Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss
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“Little by little I am learning the art of being quite content by doing very little slowly” ~ Lionel Hardcastle
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@renauda said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
I don't recall ever saying it was a coup attempt.
They were a fine bunch of patriots and libertarians out for a stroll in the park and promenade in front of the Capitol.
Like I wrote, a mere trifle.
Some people here have called it a coup attempt, not to mention the MSM. I'm sorry if I got you conflated with them.
Education is extremely important.
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(Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.
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The early stage discussions include former elected Republicans, former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Trump, ex-Republican ambassadors and Republican strategists, the people involved say.More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of “principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law - ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/17/trump-blew-up-gop-469155
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The Birthplace of the Republican Party Buckles After Trump Nearly Blew Up the GOP
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Over the following weeks, the party schism that opened over Trump’s election claims would grow only wider. Republicans would lose the Senate majority in the Georgia runoff elections and Trump would be impeached for the second time. Handfuls of establishment-minded Republicans, including a smattering of House and Senate members supportive of impeachment, became more forceful in their criticism of Trump’s behavior. Some major corporate donors disengaged, and thousands of disaffected Republican voters fled the party. But instead of backing away from Trump, in local and state party committees across the country, Bishop’s counterparts would begin reprimanding Republican lawmakers who crossed him.By late January, that schism between the party’s traditionalists and its activist base had become the party’s preoccupying crisis of the post-Trump era. Even in defeat it was obvious Trump wasn’t going anywhere. Between the governing and populist classes of the GOP, said Whit Ayres, the longtime Republican pollster, it’s an open question “whether the party remains an uneasy alliance between the two factions or splits apart.
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@axtremus said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/17/trump-blew-up-gop-469155
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The Birthplace of the Republican Party Buckles After Trump Nearly Blew Up the GOP
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— — — —Nearly Blew up the GOP
I assume this is a reference to the bombs that Mr. Trump carries with him at all times
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Trump-McConnell clash threatens to settle into a cold war ...
Were it up to former president Donald Trump, Republicans would spend the next two years purging their ranks and reshaping themselves in his own image — a process he moved to jump-start Tuesday with a searing attack on the party’s most powerful elected leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
McConnell (R-Ky.) has other ideas. Having held Trump responsible for both the loss of his Senate majority in the Jan. 5 Georgia runoffs and the deadly attack on the Capitol a day later, he has moved to chart a different path — one that steers clear of the former president’s personal grievances and conspiratorial rhetoric to put the GOP back in power as soon as possible.
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What many operatives fear, however, is that Trump becomes guided by his personal grievances as the midterm elections approach — perhaps by endorsing far-right GOP candidates in swing-state Senate races, clearing the way for Democratic victories.
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Graham called McConnell “indispensable to Donald Trump’s success” Tuesday, citing his work to secure a massive tax cut in 2017 and confirm three Supreme Court justices.
“But what I would say to Senator McConnell: I know Trump can be a handful, but he is the most dominant figure in the Republican Party,” he said. “We don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of taking back the majority without Donald Trump. If you don’t get that, you’re just not looking.” -
Not a surprise - but I think Trump gets way too much cover by Republicans.
I get the opinion that he was much better than Hillary on policy in 2016. I also get that he makes people feel good with his culture war rhetoric (put liberals in their place a bit).
But on policy and achievements he was vanilla. A Paul Ryan styled tax cut, criminal justice reform, curbing some regulation growth (still net adder to federal regulations)... that's about it.
But he gets so much forgiven in terms of his buffoonery.
Is there really on one better for the Republican party?
Seriously - woudn't anyone here rather have the 2016 runner ups as President over Trump? (Rubio, Kasich, Cruz, etc.)
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From the article on Congressman Kinzinger
"When loyalty for Trump became a litmus test for Republican conservatism, it was a bridge too far"
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Lindsey Graham said ‘Count me out’ after the Capitol riot. But he’s all in with Trump again.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/20/trump-speak-cpac/
... Donald Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida next week, his first major public appearance since leaving office, a Trump aide said Saturday.
The topic of Trump’s remarks will be “the future of the Republican Party and the conservative movement,” ...
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@xenon said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
Seriously - woudn't anyone here rather have the 2016 runner ups as President over Trump? (Rubio, Kasich, Cruz, etc.)
Trump was getting all the disdain during the primaries, but when it came time, he won every competition against those guys. Pretty impressive for a total loser.
It's no wonder he was the lefties' worst nightmare, they were secretly hoping he would win the primaries, then the dog caught the car, and the car alarm went off in their heads for the next four years.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/21/exclusive-trump-party-he-still-holds-loyalty-gop-voters/6765406002/
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By double digits, 46%-27%, those surveyed say they would abandon the GOP and join the Trump party if the former president decided to create one. The rest are undecided.
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Half of those polled say the GOP should become "more loyal to Trump," even at the cost of losing support among establishment Republicans. One in five, 19%, say the party should become less loyal to Trump and more aligned with establishment Republicans.The survey of 1,000 Trump voters, identified from 2020 polls, was taken by landline and cellphone last Monday through Friday. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
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@axtremus said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/21/exclusive-trump-party-he-still-holds-loyalty-gop-voters/6765406002/
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By double digits, 46%-27%, those surveyed say they would abandon the GOP and join the Trump party if the former president decided to create one. The rest are undecided.
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Half of those polled say the GOP should become "more loyal to Trump," even at the cost of losing support among establishment Republicans. One in five, 19%, say the party should become less loyal to Trump and more aligned with establishment Republicans.The survey of 1,000 Trump voters, identified from 2020 polls, was taken by landline and cellphone last Monday through Friday. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
__Hey the Bull Moose party probably got Woodrow Wilson elected. Could be super good for democrats.
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@axtremus said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
The topic of Trump’s remarks will be “the future of the Republican Party and the conservative movement,” ...
Well, considering that in the last 4 years, the Republic Party has:
lost the President office
lost the House office
lost the Senate office,
decreased the number of Republic state governors
decreased the number of majority Republic state legislaturesI am guessing that the speech will focus that policies and idolism of the last four years needs to change.
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Trump CPAC speech (skip ahead to the 57 min. mark to get to the start of Teump’s speech):
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To spare you the suspense, yes, in his CPAC speech Trump repeated the various claims about the 2020 election being fraudulent.
Trump says he is starting a new party.
Trump declared the Republican Party is united and said he had no plans to try to launch a third party, an idea he has discussed with advisers in the last couple of months.
“We’re not starting new parties. We have the Republican Party. It’s going to be united and be stronger than ever before. I am not starting a new party,” he said.
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Lawyers for former President DONALD TRUMP sent out cease-and-desist letters Friday to the three largest fundraising entities for the Republican Party — the RNC, NRCC and NRSC — for using his name and likeness on fundraising emails and merchandise ...
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None of the committees returned a request for comment. But privately GOP campaign types say it’s impossible not to use Trump’s name, as his policies are so popular with the base. If Trump really wants to help flip Congress, they argue he should be more generous. His team, however, sees this differently.
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“President Trump remains committed to the Republican Party and electing America First conservatives, but that doesn’t give anyone - friend or foe - permission to use his likeness without explicit approval,” said a Trump adviser.Maybe Trump wants a cut from whatever fund raising haul that uses his name or likeness?
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@axtremus said in Whither the GOP post Trump 2020 election loss:
Lawyers for former President DONALD TRUMP sent out cease-and-desist letters Friday to the three largest fundraising entities for the Republican Party — the RNC, NRCC and NRSC — for using his name and likeness on fundraising emails and merchandise ...
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None of the committees returned a request for comment. But privately GOP campaign types say it’s impossible not to use Trump’s name, as his policies are so popular with the base. If Trump really wants to help flip Congress, they argue he should be more generous. His team, however, sees this differently.
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“President Trump remains committed to the Republican Party and electing America First conservatives, but that doesn’t give anyone - friend or foe - permission to use his likeness without explicit approval,” said a Trump adviser.Maybe Trump wants a cut from whatever fund raising haul that uses his name or likeness?
No, Trump is not only a former President, he is a celebrity. As such, I think he does own the rights to his image in any advertising media.
