What happens to the Republican Party now? (1 Viewer)

[MT15]

This election nonsense by Trump may end up splitting up the Republican Party. I just don’t see how the one third (?) who are principled conservatives can stay in the same party with Trump sycophants who are willing to sign onto the TX Supreme Court case.

We also saw the alt right types chanting “destroy the GOP” in Washington today because they didn’t keep Trump in power. I think the Q types will also hold the same ill will toward the traditional Republican Party. In fact its quite possible that all the voters who are really in a Trump personality cult will also blame the GOP for his loss. It’s only a matter of time IMO before Trump himself gets around to blaming the GOP.

There is some discussion of this on Twitter. What do you all think?

 

[coldseat]

Democrats need to start attacking Republicans left and right relentlessly and stop playing the political game on their turf. Apparently that's the only way the general public will take note of what Republicans are doing. Despite all of the calls for "unity", "cooperation" and "middle of the road politics", that seems to be the last thing Americans really want and the last thing they respond too to motivate them to vote.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/08/brian-schatz-josh-hawley-ukraine-loudness-gap/

 

[SystemShock]

Democrats need to start attacking Republicans left and right relentlessly and stop playing the political game on their turf.

Yes. The "when they go low we go high" BS needs to go away. .

 

[where yat brah]

Just in case anyone wants to go.........................................

 

[Optimus Prime]

Thought this was a good read

And yet another mention of poor messaging
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President Biden’s low approval ratings understandably receive a lot of attention. But that doesn’t mean Republicans are getting rave reviews.

To the contrary, GOP congressional performance draws even less support than Biden does. And some of their most public stances get thumbs down with the public overall.


Take Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Republicans spent weeks falsely claiming she is weak on child pornographers and analogizing her representation of detained combatants to representing Nazis. (The latter accusation from Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas drew a stinging rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League.)

But poll after poll shows that voters approve of her nomination by much much greater margins than recent GOP-nominated justices enjoyed. Republicans’ efforts to smear Jackson have not gone over well with voters.


We’ve seen how the American people expresses overwhelming support for NATO and for admitting Ukrainian refugees. But the GOP’s pro-Russia hangover persists.

Republicans’ support for NATO and for letting in refugees dramatically lags that of Democrats. On Tuesday, 63 House Republicans shockingly voted against a resolution supporting NATO.

When it comes to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, the public is quite favorable. Republicans in Congress, however, vilify it and threaten to shut it down.


Meanwhile, some Republicans are back to arguing for repealing the Affordable Care Act. The law remains popular with voters.

Polls also show a high percentage of voters don’t like book-banning, telling teachers they cannot talk about race, or sheltering kids from topics that might make them uncomfortable — all of which Republicans have proposed.

So if the GOP’s performance, its cult leader and its policies are so out of step with the public, why would voters decide to give them back the majority in one or both chambers of Congress? Well, this wouldn’t be the first time voters’ views defy logical explanation.


There are a few reasons voters who disapprove of Republicans’ performance and don’t like their positions may still vote for them.

First, voters (and the media) remain hyperfocused on the presidency. President Biden isn’t on the ballot in November, but voting against “D’s” is the only way voters can express their negative views about him.


Second, the White House and Democrats more generally do a poor job of calling out Republicans for their obstruction, radical views and antagonism toward things voters care about.

It’s a truism that the minority party wants to make midterm elections a referendum on the administration in power; unless and until Democrats provide a powerful, focused argument that voters have a choice between flawed Democrats and dangerous Republicans, voters will remain in referendum mode………

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/07/republicans-poll-more-unpopular-than-biden/

 

[DaveXA]

Yes. The "when they go low we go high" BS needs to go away. .

I dunno. I liked it.

That said, I'm not so sure it wins elections.

 

[DaveXA]

Just in case anyone wants to go.........................................

Eww, you couldn't pay me to go to that thing. Well, I suppose you could, but I'd bankrupt you before that happens.

 

[bird]

Well the space force must have hacked the Jew space lazers and programmed them to catch election fraud. Come on man this is simple.

Eww, you couldn't pay me to go to that thing. Well, I suppose you could, but I'd bankrupt you before that happens.

That much stupidity in one place could endanger the time-space continuum.

 

[SamAndreas]

Just in case anyone wants to go.........................................

Here's folks, European traveling Giraffes, who would on the basis of the amount of their exposed teeth, would want to go!

YEAH!

 

[SteveSBrickNJ]

In case anyone is interested, here is an eleven minute video clip of Jesse Watters.
After watching the entire thing, his points that I thought my liberal friends here might want to comment on are:
Clinton was "cool" (sax solo on late night tv)
Obama was "cool".... (there is a clip of him singling in a fairly good blueszy kinda style)
Biden is boring
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Jesse Watters also implies that since (in J. Watter's opinion) Biden is boring...the liberal media kinda misses Trump. In fairness to Watter's, he provides more than one liberal media example where they are clearly disappointed in Biden for being boring.
It gave them something to rail against...report on...etc. etc.
Trump's absence does not stop some of you though.
Yet, I'm pleased to see as I scroll this thread that finally there are other topics being discussed.
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[SaulGoodmanEsq]

Watters has the most punchable face in all of media... but he might be a decent guy if he ever put aside the grift act to the right.

Biden is boring but I'm fine with boring presidents. Trump is continually a topic here because he tried -- and is continually trying -- to undermine this democratic republic we've established. It's not 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.' Regardless of the fact that he is out of office, he is the driving force behind 90% of the modern GOP. A few days ago you saw direct evidence of the harm he has done by enabling people like the 'vaccine = holocaust' guy posting on this forum.

Until Trump ceases to have dominion over the GOP, he is always a relevant topic of discussion. Discussion of other social and economic issues -- while important -- would ultimately become irrelevant under an authoritarian regime where Trump proxies control key state offices that empower him to tinker with/disregard election results.

 

[SteveSBrickNJ]

Watters has the most punchable face in all of media... but he might be a decent guy if he ever put aside the grift act to the right.

Biden is boring but I'm fine with boring presidents. Trump is continually a topic here because he tried -- and is continually trying -- to undermine this democratic republic we've established. It's not 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.' Regardless of the fact that he is out of office, he is the driving force behind 90% of the modern GOP. A few days ago you saw direct evidence of the harm he has done by enabling people like the 'vaccine = holocaust' guy posting on this forum.

Until Trump ceases to have dominion over the GOP, he is always a relevant topic of discussion. Discussion of other social and economic issues -- while important -- would ultimately become irrelevant under an authoritarian regime where Trump proxies control key state offices that empower him to tinker with/disregard election results.

Did you see how Mitch McConnell is strongly supporting Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski's re-election bid? McConnell knows that Trump is supporting her opponent and McConnell told the media that Murkowski is an important moderate voice in the senate that he feels is important.
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McConnell says it's 'important' for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to win reelection and defeat her Trump-backed opponent

"We're going to do everything we can to make sure she's successful," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said of Murkowski in an Axios interview.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[bird]

Watters has the most punchable face in all of media... but he might be a decent guy if he ever put aside the grift act to the right.

Biden is boring but I'm fine with boring presidents. Trump is continually a topic here because he tried -- and is continually trying -- to undermine this democratic republic we've established. It's not 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.' Regardless of the fact that he is out of office, he is the driving force behind 90% of the modern GOP. A few days ago you saw direct evidence of the harm he has done by enabling people like the 'vaccine = holocaust' guy posting on this forum.

Until Trump ceases to have dominion over the GOP, he is always a relevant topic of discussion. Discussion of other social and economic issues -- while important -- would ultimately become irrelevant under an authoritarian regime where Trump proxies control key state offices that empower him to tinker with/disregard election results.

Re: punchable faces Idk, Tucker Carlson who always looks like he wonders why his lie to his mom didn’t work, is right up there.

 

[SteveSBrickNJ]

Re: punchable faces Idk, Tucker Carlson who always looks like he wonders why his lie to his mom didn’t work, is right up there.

Personally I enjoy Watters and I do not like Carlson.

 

[MT15]

Did you see how Mitch McConnell is strongly supporting Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski's re-election bid? McConnell knows that Trump is supporting her opponent and McConnell told the media that Murkowski is an important moderate voice in the senate that he feels is important.
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McConnell says it's 'important' for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to win reelection and defeat her Trump-backed opponent

"We're going to do everything we can to make sure she's successful," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said of Murkowski in an Axios interview.

www.businessinsider.com

That’s nice - but why did McConnell endorse Herschel Walker for Senate in GA? He is completely unqualified for office. He’s not the only GOP candidate. I think I know why, and it’s cynical in the extreme and cares nothing about proper representation of the people in GA.

But McConnell has no moral compass. He admitted as much in that Swan interview the other day. He knows how bad Trump is, yet if he is the nominee he will support him and vote for him. Party over country, that’s Mitch.

 

[coldseat]

Did you see how Mitch McConnell is strongly supporting Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski's re-election bid? McConnell knows that Trump is supporting her opponent and McConnell told the media that Murkowski is an important moderate voice in the senate that he feels is important.
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McConnell says it's 'important' for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to win reelection and defeat her Trump-backed opponent

"We're going to do everything we can to make sure she's successful," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said of Murkowski in an Axios interview.

www.businessinsider.com

Mitch McConnell is just looking out for his own power. He knows that if Trump acolytes take over in mass, he's out as Speaker. He's supporting Walker because he needs the majority. Always looking out for #1.

 

[DaveXA]

That’s nice - but why did McConnell endorse Herschel Walker for Senate in GA? He is completely unqualified for office. He’s not the only GOP candidate. I think I know why, and it’s cynical in the extreme and cares nothing about proper representation of the people in GA.

But McConnell has no moral compass. He admitted as much in that Swan interview the other day. He knows how bad Trump is, yet if he is the nominee he will support him and vote for him. Party over country, that’s Mitch.

I'm not a Walker fan, but what exactly makes him more or less qualified than anyone else? There are undoubtedly less qualified people in Congress as it is now.

 

[bird]

I'm not a Walker fan, but what exactly makes him more or less qualified than anyone else? There are undoubtedly less qualified people in Congress as it is now.

Oh, undoubtedly there are unqualified people in congress. Iirc, Walker has a history of domestic abuse and mental health issues. And he is a Trumper. Less whack jobs is better than more.

 

[V Chip]