellect (I am amazed I could type that, I was laughing so hard!), conservatives and libertarians are FINE with immigrants (in fact, we encourage them . . . as long as they want to BECOME Americans). You Leftist/fascist idiots want to bring in MILLIONS of unvetted, not-medically-cleared, jobless, illiterate gangbangers and criminals, because you think they’ll vote for you. And, in fact, you are right . . . the people most likely to vote for your demented candidates and “policies” are exactly that – unvetted, medically (psychologically) unhealthy, usually jobless and unproductive, certainly ignorant if not outright illiterate, and often criminals (absolute FACT – ex-felons identify as “Dimocrat” at a higher percentage than the law-abiding population).
That ain’t the “win” you think it is, MajorIdiot.
“OK for the corrupt Biden family, and their hangers-on, to make MILLIONS on illegal bribes“
Number one, which member of the Biden family and their hangers-on were actual members of our government, like Jared Kushner and Donald Trump?
And these ‘bribes’, what was the amount, who did it go to and what favor or policy change was secured?
If you have the info referenced above, why have you not supplied it to the multiple DOJ, Senate and House Republican-led investigations?
MajorLiar,
Watching you try to cover up for your/the Dimocrat party/Leftist/fascists in general coping and covering up for their EPIC curb stomping last Tuesday puts me in mind of my dear daddy’s old saying (when someone was caught in a lie, and ineptly trying to cover it up), “Poor boy looks like a cat trying to cover sh*t on a linoleum floor!”. The evidence is ALREADY OUT THERE – in the news (what FEW outlets still provide honest news), in the hands of various committees, etc. Those of us who actually FOLLOW these issues, rather than just cherry-pick evidence that supports our narrative, have SEEN THE ACTUAL COPIES OF THE CHECKS to various members of the Biden Crime Cabal (including the “Big Guy”, Senile Joe himself). “Oh, it was a LOAN!!!” And the only person on planet Earth stupid enough to believe any of that is . . . you, MajorMoron.
Unlike you, I don’t wish retribution on anyone – get them out of office, out of politics, and off the public teat, and that should be enough. The cushy gigs as an MSDNC/Commie News Network/WaPo/NY Slimes “analyst” or “columnist” or “opinion writer” are drying up, in case you haven’t noticed. The only people still stupid enough to continue funding that idiocy DESERVE to have their money p*ssed away (by the likes of Kamal-toe the Ho).
The ONLY enjoyment I would get out of pursuing those grifting scumbag idiots would be watching idiots like you twisting and spinning to maintain your narrative while the evidence (FAR greater than ANY evidence ever brought against Trump . . . and any prosecutor who COULDN’T make a case against Trump is too stupid to pour p*ss out of a boot) piles up against the Biden Crime Cabal, ON THE RECORD.
Heh. HEH!! Don’t wish to persecute anyone, but . . . watching you dodge and squirm, as you CONTINUE to spin your lies, would be comedy gold.
So you haven’t provided amounts, names of the recipients or what favors or policies were granted.
All you have is insults and rumors, sad!
Meanwhile, the foreign-born billionaire continues feeding at the taxpayers trough, Elon Musk is laughing at you as he takes in taxpayer money.
Elon Musk owns Trump, he’s purchased Donald for a few hundred million, pennies on the dollar for the payoff:
“His companies were promised $3 billion across nearly 100 different contracts last year with 17 federal agencies.
Two of Elon Musk’s companies account for at least $15.4 billion in government contracts over the past decade.“
Nope, no globalist elite billionaires here, nobody but us chickens!
Rejoice, this is exactly what you voted for.
Not seeing any amounts favors or any questionable transactions provided on your end either potential felon miner
Lol and yet not one prosecution by your hero’s despite having the ability to do absurd show trials for years. Almost like it either isn’t what you are asserting or worse what the Democrats wanted in the first place. Get your supervisor to bail you out as your point is below the bottom of the barrel you scraped out…….. again.
“Lol and yet not one prosecution by your hero’s despite having the ability to do absurd show trials for years“
Right, no prosecutions of Hillary Clinton or anyone in the Obama/Biden ministration, and no prosecutions in Joseph Biden’s administration either, despite multiple investigations by the Republicans.
On the other hand, multiple prosecutions and convictions of Donald Trump‘s administration, including Donald Trump found guilty of 34 felony counts of business fraud.
You know, Donald Trump was trained for decades by his father on how to be a successful confidence artist, and with hundreds of millions of dollars to back up his legal maneuvering Donald has continued his scams and frauds.
I wouldn’t feel bad if I were you folks, Donald Trump is the archetypical New York City con artist, trained by the best so you shouldn’t really be too hard on yourself that you are just more of his victims.
After all, you’ll be adding your name to quite an extensive list, Trump University, Trump vodka, Trump steaks, Trump Airlines, Trump mortgages, five different Trump casino bankruptcies…
God, I love seeing that smarm turn to absolute seething.
There are people who do legitimately think Trump can do no wrong, and they are dumb, but nothing, NOTHING comes close to the latent meltdown and comedy potential of people like Miner, staking everything they have on debates with people on an enthusiast news website’s comments section, 80% of the site’s traffic probably doesn’t even know exists.
Endlessly dying on a hill so impossibly stupid that rabid lab monkeys could have a more salient conversation, yet, its all meaningless, due simply to that fact that the radical extremes of this popularity contest are too drunk on their own fumes to realize that they are both so hopelessly disconnected from objectivity, the people they so desperately want to influence either don’t care or have already written both extremes off as the fools they are and made their own mind up already. Doesn’t matter who’s right or wrong, nothing that could ever be said in this D-level arena of internet smugness will ever make people think you are anything more than a zealot of a slightly different flavor, more easily disliked because you choose to not only to do it, but to espouse alignments and beliefs that are topically inconsistent with the very enthusiast base this website is made for.
You went to a racetrack, brought up the Green New Deal, spoke about how the track should be torn down, attempt to justify it because you drove a car fast once on the way home from work, then blow your blood pressure arguing with the regular patrons of the track as you continue to come back and espouse the exact same sentiment, crossing your arms and huffing as you can’t possibly believe that these people you insult and advocate directly against don’t like you. They must all just be stupid, since you saw one fat drunk guy and his friends scream a childish insult at you.
You have truly won.
Congratulations.
With the help of folks like miner49er we will continue the red wave in 26.
I’d like to see the Hearing Protection Act put to President Trump’s signature.
+1!
“Second Amendment supporters hope the unified government under the Republican banner will lead to significant strides in rolling back unconstitutional gun control laws and passing more laws to protect lawful gun owners.”
This is a bit misleading in two ways.
First way: Republicans tend to lack cohesion as commenter Bucephalus said above.
Second way: Republicans do NOT have the 60 U.S. Senators necessary to overcome the U.S. Senate’s rule which requires at least 60 U.S. Senators to agree that they should bring proposed legislation to a floor vote.
That last bit is critical. Even if 51 Republican U.S. Senators would vote to pass proposed legislation, that is irrelevant if less than 60 U.S. Senators support bringing the proposed legislation to the U.S. Senate floor for voting whether to pass or fail. That 60 Senator rule quashes virtually all legislation.
Due to the above (U.S. Senate’s 60 Senator rule), about the best that we can expect is significantly better federal government taxing/spending, favorable federal judge appointments, enforcing our nation’s borders, and removing restrictions for domestic energy production.
It is also possible (likely?) that Trump will order ATF to stop their shenanigans with new interpretations of laws.
In terms of passing new laws or repealing old laws, very little will happen in that arena unless seven or more Democrat U.S. Senators start supporting Republican agendas. Good luck with that.
“That 60 Senator rule quashes virtually all legislation.”
POTG, and gun owners in general, should understand that “Senate rules” are determined by Senators, not the Constitution. Republicrats could change/eliminate the rules with a 51 vote majority. Ask Harry Reid how that worked out.
This ^^^^.
“irrelevant if less than 60 U.S. Senators support bringing the proposed legislation”
This is why we don’t have bills for individual legislative items. You have to find something that the other side *really* wants, and you pass the less popular item(s) on the same vote.
Don’t worry about the 60 Senators rule, there are ways around it.
“Don’t worry about the 60 Senators rule, there are ways around it.”
Zackly. Every Senate Rule is a Senate rule that can be altered, or eliminated by a 51 majority of Senators. 51 Senators can establish a rule that only 25 Senators are required to take an action, any action, and all bills are considered “passed” with 10 Senators voting for it.
Ultimately, 51 Senators could change Senate Rules to result in no rules at all.
that’s not what I was thinking about about.
But if the republicans do what you propose whats to keep the democrats from doing it to if they get control of the house and senate in a future election? Ya see where this goes?
“Ya see where this goes?”
Of course, thus the reflection on Harry Reid. What you are thinking of was once called “enlightened selfishness”; doing unto others will quite likely result in others doing it unto you.
The Dims believe they can be in power forever; eliminating the possibility of others doing it unto them.
But, on the whole, what is sacred about 60 votes? That isn’t written into the Constitution, either.
Sam,
Yep, the vaunted (and despised, depending on who wants to do what to whom, when) filibuster is a Senate rule, and can be changed (cf., Harry-hole Reid) by 51 Senators. The original purpose of the filibuster was akin to the concept of the Electoral College – if a candidate/concept/policy/piece of legislation is so execrable (cf., Kamaltoe the Ho) that they can’t gather a significant, broadly-based, diverse majority of support, then should we REALLY be subjecting the entire country to that particular candidate/concept/policy/piece of legislation?
Personally, I have no problem with the filibuster, IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM. You want to demand debate over piece of legislation you dislike? Legislation SHOULD be debated, vigorously. So get your fat, priviliged @$$ on the floor of the Senate, 24/7, and denounce the piece of legislation until (i) you convince a majority of fellow Senators that your position is correct, or (ii) you sufficiently p*ss off enough fellow Senators that 60 of them vote to shut you up (like they ultimately did with Al Gore’s racist Dimocrat daddy). This modern “fake” filibuster is a joke, perpetrated by lazy-@$$ Senators who didn’t have the strength of their convictions, or the willingness to put their fat, lazy @$$es where their money is (from the lobbyists and special interest groups).
If Mitch McCuck or John Thune or that horrific nepo crone from Alaska, or Schmucky Chucky Schumer, or Bernie “Never had an honest job in my life” Sanders (but he TOTES understands ‘the working man’, just ask him!!!) had to actually stand up there and talk for 24 hours, about why they didn’t like some nominee or piece of legislation, we’d see lot fewer filibusters.
But, but, but….
A real filibuster takes up time that could be spent on more important things. This is the internet age; speed is everything.
In a time of a national movement to the right, AZ elects a Dem senator with 90k more votes than the Dem presidential nominee. Meanwhile, the Rep senator nominee got 165k fewer votes than the Rep presidential nominee. Yeah right.
If AZ is confident in the results, and they want American citizens to trust election results, then allow the Rep party complete access to all voting records to conduct a third party forensic audit. We all know they’d fight that tooth and nail. And we all know why they’d fight that.
Notice how the third party candidates got 71k votes in the senate race. But they only got 34k in the presidential race. Hmm… This is only from briefly looking at the numbers in the context of national AND AZ state elections. I’m sure we’ll be hearing about more unusual “coincidences” that happened in AZ.
NewsNation(not your best source)is reporting that rebublitards won 219 seats already. YMMV Anywho all I want is a reversal(with teeth!)of all so-called “assault”weapon bans. And magazine limit’s! I expect nothing🙄
Miss your meds today???
Did you?
No but obviously you did. I agree with you on 99% of what you say, but you have obviously lost your way on not expecting freedom to be on the forefront of the Republican agenda going forward.
While more optimistic than the first Trump admin I do understand his caution with the neocons and RINOs still present and willing to sandbag.
If only this town would have ballots printed in Spanish and passed out fried chicken and watermelon.
And can not the government do something about these uneducated white trash hillbillies, they seem to keep voting for Republicans or so says the MSM.
System Problem Has Shut Down Background Checks and Gun Sales in Washington State Since November 1.
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MAJOR BREAKING 2A NEWS: BIG WIN FOR 2A IN NY.
US District Court judge John Sinatra denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit arising from New York’s ban on body armor. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner explains.
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One small step forward but at least it gets heard. Be nice to get test panels/plates mailed to my home again.
Too bad Republican DOES NOT equal pro gun like Demokkkrat equals anti-gun.
I would say only about 1/3-1/2 would be willing to vote for real pro-2A reforms. National Reciprocity doesn’t have a chance, much less Nationwide Constitutional Carry.
Maybe we will get some silly toys like silencers or such. Big deal. I want our rights to carry everywhere cemented at the very least with 50-state reciprocity. My FL CCW should be accepted in every state. It’s just a baby step and even that is too much to hope for with Red RINOs and a RINO POTUS.
SCOTUS is weak tea too so don’t expect too much out of them either in the next few years unless we can get some better picks tjan the last couple of Duds Trump picked. ACB and Kavanaugh are worthless on the 2A.