Speaking on Fox News, former Alaska Republican Governor Sarah Palin hinted she would run for Congress to fight "namby pamby wussy p*ssy stuff," a turn of phrase that earned her widespread ridicule.
Palin, who rose to prominence after the late Arizona Republican Senator John McCain chose her to be his running mate in the 2008 election, told Fox News personality that she is considering a political comeback because she has "nothing to lose."
You can hear her remarks in the video below
Palin: \u2026 I\u2019m going to throw my hat in the ring because we need people that have cajones. We need people like Donald Trump who has nothing to lose like me. We got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamby wussy pussy stuff\u2026pic.twitter.com/49vCbLgkkJ— Acyn (@Acyn) 1648173685
Palin said:
“There is a time and a season for everything and if this season is one where I need a more official platform to have then, yeah, I’m going to throw my hat in the ring because we need people that have cojones."
“We need people like Donald Trump who has nothing to lose, like me. We’ve got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamby wussy-p*ssy stuff that’s been going on.”
“That’s why our country is in the mess that we’re in, because people who run for office, they look at it as a job or as a business instead of as a calling."
Palin did not elaborate on what she meant by "namby pamby wussy p*ssy stuff" but her remarks appeared to be a slight against Democrats, whom Republicans have often accused of spending more time focusing on identity politics than on matters regarding the economy or immigration, particularly at the nation's southern frontier.
Palin also apparently forgets that former President Trump long pledged to run the United States government like a business, and many of his top aides, including his son-in-law Jared Kusher, made his business acumen the focal point of an often incendiary campaign that regularly expressed grievances with Democratic economic policies.
For instance, in October 2016, just weeks before the presidential election, Trump linked his corporate record to his potential performance as President, saying he would keep the government “Under budget and ahead of schedule."
The irony, however, is that Trump's corporate record is anything but stellar, betraying a long line of failed businesses and bankruptcy filings, to say nothing of how his freewheeling approach to federal finances led to an "explosive rise" in the national debt, per a ProPublica analysis.
Palin was harshly criticized
I so wanted this to be a paraphrasing, but no\u2026 unsurprisingly, this is direct from the horses mouth. A quote\u2026https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Tina Teaches \ud83d\udc9e (@Tina Teaches \ud83d\udc9e) 1648251847
Can you believe this crazy woman?\nDoes anyone look forward to seeing her face in the news again?https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Vote for the Candidate, Not the Party! (@Vote for the Candidate, Not the Party!) 1648250181
Pretty sure we've seen enough of this onehttps://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Kathy (@Kathy) 1648251616
Well, that\u2019s just swell. This idiot is back. American politics is in such a pitiful state that it\u2019s begun to draw flies. I think I\u2019m just gonna hang here in Europe, folks. Have a nice day.https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Vincent DeVeau (@Vincent DeVeau) 1648254695
The GOP\u2019s dusted off the clown car - and who comes rolling out? Forget MAGA-the Republicans are now the \u201cWhat Have We Got to Lose Party\u201d #whosgonnatellher https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/DnZgTTc75S— henhousemomma (@henhousemomma) 1648197260
She was the start of the downfall of one of the two major parties in this nation.https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Jen Gumbel (@Jen Gumbel) 1648215411
Yeah. Im definitely laughing and displeased at the same time.https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Zachary Starbuck (@Zachary Starbuck) 1648215957
Talker Sarah Palin never slows down to breathe, let alone think. Carnival Barking 101. #akgov #akhousehttps://twitter.com/acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Dermot Cole (@Dermot Cole) 1648235982
Nothing to lose? And you want to represent people who have everything to lose ? https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1507175794195329034\u00a0\u2026— Cinkencer (@Cinkencer) 1648250114
Palin's remarks bring to mind similar commentary from Republicans who've repeatedly suggested, as part of a "culture war" campaign strategy, that Democrats have pushed "woke" policies that have weakened America's standing and catered to a limited progressive base.
Recently, Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon, who offered praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting that the United States should support Putin even as he proceeds with a violent invasion of Ukraine because he is "anti-woke" and has criticized his country's LGBTQ+ community for openly flying Pride flags.
Last year, Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, made the absurd claim that Democrats are "trying to get rid of parents" by employing gender-neutral language, a purposely misconstruing of a move by the House of Representatives, which had months before approved rules about the language that would be used in official documents as part of an effort to be more inclusive.
