Mass GOP Chair seeks to muzzle & censor me
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
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Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnevale is gunning for me. She has written a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) demanding that I be censored for exposing the venal GOP establishment.
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My alleged sin? In her FCC letter, the Republican state chair claims that comments I made on my Friday, March 1stĀ show āexhibit gross offensiveness.ā In particular, she was referencing my calling Carnevale and her fellow band of RINOs āwhores.ā
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To understand the context of my using that term, I was discussing the 1987 film, āWall Street.ā There is a dramatic scene, in which the character played by Martin Sheen warns his stockbroker son about the perils of getting in financial bed with corporate tycoon, Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas). Sheen tells his son: āI donāt go to sleep with no whore; I donāt wake up with no whore.ā
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It is a brilliant lineāone of my all-time favorites. Why? Because the working-class father is telling his son that money and greed are corrosive. It is about the danger of being for sale, abandoning oneās core beliefs, values and integrity in pursuit of money and power. In particular, this is the fatal flaw of the RINOsāespecially, in corrupt Massachusetts. It is why they repeatedly betray conservatives, Trump supporters and even their own voters. On a national scale, think Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney or Nikki Haley. You get the picture.
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On the state level, as my monologue on Friday made perfectly clear, I was referencing prominent Massachusetts RINO leaders and candidates, such as Bill Weld, Mitt Romney, Charlie Baker and Chris Doughty (among others). Notice: Theyāre all men. Yet, they didnāt write letters to the FCC and demand that I be silenced or fired as Carnevale has. In fact, I have called Doughty, Baker, Weld and Romney much worse.
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The point of my monologue is an obvious one: Establishment Republicans sell out to the donor class. They abandon key Republican principlesāon the border, illegal immigration, welfare to illegals, sanctuary cities, crime, DEI, ESG corporate governance, civil liberties, abortion, the Green agenda, trade, and strong opposition to Democratsābecause of the corrosive influence of Big Money, Big Business, lobbyists, special interests and corporate power. In short, they are for sale. They are political opportunists and cynical careerists who are obsessed with money and power.
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Anyone with half a brain knows I do not literally mean they are prostitutes or street walkers, who will have sex in exchange for cash. It is a metaphor, a turn of phrase, a figure of speech. Thatās why no one has ever complained when Iāve used the term beforeāuntil now.Ā
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āReferring to prominent political figures, particularly women, as āwhoresā not only fails to support communities but actively undermines them,ā she said in her FCC complaint. āSuch language is demeaning and can dissuade women from pursuing prominent roles within communities.ā
Carnevale adds that āJeff Kuhnerās ongoing dissemination of disinformationā about RINO and GOP establishment corruption and lies are a threat to women, blacks, minorities, ācommunitiesā of every kind in Massachusetts, as well as to the entire public.
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Remarkably, she calls on the FCC and my employer iHeartMedia, to censor me and take me off the air. She demands they start āceasing Jeff Kuhnerās inappropriate and misogynistic language and halting his disinformation campaign concerning āpay to playā politics.ā
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Carnevale is a RINO clown. Her pathetic attempts to smear me as some kind of a misogynistic, sexist pig is beyond laughable. This is manufactured, fake outrage. She is desperately trying to deflect from (and cover-up) her disastrous, failed and sleazy tenure as Massachusetts Republican Party chair.
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In particular, she refuses to address several key criticisms I have made about her leadership. She is a lobbyist for K&L Gates, a high-powered, globalist law firm with 45 offices on five continents. She remains a lobbyist at K&L while being chair of the Massachusetts GOP. How is this not a blatant, grotesque conflict of interest?
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Moreover, K&L pushes a radical Green agenda, ESG corporate governance, DEI and other neo-Marxist, leftist policies. She refused to sign a 2022 ballot petition opposing driverās licenses for illegal aliens.
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Yet, her media allies at theĀ Boston HeraldĀ (a RINO rag) now insist she is a Trump-loving MAGA Republican. Their evidence: Carnevale took several pictures with Trump in the Oval Office (by this measure, Nikki Haley and Mike Pence are Trumpās staunchest supporters).
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She has, however, personally hosted Massachusetts GOP events promoting rabid anti-Trumpers, such as Chris Christie, Chris Sununu and his father, John Sununu. She believes these treacherous RINOs are the model for Republican governance in Massachusetts.
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Carnevale openly supported liberal Chris Doughty against Trump-backed MAGA conservative Geoff Diehl in the 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary (Chris Sununu also publicly endorsed Doughty). Doughty voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. This is the RINO vision for Massachusettsāa GOP that is nothing more than Democrat-lite.
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No wonder the far-leftists at theĀ Boston GlobeĀ are promoting Carnevale, urging Republican voters to support her slate of candidates on Super Tuesday. Since when is theĀ GlobeĀ interested in advancing the interests of the conservative GOP? Never.
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Yet, the Globe backs her now for the same reason the GOP establishment does: She is a female version of Charlie Bakerāalbeit much less intelligent, effective and charismatic. In other words, sheās a closet Democrat who will do nothing to challenge the stateās liberal regime.
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I see right through her phony leadership. And thatās why she wants me and the voice of my audience muzzled and shut down.
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-Jeffrey T. Kuhner is host of āThe Kuhner Reportā on WRKO AM-680 in Boston. His daily show airs 6-10 am ET. He can be reached at:Ā JeffreyKuhner@iheartmedia.com
- Image courtesy of Getty
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