Unapologetically Black. Unapologetically Conservative. I put principles over people. Non-Tribal. A Tar Heel in Queensland.
Brisbane, QLD by way of NC
Joined December 2008
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Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
The same people who spent years telling us traditional conservatism was passé and that we must embrace MAGA populism are now scrambling to blame the very people they drove out.
You own this wreck. Every last bit of it, you smug, self-important fools.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
I'm one of the guys who thought that finally taking on Iran was the right move, in the long run. They've been a malevolent presence on the world stage in an critical region since 1979. And we can't let them obtain a nuclear (or conventional) deterrent and turn into another North Korea, with all the natural resources in the Middle East that we depend on.
That said, there are always tradeoffs to taking action, and DeSantis is right that the American people were *not* prepared to shoulder the burdens of higher gas prices (on top of the covid-era bipartisan inflationary idiocy. And tariffs.)
If the Iran conflict was a <8-week operation and then everything pretty much went back to normal, that would have been a massive W. But it's dragged on now for months, and we don't really have a resolution in sight as far as I can tell.
At the very least, the Trump admin should have made the argument that "conflict with Iran will cause some pain in the short term, but will be better for us in the long term." They never really did that.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis:
Some of these Republicans are saying, "Oh, well, the gas, don't worry. It's no big deal." Or they're trying to blame Biden.
No, no. Listen, we've just got to be honest. Gas is higher. It hurts people, working-class people, and it's higher because of the Iran conflict.
That's just the fact. If you can't admit that to voters, then you're gaslighting them, and they're not going to listen to you on other things.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
Governor DeSantis talks about the difference between Biden appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court based on skin color and when DeSantis appointed a Black woman Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court based on merits.
DeSantis agrees that White women have been the main beneficiaries of DEI programs.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a dumb person's idea of a good writer. His writing is so purple he ought to pen his pieces in Crayola violet crayon.
"Haley Stevens’s defection from the Democratic vote isn’t a story about party intrigue. It is a story about Stevens waking up and choosing violence. In supporting Mike Rogers, she has allied herself with an odious culture war in the US, tied to the very real war in Gaza,” writes Ta-Nehisi Coates. vanityfair.visitlink.me/4IcJ…
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
I disagree here. If Trump had finished the job in Iran back in June or July and not tried to futilely negotiate with them for months it would not have hurt him.
Bizarrely he seems to be gearing up to do just that now that it is too late.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
America needs Ron DeSantis to run for President.
He’s the most principled, no nonsense, ACTUAL conservative politician.
He hasn’t bowed down to Trump & isn’t afraid to call out his own party, while making Florida one of the most prosperous conservative states.
DeSantis 2028 🇺🇸
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
DeSantis is the ONLY Repulican who can say he has ALREADY done everything GOP voters care about. Balanced the Florida budget, cut spending, ended boys in girls restrooms, stood up to COVID totalitarianism and cut property taxes. I hope he announces his campaign tomorrow.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
My boy is gonna' run again.😉
Let's see if The Right REALLY wants what they've always said they want, or if they decide they need more gameshow host, trolling on X, right-wing socialism.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis:
Our founding fathers believed you could have the best Constitution in the world, the Declaration of Independence — if the people in office don't display some civic virtue about public service being a sacrifice, it's not to use public office for private gain.
And we see so much of that in DC right now.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis:
I had a guy come up to me and say, "Man, I was here in 1980, and I think you're going to be a better president than Ronald Reagan."
And then he looked at me and said, "And if Trump weren't running, I'd vote for you."
I had a lady come up to me. She's like, "I think you'd be a better president than him, but what they're doing to Trump, I've got to go."
I just ran into a brick wall.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
Another iconic moment early COVID when Gov Desantis chokes up and apologizes for ever having kept folk away from their infirm and dying family members
We’re definitely getting a downgrade after this election
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
If Vance is the nominee, we are getting President AOC and we will 100% deserve it. The GOP can't pick a decent nominee to save their lives.
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
Nancy Mace says people in the White House told her NOT to run for Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat, and “anyone could have won the seat with an R by their name except for Darlene Graham.”
MACE: “I was told not to run. I was told by the administration, by people in the White House, I was told not to run. … I mean, anyone could have won the seat with an R by their name except for Darlene Graham.”
“Four years ago, I beat Annie Andrews by 14 points. This was not a hard race. She is a very woke liberal white woman. She checks all the boxes of the terrible things of liberal white women.”
Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 retweeted
The Republicans were crushed in the 1974 midterms. Reagan later delivered a speech explaining why:
♦️ “The meaning of the last election will not be found among those who voted. It will be found among those who stayed home—the biggest non-voter bloc in our nation’s history. And why did they stay home? Well, because they said they couldn’t see any difference between the two parties.”♦️
There’s a lesson in that worth remembering. You can’t win voters by simply telling them how bad the other side is. You have to give them a compelling reason to vote for you. Stand for something. Be bold, unapologetically conservative, offer a clear contrast, and most importantly, deliver on the promises you campaigned on. Voters need to see a real difference, not just hear about one.
