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CaptainTruth

(7,999 posts)
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:24 PM Nov 5

Will 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?

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Will any Republicans start stepping away from Trump after last night? (Original Post) CaptainTruth Nov 5 OP
If they know what's good for them (and the country) Mad_Machine76 Nov 5 #1
MTG already is Fiendish Thingy Nov 5 #2
more like revenge after he wouldn't bless her for a Senate run. She's pissed. Jbraybarten Nov 5 #17
Yup. She needs 8 more to join her. Baitball Blogger Nov 5 #18
Hope not!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 5 #3
perhaps they will realize Codifer Nov 5 #4
Cling to the steaming turd, pedophile enablers! Blue Owl Nov 5 #5
Remember The Old Saying...... global1 Nov 5 #6
It is a year before the next election. Raven123 Nov 5 #7
Only the smart ones... kentuck Nov 5 #8
So weird that's she's passing as smart thee days. intheflow Nov 5 #13
THIS is the question they are asking themselves today. Irish_Dem Nov 5 #9
No they will double down and go with whatever Trump says fujiyamasan Nov 5 #10
They didn't bail out after J6, I don't see them doing it now LR3 Nov 5 #11
Simple answer, nope...Long version, nope... wcmagumba Nov 5 #12
They can not switch Traildogbob Nov 5 #15
They'll double down Mz Pip Nov 5 #14
I doubt it. Maybe after the midterms, but even then, they are so spineless. Jbraybarten Nov 5 #16
Republicans strongest trait is ASS KISSING. Emile Nov 5 #19
I don't think this will occur until early-spring Torchlight Nov 5 #20
I suppose it's possible, but my best guess is that it's unlikely. QueerDuck Nov 5 #21
They will keep their mouths shut and/or they will continue to help Trump in the looting and rampage dalton99a Nov 5 #22
Trump is the millstone/albatross the r's willingly put around their necks, mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #23
I think they might agree restore ACA subsidies Buckeyeblue Nov 5 #24

global1

(26,302 posts)
6. Remember The Old Saying......
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:35 PM
Nov 5

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)
7. It is a year before the next election.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:36 PM
Nov 5

They will try gaslighting before facing facts. Give it a few months till primary season

intheflow

(29,866 posts)
13. So weird that's she's passing as smart thee days.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:54 PM
Nov 5

But she seems to be the only one can see the writing clearly on the wall.

Irish_Dem

(77,782 posts)
9. THIS is the question they are asking themselves today.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:39 PM
Nov 5

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)
10. No they will double down and go with whatever Trump says
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:39 PM
Nov 5

If he’s says it’s rigged, it’s 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 can’t stand state senators like that in Maryland, who is slowing down the process in that state. I’ve 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 yesterday’s victories will be short lived. Don’t 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)
11. They didn't bail out after J6, I don't see them doing it now
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:43 PM
Nov 5

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.

Traildogbob

(12,141 posts)
15. They can not switch
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:57 PM
Nov 5

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.

Emile

(39,084 posts)
19. Republicans strongest trait is ASS KISSING.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 02:15 PM
Nov 5

I doubt any of them will step away from their daddy.

Torchlight

(6,117 posts)
20. I don't think this will occur until early-spring
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 02:36 PM
Nov 5

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)
21. I suppose it's possible, but my best guess is that it's unlikely.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 02:42 PM
Nov 5

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)
22. They will keep their mouths shut and/or they will continue to help Trump in the looting and rampage
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 02:43 PM
Nov 5

mwmisses4289

(2,751 posts)
23. Trump is the millstone/albatross the r's willingly put around their necks,
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 03:56 PM
Nov 5

and now they can't figure out how to remove it.

Buckeyeblue

(6,107 posts)
24. I think they might agree restore ACA subsidies
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 05:37 PM
Nov 5

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.

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