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New GOP Group Launches Campaign to Encourage Continued Support for Ukraine

August 16, 2023 Minnesota Sun Staff

Republicans launched an organization Tuesday to advocate for continued financial support of Ukraine in the war against Russian aggression, according to a press release.

GOP Strategist Sarah Longwell and commentator Bill Kristol will head Republicans for Ukraine, which unveiled its $2 million campaign to encourage party voters and politicians to stand with the nation, according to the press release. The organization will run digital ads of Republican voters’ testimony about why they believe the party should continue providing aid to Ukraine on cable, television and YouTube throughout the remainder of 2023.

Commentary: #NeverTrump’s Kristol Begs Former GOPers to Join with Grampa Joe Biden

February 27, 2021February 26, 2021 Minnesota Sun Staff

Ever since Ronald Reagan’s 70’s and 80’s campaigns we’ve heard a lot about “Reagan Democrats”. More recently, with the rapid rise of the inimitable Donald J. Trump, the term“Trump Democrats” has also been a common refrain, even among charter members of the establishment media.

Commentary: Has-Beens for Biden

July 16, 2020July 15, 2020 Minnesota Sun Staff

Over the weekend a flurry of articles appeared, enthusing about the awesome machinery being put together across the country to defeat President Donald Trump in this fall’s presidential election. The machinery is being put together not by Democrats but by that most curious of political animals, the Never Trumpers. I have pored over all the reports and noted all the data. Reporters spent a lot of time interviewing the Never Trumpers and noting all their grand designs. It looked to me like it was curtains for Donald, except for two problems facing the valiant Never Trumpers.

Former GOP Rep Joe Walsh Prepares a Primary Challenge to Trump

August 23, 2019August 22, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

Never Trump Republican writer and pundit Bill Kristol is pushing former Republican Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh to run against President Donald Trump in 2020, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

Commentary: Same People Behind Iraq War Lies Pushed Russian Collusion

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Julie Kelly For more than two years they misled us. Exploiting fear and confusion after a shocking event, they warned that our country was in imminent danger at the hands of a mad man. They insisted that legitimate intelligence, including a CIA report issued a month before a…

Commentary: The Rise of the Republican #WalkAways – And Why No One Cares

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Admin

by Troy Worden You might have heard about the #WalkAway Movement, in which disaffected Democrats say farewell to their party due to its hard-left turn. But you might not have heard much about an identical movement of disaffected Republicans leaving their party, though it’s not because it isn’t happening.…

Trump Derangement Syndrome Case #47563: Bill Kristol Considering Run For President In 2020

August 1, 2018July 31, 2018 Admin

by Peter Hasson Bill Kristol, the former editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard, is considering challenging President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary. Kristol, consistently one of the most vocal anti-Trump Republicans during the 2016 campaign, has been considering a run for months, a source familiar with Kristol’s thinking…