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Would be nice to replace Holcomb with a real conservative.
Agreed.
Real conservatives don’t support people like Donald Trump.
Braun fully supports trump, that is anything but conservative….
I don’t understand the term “conservative””. What policies do they pass that benefit all? They run on significant tax cuts for the wealthy and strengthen the power of white supremacy, evangelicals, Q’anon, gun owners, etc.
They ran up the deficit under Trump by $7.8 trillion. So don’t tell me there are budget conscious.
They’re against Democracy, women rights, LGTBQ, civil rights and have done nothing to curb mass shootings or border security.
They complain a lot but have no policies or solutions. And those that still support Trump are brainwashed.
“Conservatives” beat their chest about liberty, but make a hate it when people exercise their freedoms in ways that they do not agree with.
“Conservatives” are quick to get enraged and throw around the term “snowflake” when people who speak out for themselves (and sometimes sound silly doing so) without realizing that they are getting upset over somebody else getting upset.
“Conservatives” claim to be fiscally responsible, but they increase national debt as much as Democrats (if not more) and never come close to closing narrowing the annual deficit – which is something that Clinton and Obama made huge progress towards.
I don’t affiliate with either political party (and have split my ticket for most elections), but the hypocrisy of the term “conservative” is laughable.
But they’re all about “Making America Great Again”. Perhaps by kowtowing to Putin and Xi while standing tough against Cuba and Venezuela?
@ Bob P. So just who exactly is it who is responsible for most if the mass shootings? Asking for a friend….
Bob, the issue of diminishing influence of religion in America is a religious issue, not a secular one. Ask for more from your religious leaders, not your political leaders, if you want a revival.
Myself, I see a direct correlation between religious leaders getting more involved in politics … and their diminishing influence in society, followed by the pews emptying out.
Religious leaders who (example) railed about abortion but were silent about brown kids in cages did more to harm attendance and influence than any outside forces. Lots of folks realizing they want no part of a bunch of power hungry hypocrites.
Braun, Banks and Spartz are all leftovers of the past administration in Washington. Are any of them what Indiana wants or needs going forward?
Nope. They’re all disgusting. Look at Braun in the photo on this story. Surrounded by old white men.
Can we please just get some reasonable normal Republicans to run for this office, not the hard-core far right clowns?!
Amen to that
Glen, what planet are you from? You’re in Indiana. Need I say more?
There is a sane Republican who will likely run for the office. Her name is Jennifer McCormick and she’d be on the Democratic ticket.
That such a thing will be the case tells you a lot about the rightward drift of the Republican Party.
If you think that Suzanne Crouch will be allowed to run for the office, think again.
Will Holcomb run for the open Senate seat ? So we can have 2 sane Senators.
Naively, I voted for Braun 6 years ago.
In the senate, he sided with the extreme and populist Republican movement far too often and enabled Trump. Hell, it took an insurrection to convince Barun to vote to certify the election.
Sorry Mike, you’re not getting my vote this time.
You should have watched the debates – you would not have voted for him.
He just repeated I ran a business & I will do what trump tells me to do for an hour straight.
I refuse to vote for anyone who will not attend a debate – as it shows you what they are truly made of and stand for. Braun failed miserably at his debate and still won unfortunately.
Didn’t you see the news story from 2018 where Braun said his company only distributed products “Made in America” only to be contradicted by video footage of boxes in one of his warehouses that were plainly labeled “Made in China”? That was all I needed to see to realize he was a fraud. His four years in the senate only confirms it even more.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/10/outsourcing-critic-mike-brauns-brand-sells-foreign-parts/962276002/
Republicans can and MUST do better than Braun, Spartz, and Banks for obvious reasons. They are dividers, and care more about their careers than the citizens they are supposed to serve. Recruit Merritt, Daniels, or another REASONABLE Republican. Otherwise, Democrats could have a chance if the nominate a real candidate~ not a McDermott.
Braun and other so-called conservatives say they are for small government and individual liberty and states rights. But then they turn around and restrict our freedoms, take decision making away from individuals and states, except when it comes to abortion where it benefitted them to build a Supreme Court that would give them what they want when they could not do it themselves. Their solution to “fixing the economy” is to give massive tax breaks to the wealthy, thus running u the deficit to record highs, while screwing the lower and middle class by slashing programs that are proven to bring families and children out of poverty and improve the economy. They destroy the economy and then blame it on “The Left”. All this said, Braun is one of the worst culprits of the evils of Trumpism. He is exactly the opposite of what Indiana and the country needs!
Kroger has bananas on sale for .23 a lb. That’s a lot more interesting.
+1
Isn’t it time for “real conservatives” and “real liberals” in Indiana to round out their hard core and seemingly unmovable positions on key issues and try to meet somewhere in the middle? Is compromise even in their vocabulary? Braun’s not the guy to do this but Mitch Daniels and other center focused candidates (republican, democrat or libertarian) certainly are. Watch out republicans, if the party doesn’t start listening to the middle majority including independent leaning voters registered with all party affiliations, you can kiss your happy supermajority bye-bye .
Not as long as they get to pick their voters by gerrymandering.
Even if a Democrat squeaks into the Governor’s Mansion, s/he will still face MAGA supermajorities in the Legislature…and the veto pen means nothing when it takes only a simple majority to override.
How sad for Indiana that the choices we have for Governor are Braun, Spartz, and Banks. These three represent the worst of the Republican party. We have a Republican super majority in the legislature already and having any one of these three would basically set Indiana backwards even more than we are now. I don’t know why people celebrate super majorities. They stifle creative ideas and ultimatley don’t serve the people they represent becasue they never have to worry about losing elections or another party with a competing policy agenda. I wish Mitch Daniels would bring some sanity to this race.
100 percent agree.
Eric Doden has thrown his hat in the ring…but I’m guessing you’ll have some issue with him as well…
Great. Just what we need is a partisan hack that is only Governor for his Republican constituents and not for the State of Indiana.
Good heavens! I can’t begin to image Braun as governor!!
Can we get someone in mid 40 – 50 who is successful at a current position, cares for ALL people, realizes there are layers of different population h/s will need to help/answer to, and still care about people.
Braun is none of this and Indiana does not need him, nor want him. I feel sick thinking about about the possibility!
For the love of god, just no. Noooo. And nooooooo.
This comment (for the first time) passed the vibe check.
This comment section passed the vibe check.
Braun is too extreme and these ‘Conservative’ Indiana Republicans are bad for businesses and jobs in Indiana. Their pious, holier than thou legislative agendas scare off many large employers with their far right social conservative agenda. Braun is an empty suit lacking any sort of ‘good ideas’ on anything for job creation, education, infrastructure, etc.
I’d vote for an independent or democrat before this clown.
Not a big Braun fan. But I must say a lot of libs got triggered on this article.
Makes me very excited to vote for him.