Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits
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Submitted Kat Stansell (Independent Journalist and Earnest Patriot) –
Here is the latest anti-American vote in DC…and here is how our “representatives” voted, on a bill that gave $95 billion of OUR money to Ukraine, Gaza, Israel and Taiwan.
Where is the money to close the border, arrest and deport the invaders? Oh, I am just playing with you…we all KNOW there is none. We all KNOW that our nation is going broke giving to the Obama and Globalist causes.
We have NO leadership based in our Constitution and laws. The new House Majority Leader is bought and paid for.
BUT…the good news, if there is any, is that only our two most devoted Deep State RINOS, Fleischmann and Kustoff, voted against us and for Joe and Co. Rose and Green backed away.
Might our calls and emails, Twitter posts, etc. have made a difference?
Yes, I believe we did make a difference. I know that we CAN.
These leopards are NOT, however, going to change their spots. Once the notion to sell out your constituents has formed in the brain of a politician, it seldom goes away. The infection lingers, sometimes out of site for weeks or months. So does the money/power they took in trade.
Stay on the RINO hunt, please. Make plans to train and run other candidates who have been thoroughly vetted as to their constitutional leanings. Certainly, any Tennesseean is smarter than that NY judge who has seated a Trump jury full of leftists with dirty records! We know what things in a person’s past define them.
We DO know them by their fruits.
This is our home. There is nowhere else to run. We must drive the RINO brigade out of office, from top to bottom. They, after all, are voting with the American Junta who will destroy everything we have loved and for which we have worked so hard.
Yes. Unfortunately we are not being represented very well in Washington, or Nashville for that matter. It seems like deception has taken hold of all politicians. They have learned how to do just enough to stay in office which is easier because of name recognition and sweet courting of local groups. Then, of course, there are the outright RINOS who almost flaunt their position of power.
Unfortunately, we are being represented by the Exact representation we deserve/elected!
If we want our representation to change then we MUST get involved! Especially in the Republican Primaries of our state.
They are our Representatives Because We the People Elected them! As long as they keep getting elected why would they change? Their reelection is the voter’s stamp of approval, the voter’s message that they agree with these two middle of the road “Republicans”
-Vet Republican Primary Candidates (ATTEND Events In Person – GOP events and campaign events, listen, meet candidates personally and look them in the eye when asking questions and listening to their answers, read their past record, know their position on the issues and their campaign promises, etc.)
-Volunteer for Republican Primary Candidates (support with time and/or $)
-Vote in the Republican Primary (+ help others vote &/or help with elections by being a poll worker or a poll watcher)
Thank you, Kat, for the article. Yes, we do know them by their fruit, and we will do what we can to help them get fired.
They Consistently vote against the will of the majority of TN Republicans – including Republicans in their own districts!
However, these articles are Useless to holding them accountable or impacting their votes/positions on the issues …. UNLESS these articles inform and MOTIVATE their voters/conservatives in their districts begin to:
-write Physical letters and mail them to their district and especially their DC office
-call their district and especially their DC office
-attend county GOP events and be an active GOP member in their districts … True Conservatives voices are Incredibly important to effect change in the County GOP and the TRP (Tennessee Republican Party).
-meet/greet and ask them questions when they attend GOP events
-meet/greet and ask them questions at fundraisers … they Listen to donors even more than regular voters! Most fundraisers are for $100 or less to attend. If they hear from their base supporters that their own base supporters, volunteers, donors, and voters that they are unhappy with their positions/votes they will Listen.
In ALL interactions stay calm, polite, professional and state the things you like and with which you agree that they do … Then state your question or the area/issue/vote with which you disagree and why.
Remember that the staffers/employees answering the phone are not directly responsible and are just doing their job.
Remember that you may need their help on an issue some day in the future so stay nice for your own sake!
Remember that honey is more effective than vinegar and being politic and kind will yield better results than being dismissed and ignored because of your own tone, attitude or behavior.
You are sharing … not berating, debating or arguing. None of the later will change their minds, votes, positions or behavior.
Note: form emails are easily ignored and/or dismissed. If a form email starts coming into their office in large numbers its VERY easy to make a program to put them all in one box and delete. Individual phone calls and letters/postcards + visits in person are MUCH harder to ignore/dismiss.
ONLY their own constituents have an impact (and donors regardless of the donor’s district!) … PLEASE, if you are in their district, STEP up and contact these to Moderate Republicans concerning their votes/positions as they are Consistently “moderate”!
Sadly, this is the PERFECT time for these two to vote however they want to vote with little need to worry about the voters holding them accountable.
Why?
Because the deadline has passed for a primary opponent and Neither Representative has a primary opponent!!!
Both of these guys are running 100% unopposed in the GOP primary for 2024! Despite this vote being 100% typical of their voting pattern! Articles about them now are too little, too late for 2024 … but just in time to begin the GOP Primary campaign (early stages) for 2026!
NO Republican in either district disagreed with them enough or cared enough about their RINO voting record to run against them or to recruit anyone to run against them.
They know they will be 100% safe in their office for another 2.5 years! Even if they have a challenger in 2 years, in the 2026 Republican primary, they bet (and likely are correct) that voters won’t remember this vote today.
(They both have Dem and “I” challengers in the general election but any Republican in both districts is expected to easily win the general election in November by a safe margin)
If conservative Republicans in either district really want to make a change then the 2026 Republican Primary in Congressional Districts 3 & 8 need to start TODAY! Figure out their voting record and begin organizing around countering their record, finding candidates and strategizing NOW.
The earlier the better! Candidates and their supporters need to make sure the potential candidate is “bona fide” and begin getting involved in the community (no need to actually declare or tell most people), gaining name recognition NOW. Become known on the issues NOW.
If all one does is complain … who cares? The complaints need to evolve into motivation and action to make a change
Become Involved and communicate with them … just the fact that constituents are organizing and communicating *may* impact the voting and issue stance of these 2 congressmen that we now Know we will have in office for another 2.5 years.
Fruits … Yep! Article is spot on!
SAME for some of our Tennessee State Senators!
We grassroots conservatives can Change our state’s politics and future if we get busy now! If you live in one of the below districts and do not like your current state senator’s voting record, now is your chance to make a difference that matters!
Republican Primary 2024 candidates for state senate
State Senate District 2 – open seat (no incumbent)
Tom Hatcher
John Pullias
Bryan Richey (current state representative … check his track record!)
District 4
Bobby Harshbarger
Jon Lundberg (Incumbent)
District 6
Monica Irvine
Becky Massey (Incumbent)
District 8
Frank Nicely (Incumbent)
Jessie Seal
District 10
Todd Gardenhire (Incumbent)
Edward LeCompte
District 12
Teena Hedrick
Ken Yager (Incumbent)
District 18
Ferrell Haile (Incumbent)
Chris Spenser
District 24
Charles Cooper
John Stevens (Incumbent)
There are No Republican Primary challengers for these incumbents:
Shane Reeves
Janice Bowling
Bill Powers
Page Walley (shocking that he has no primary opponent considering his support of Red Flag laws)
Joey Hensley
Paul Rose
These state senators will not face another Republican Primary until the Republican Primary of 2028 (if then). To have no primary opponents means that their district’s voters must be Very happy with their voting record!
Neither Walley nor Rose have a Democrat opponent for the general election so will both definitely return to office for another four year term.
Note: If voters do not like how state senators vote, then they need to find or be an opponent in the Republican primaries. All of the incumbents with no opponent know they constituents have given them a stamp of approval and must like how they vote!
Important: Wyatt Rampy is running unopposed in the Republican Primary. He will run against Democrat incumbent Heidi Campbell in the general election. Conservatives from across the state need to help us flip that seat and oust Heidi Campbell as her voting record and positions on the issues are repugnant! She ran for Congress, for Nashville Mayor and continues to show she wants to move up the political ladder out of the TN State Senate – let’s help her move out of that seat!
I found the candidate information here:
https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/General%20Assembly%20Petitions%20%28April%2018%2C%202024%29.pdf?VersionId=jrmMRUi5StWl5ft3ZsaXFftWbAkLfsV3
Reminder that Andy Ogles voted for this crap too.
You’ll find his name under the Israel and Indo-Pacific lists.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/breaking-house-rinos-pass-mike-johnsons-biden-backed/