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| | Priebus has been a [[RINO Backer]] who was elected to be the [[Republican National Committee]] chairman in 2011, and then led the Republican Party to one of its worst performances in history: instead of winning the Senate as expected, the Republican Party lost seats there, and an incumbent Democrat was reelected president despite high unemployment. | | Priebus has been a [[RINO Backer]] who was elected to be the [[Republican National Committee]] chairman in 2011, and then led the Republican Party to one of its worst performances in history: instead of winning the Senate as expected, the Republican Party lost seats there, and an incumbent Democrat was reelected president despite high unemployment. |
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| − | Priebus has never been elected to public office. He was formerly the head of the Wisconsin GOP. | + | Priebus has never been elected to public office. He was formerly the head of the Wisconsin GOP, and then the RNC. |
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| − | Priebus was reelected as Chairman of the Republican National Committee in early 2015 after [[Republican]]s scored historic gains in the 2014 midterm elections. | + | Priebus was reelected as Chairman of the Republican National Committee in early 2015 after [[Republican]]s scored historic gains in the 2014 midterm elections, where were due to opposition to [[ObamaCare]] and fears about the [[Ebola]] outbreak coming into the [[United States]]. |
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| | On election night, Trump credited Priebus for his campaign efforts, but post-election analysis showed that Trump's victory in Priebus's home state of Wisconsin was not due to a get-out-the-vote effort, but to substantially lower turnout by [[Dem]]s to vote for [[Hillary Clinton]]. | | On election night, Trump credited Priebus for his campaign efforts, but post-election analysis showed that Trump's victory in Priebus's home state of Wisconsin was not due to a get-out-the-vote effort, but to substantially lower turnout by [[Dem]]s to vote for [[Hillary Clinton]]. |
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| | + | Humorously, Reince Priebus's consonants in his name spell "R.N.C. P.R. B.S."<ref>See [[Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?]]</ref> |
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| | == Gorsuch nomination == | | == Gorsuch nomination == |
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| − | Priebus reportedly had a role in promoting pro-choice nominee Neil Gorsuch to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], and Priebus may have assured Trump that Gorsuch would be confirmed by the Senate. That confirmation is in doubt as nearly all [[Democrats]] have shown a willingness to [[filibuster]] Gorsuch, and more than a few Republicans show an unwillingness to change the Senate rules simply to confirm him. | + | Priebus reportedly had a role in promoting pro-choice nominee Neil Gorsuch to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], and Priebus may have assured Trump that Gorsuch would be confirmed by the Senate. Instead, the [[Dem]]s [[filibuster]]ed Gorsuch, and [[Mitch McConnell]] resorted to the [[nuclear option]] to change the Senate rules and forever end the filibuster rule in the [[U.S. Senate]] for judicial nominations. This wasted all of the [[political capital]] of the Republican Party and left the [[Dem]]s more determined to block future legislation. |
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