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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill any Republicans start stepping away from Trump after last night?
Surely some of them must see the writing on the wall after last night's elections.
I'm convinced they care most about their political careers, gaining & maintaining power, above all else, so in the interest of self-preservation I'd think there would be at least some distancing, even in small ways. Small steps so as not to anger their Dear Leader too badly, but large enough so they can appear to be "not Trump."
It could be a challenging balance to strike, walking that tightrope, but it's a rope they embraced & walked out on, so welcome to the circus.
Your thoughts?
Mad_Machine76
(24,919 posts)Not certain they do, though.
Fiendish Thingy
(21,479 posts)Shes been on a media blitz reputation redemption tour.
Jbraybarten
(121 posts)Baitball Blogger
(51,446 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(25,478 posts)Codifer
(1,129 posts)that President Custer is not infallible.
Blue Owl
(57,890 posts)Because its gonna be flushed with you on it.
global1
(26,302 posts)Anything DJT touches - dies!!!
Even the Repug Party - which every time he opens his mouth he takes it down another knotch.
Raven123
(7,300 posts)They will try gaslighting before facing facts. Give it a few months till primary season
kentuck
(114,915 posts)...like MTG.
intheflow
(29,866 posts)But she seems to be the only one can see the writing clearly on the wall.
Irish_Dem
(77,782 posts)They don't give a rat's ass about their voters, the public, their state, their country.
They are only worried about their own power and wealth.
Is Trump a sinking ship?
When and how do they bail out?
fujiyamasan
(948 posts)If hes says its rigged, its rigged. Meanwhile, what we should expect is a quick effort by GOP state legislatures to redistrict as many states as possible before the midterms.
This is why I cant stand state senators like that in Maryland, who is slowing down the process in that state. Ive heard others that are also voicing concerns about representation which is basically identity politics at its worst. Dems have to combat this quick. Otherwise, even yesterdays victories will be short lived. Dont pull defeat from thr jaws of victory next year.
Newsom seems to be one of the only democrats to understand how important this is. I have a feeling too many other democratic leaders would sit around and write letters to the president.
LR3
(87 posts)Briefly--very briefly--the repugs were mad at Drumpf, but they quickly lost whatever tiny spines they briefly grew. The Orange asshole is just as unpopular now as he was then, but I don't expect it will move them any more than it did then.
wcmagumba
(5,092 posts)Traildogbob
(12,141 posts)Once they get the first sniff of the shroom spores, the hallucinations reprogram their skull meat. That is why they have the weekly ass insertion at the round table, the spores then Repack their nostrils on the way up, to keep control of their souls. Satan
Trained him for that decades ago.
Mz Pip
(28,280 posts)Support for Trump is pathological with them
Jbraybarten
(121 posts)Emile
(39,084 posts)I doubt any of them will step away from their daddy.
Torchlight
(6,117 posts)when the mid-term campaigns move into second gear and begin focusing on local constituents rather than fealty to trump. I don't think they can afford him pulling the rug our from under their feet until they feel confident they've moved off the carpet onto the gilded linoleum.
I do expect to see a broad swath of his elected loyalists to turncoat, but only at the last possible moment, and only if doing so assists their electoral numbers.
QueerDuck
(595 posts)There might be one or two... even a handful... but it's unlikely (IMHO) that they will start to peel away from or abandon their Dear Leader.
dalton99a
(91,098 posts)mwmisses4289
(2,751 posts)and now they can't figure out how to remove it.
Buckeyeblue
(6,107 posts)To open the government. It's been a bad look for them. If they pass it on to Trump, he can decide if he wants to continue to be the face of the shutdown. Of course that would mean the House would have to come back in session.