Incoming Nevada Speaker is a real piece of work

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Please make him resign.

He overthrew his moderate predecessor because of incumbent Bachmanns (Google "Michele Fiore") and incoming Gohmerts, per Ralston.

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Ralston has said there have been rumblings about the former moderate leader, Pat Hickey, being reinstalled as a coalition candidate between Dems and moderate Pubs. Sandoval should start moving on that now.

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Non-apology apology after Sandoval condemned his remarks.

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From a GOP activist I follow on Twitter: Confederate writings from Hansen. "... Am extremely proud of the “lost cause” and the attempts to preserve the original States Rights position of the U.S. Constitution. In spite of what most believe, the War Between the States was not about slavery per se, but about whether or not a State had the right to leave the Union.."

There's a lot more.

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Hutchison minces no words.

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Another letter was found from last year: ultra-homophobia, comparing homosexuality to bestiality, child abuse and prostitution.

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He's resigning as Pub leader.

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He did - announced today that he summoned Hansen and demanded his resignation last Friday. Vote will be between Bachmannite Michele Fiore and regular Paul Anderson.

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LL: Fiore makes Angle look sane. Saying striking culinary workers who catcall should be beaten and shot , being Bundy's biggest fan who called the BLM "Nazi-minded bullies", among many other things.

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The new leadership team. New Speaker is experienced and congenial but seen as a potential tool of the new majority leader... Michele Fiore. Hansen is assistant majority leader and Jim Wheeler, he of voting for slavery if his constituents wanted infamy, is majority whip.

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3 nutters led by a tool of theirs. Senate will block the crazy before it gets to Sandoval's desk, hopefully.

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Fiore has 7 digit in tax liens.

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Ralston describes the takeover in Leninist terms.

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Fiore pissed off Adelson by a) dropping in unannounced and begging 20 minutes for a selfie b) falsely claiming to caucus she had his full support c) lying about Anderson. He found the whole thing "creepy."

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Coalition inbound: Fiore says she's heard a meeting will be held on the 22nd where dissident Pubs will join Dems to elect a new speaker, presumably outgoing Dem Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick. Fiore's also lost her leadership of the taxation committee. The policy reason why Sandoval wants this is the tax hike he wants to fund his priorities, and Kirkpatrick's been negotiating with him and Roberson on it for a while.

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Fiore has been removed as majority leader and tax chairman, with 2 moderates taking her place for those respective slots. Sandoval will still need a lot of luck for his tax package, though...