Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss
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Rusty Bowers, the Arizona house speaker who testified to the January 6 committee about how he resisted Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden in the sun belt state, has been formally censured by his own Republican party.
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“GOP still unsure if guy who likens himself to Hitler should be leader”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/10/trump-generals-hitler-comparison-satire/
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https://kdvr.com/news/local/gop-state-senator-kevin-pirola-switching-parties/
Colorado state Sen. Kevin Priola who has been a Republican for 32 years announced that he will switch over to the Democratic Party. As for his reasons for the switch, he wrote:
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“I cannot continue to be a part of a political party that is okay with a violent attempt to overturn a free and fair election and continues to peddle claims that the 2020 election was stolen”
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The GOP’s unwillingness to take action on climate change
In his concluding paragraph: “there is too much at stake right now for Republicans to be in charge”
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https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/108858312481973600
Why do Republicans Senators allow a broken down hack politician, Mitch McConnell, to openly disparage hard working Republican candidates for the United States Senate. This is such an affront to honor and to leadership. He should spend more time (and money!) helping them get elected, and less time helping his crazy wife and family get rich on China!
A couple of remarkable things from that Trump post:
- Characterization of Senate GOP minority leader McConnell as “broken down hack”
- Characterization of Sen. McConnell’s wife as “crazy”, McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao being Trump’s former Transportation Secretary.
Sen. McConnell, when asked, claimed that he has no reaction to the above. Don’t know if anyone asked Ms. Chao if she has any reaction.
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https://www.axios.com/2022/09/01/trump-midterms-gop-mcconnell
“GOP's midterm fear: Referendum on Trump”
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Trump’s speech given in Pennsylvania on 2022 Sep. 4 at a campaign rally supposedly for Mastriano (GOP candidate for Governor) and Oz (GOP candidate for US Senate), both endorsed by Trump.
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The Tipping Point of Stupid
Long article on Trump's trickle down idiocy, how the GOP candidates who act as Trump apologists make themselves look like complete imbeciles for doing so, citing such illuminating examples as Rubio, Oz, Vance, etc.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/01/politics/trump-mcconnell-death-wish-democrat-bills/index.html
Former President Donald Trump on Friday night directly ridiculed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying on his social media platform that the Kentucky Republican had a "death wish" for supporting "Democrat sponsored bills."
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@Axtremus said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/01/politics/trump-mcconnell-death-wish-democrat-bills/index.html
Former President Donald Trump on Friday night directly ridiculed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying on his social media platform that the Kentucky Republican had a "death wish" for supporting "Democrat sponsored bills."
...Also said this about Sen. McConnel's wife, calling her "his China loving wife, Coco Chow!”
Is this really a guy that people think is fit to be President???
:vomit
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/politics/don-bolduc-election-denialism-flip-flop/index.html
Story on how a Republican candidate for the Senate, Don Bolduc in New Hampshire, flipped, flopped, then flipped again on whether the 2020 general election was "stolen."
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@taiwan_girl said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
Also said this about Sen. McConnel's wife, calling her "his China loving wife, Coco Chow!”
Is this really a guy that people think is fit to be President???The people who think this kind of stuff is great or even an acceptable thing to say, think he's great too. Clearly, the way to fight the woke left is to talk like the bigoted old Uncle who embarrasses everybody at Thanksgiving.
He may or may not be racist, but he sure as hell panders to them.
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The interviewee Geoff Duncan, a Republican, is the lieutenant governor of Georgia.
Geodd Duncan's op-ed:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/opinions/herschel-walker-scandal-georgia-senate-gop-duncan -
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/03/gop-donor-backing-democrat-washington-00060099
The article profiles a GOP donor switching side to fund the Democratic candidate after the GOP kicked out the incumbent who voted to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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T taiwan_girl referenced this topic on
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Is GOP’s ‘big tent” shrinking?
Is there room in the GOP for traditional Republicans?Because it’s hard to get more conservative than [Liz] Cheney … Her involvement in congressional hearings investigating the [Jan. 6 Capitol] riot and her decision to vote to impeach Trump after that Jan. 6 did not endear her to the party faithful.
Do traditional conservatives like the Cheneys, Bushes and Romneys still have a home in the GOP? Or is Trumpism the new standard moving forward?
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
@Axtremus said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
Do traditional conservatives like the Cheneys, Bushes and Romneys
I've been assured that Romney (why did they use the plural?) is not a real conservative.
I suppose you can also question whether G.W. Bush is a real conservative seeing that he further qualified his conservatism as “compassionate conservatism.”
So, what say you, should these perhaps-not-quite-real conservatives[*] Mitt Romney and G.W. Bush still consider the present GOP their political home?
[*] Of course, there are also circles that question whether Donald Trump qualifies as a “real conservative”. I suppose that’s part of the op-ed series’ larger exploration about what flavors of “conservatism” are welcome or unwelcome in today’s GOP.
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Trump’s rally schedule slows as GOP sees narrowing demand for his help
Former president Donald Trump isn’t expected to return to some key battlegrounds as other surrogates abound and his rallies don’t draw the crowds he used to doNot clear yet if this means Trump’s strangle hold on the GOP is waning.
