In three short weeks Breitbart News reporting drove two of the three leading establishment Republicans in Tennessee out of the state’s 2018 U.S. Senate race.
Author: Michael Patrick Leahy
Breitbart Goes ‘Old Hickory’ in Tennessee, Gets 2 Establishment Scalps
In three short weeks Breitbart News reporting drove two of the three leading establishment Republicans in Tennessee out of the state’s 2018 U.S. Senate race.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn Announces Candidacy for GOP Senate Nomination in Tennessee
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by retiring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) on Thursday. Blackburn explained why she is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate in this three minute video posted on her campaign website: “The United States Senate . . . it’s totally dysfunctional, and it’s enough to drive you nuts, and that’s why I’ve decided to do something about it,” Blackburn says at the beginning of the video. Blackburn continues: I’m Marsha Blackburn. I’m a hard core, card carrying Tennessee conservative. I’m politically incorrect, and proud of it. So, let me just say it like it is: The fact that our Republican majority in the U.S. Senate can’t overturn Obamacare, or will not overturn Obamacare. It’s a disgrace. Too many Senate Republicans act like Democrats. Or worse. And that’s what we have to change. Here in Tennessee, I fought my own party to stop a massive, job killing, state income tax. And we stopped it. We won. Blackburn, a former Chairman of the Williamson County Republican Party, was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 1998. It was there that she led the successful
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam Will Not Run for Bob Corker’s Senate Seat
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced on Thursday that he will not run for the Republican nomination to replace retiring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) in the 2018 election.
Warren Buffett to Purchase Haslam-Owned Pilot Flying J
Berkshire Hathaway, the company controlled by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, announced Tuesday morning the company is purchasing Haslam-family owned Pilot Flying J, the privately owned national truck-stop chain that had $19 billion in revenue in…
Conservative Republicans: TN Gov. Haslam Family-Owned Pilot Flying J Appears to Benefit from Gas Tax Increase He Pushed Through
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam alienated conservative Republicans earlier this year when he pushed a 6 cents per gallon gas tax increase through the Tennessee General Assembly and signed the hike into law despite the state’s $1 billion surplus.
SAD! President Trump Falsely Claims His Endorsement Helped Luther Strange at Alabama Polls
President Trump apparently missed the lesson delivered to him by Alabama Republican voters on Tuesday when they decisively picked grassroots conservative champion Roy Moore over establishment-backed and Trump-endorsed Luther Strange in the primary run…
Haslam-Owned Pilot Flying J Employees Headed to Trial Next Month on Federal Fraud Charges
If Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam enters the Republican U.S. Senate primary, as he suggested on Thursday he is considering, things are about to get much tougher for the politician who has carefully avoided revealing the details of his vast inherited finan…
TN Gov. Bill Haslam Praises Brother, NFL’s Cleveland Browns Owner, Who Attacked Trump over Anthem-Kneelers
On Tuesday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam praised his brother Jimmy Haslam, the owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, who aggressively attacked President Trump for his comments criticizing NFL players who publicly protest the national anthem by kneeling w…
TN Gov. Bill Haslam Praises Brother, NFL’s Cleveland Browns Owner, Who Attacked Trump over Anthem-Kneelers
On Tuesday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam praised his brother Jimmy Haslam, the owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, who aggressively attacked President Trump for his comments criticizing NFL players who publicly protest the national anthem by kneeling w…