Republicans are melting down after President Donald Trump didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, going so far as to say they’ll make their very own prizes to current to their Pricey Chief as a participation trophy.
It ought to go with out saying that Trump doesn’t deserve the world-renown award. He’s ordering violent roundups of immigrants, sending within the navy towards his personal residents, and finishing up extrajudicial killings off the coast of South America
However even when he did deserve it, nearly the entire supposed peace-making that Republicans attribute to him befell after Jan. 31, the deadline for the nomination course of.
Nonetheless, Republicans are condemning the Nobel committee and whining that their orange-tinted idol did not win the award he so desperately desires.
“If Nobel wants to restore what used to be a once-dignified prize, they can restore their credibility by awarding President Trump the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s earned it,” Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise stated on Fox Enterprise Friday morning. “He’s done more than any leader in the world in years to bring peace.”
Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, in the meantime, sought to present Trump a little bit pep discuss after he did not win the prize.
“With today’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement, we can’t forget the accomplishments of President Trump,” Scott wrote in a publish on X. “In just a few months, he has brought peace to the world, brokering historic deals to end wars that have lasted for decades. Not to mention, we’ve seen countless world leaders call for his nomination to receive this great honor. I hope the Committee will take this into consideration when selecting the next award winner—it should be [Trump]!”
Then there have been the actual pick-me Republicans like Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter and New York Rep. Claudia Tenney.
“[Trump] deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. And that’s why I’m introducing a resolution … that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize,” Carter advised Fox Enterprise Friday morning. “And if need be, we’ll call for a discharge petition on that.”
Congress does not determine who wins a Nobel Peace Prize, so no matter ridiculous laws Carter introduces is a waste of time. However Carter is working for Senate in Georgia, clearly with a method of kissing Trump’s ass within the hopes of incomes Trump’s endorsement to assist him win the crowded GOP main.
Tenney, in the meantime, stated she is going to make her personal peace award named after Trump as a result of she’s sick of Trump not profitable the prize.
“I nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2 straight cycles. I will nominate him again when the nomination window opens. Awarding President Trump this honor would bring credibility back to this once venerable award. However, I think like minded souls should create a new award—’The Trump Peace and Prosperity Award’—it will raise the standard and be the most inspirational and coveted award in the world,” Tenney wrote in a publish on X.
Opposition chief María Corina Machado waves from atop a truck throughout a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, in July 2024.
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This yr’s Nobel Peace Prize was as an alternative awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan lady combating to deliver democracy to her autocratic nation—at excessive threat to her security and livelihood.
In asserting her as this yr’s awardee, the Nobel Committee appeared to take digs at Trump.
“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended—with words, with courage, and with determination,” the committee wrote.
These phrases won’t ever describe Trump, who’s in search of to imprison his enemies, silence dissent, and ignore legal guidelines to hold out his merciless, dictatorial agenda.
