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#22812518 at 2025-03-24 04:44:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27862: You want to do nonsense, do nonsense KEK Edition
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Book award named for ex-Republican and Trump critic
The Rodel Institute announced the creation of the Edwards Book Award in 2022. The institute's CEO, Kroger, said that "with threats to democracy increasing across the globe, recognizing books addressing how democracies thrive is more important than ever." The prize was "named in honor of Marvin Henry 'Mickey' Edwards, who has inspired generations of American public servants and students as a Member of Congress... and founding Executive Director of the Rodel Fellowship."
Mickey Edwards, the former Republican congressman, wrote in September 2020: "Joe Biden is not a perfect man, but he is a man of humble decency. America needs a restored sense of national unity, basic civility and true character in our president. After four years of reckless Trumpian chaos and division, we believe it is time for a new president and ask that you join us."
Edwards said a week after January 6th that "there is no Republican Party anymore that has values, principles, morals, anything. They voted to question the election results even after people came into the Capitol, tried to kill them, and killed a police officer who was trying to protect them." Edwards said in February 2021 that attendees of CPAC no longer believed in the Constitution, free elections, or democracy, saying that "they're no different than the people who flock to other totalitarian leaders in other countries."
He said in October that "after devoting nearly 60 years to the Republican Party... I am going to vote for Harris for president." Edwards wrote in January that "it's been four years since the United States Capitol was attacked by an army of Americans" and he lamented that "the man who set it in motion will again take the oath of office he violated four years ago and move back into the White House."
The Board of Directors leans left or just dislikes Trump, or both
The Rodel Institute's Board of Directors also includes a number of Trump critics - again including Ian Solomon among them.
Bill Budinger, the co-founder of the Rodel Foundation, was a founding trustee for the Democratic Leadership Council and has been listed as a trustee for the Progressive Policy Institute, which was founded by the Democratic Leadership Council.
Don Budinger, also a co-founder of the Rodel Foundation, signed onto a 2011 petition opposing state-level efforts in Arizona to deal with illegal immigration, donated to Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly in 2019, and attended a fundraiser for Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gale in May 2024.
Steve Bullock was the former Democratic governor of Montana and was reportedly considered as a contender for Kamala Harris's Cabinet had she won.
Heather Carter, a former Arizona state legislator who had been a Republican but later registered as an independent, has become critical of the GOP and has endorsed some Democrats. She said that "I am 100% supporting Katie Hobbs" - the Democratic candidate for Arizona governor - in 2022, arguing, "As a former Republican, I became even more concerned with the fact that we have Republican candidates who are fundamentally peddling lies about the 2020 election."
Jamie Woodson, a former Republican Tennessee state senator, was the co-chair for a 2019 report on the "Crisis in Democracy: Renewing Trust in America." The report said that "provocateurs and hatemongers, foreign and domestic, are fueling disagreements, and media are amplifying the divides" and lamented the "failure to neutralize political disinformation campaigns during the 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle."
Rob McKenna, the former Republican attorney general in Washington, called Trump "a demagogue and an opportunist with no real foundation in principles or values." McKenna also criticized Trump over his fight with Boasberg this month, calling Trump's legal arguments "flimsy."
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hldjudge-who-blocked-trump-deportations-took-junket-event-anti