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?

 

[Optimus Prime]

Lin Wood vs Marjorie Taylor Greene: Who ya got?

 

[brandon]

Lin Wood vs Marjorie Taylor Greene: Who ya got?

Whoever wins, America loses.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Whoever wins, America loses.

So like this but somehow even worse

 

[nolaspe]

Oh look, more thinly veiled calls for upheaval...

'Get them ready now': Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon discuss plan to take over government with 'shock troops'

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday talked with conservative broadcaster Steve Bannon about a plan to use "4,000 shock troops" to take over the jobs of federal government employees.Bannon has previously said that the so-called "shock troops" need to be prepared prior to Republican control of the...

www.rawstory.com

 

[Dragon]

Oh look, more thinly veiled calls for upheaval...

'Get them ready now': Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon discuss plan to take over government with 'shock troops'

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday talked with conservative broadcaster Steve Bannon about a plan to use "4,000 shock troops" to take over the jobs of federal government employees.Bannon has previously said that the so-called "shock troops" need to be prepared prior to Republican control of the...

www.rawstory.com

Those people are maniacs. How in the world can anyone take them serious is beyond me

 

[MT15]

We should take them seriously because just a year ago they were basically in power. The presentation that Mark Meadows turned over to the Jan. 6 committee called for calling up the National Guard to seize voting machines, using US Marshalls to surround the polling places and doing a complete recount of the election, after it had already been certified.

 

[insidejob]

A) Why isn't Bannon in jail? I know if I was subpoenaed to be in court and didn't show up and had a publicly aired podcast, that is also filmed live, that the authorities would show up and arrest me for failure to appear.

B) Has it ever been okay for a sitting Congressman to openly discuss overthrowing the government, with times, dates, #'s of "shock troops,' etc.? If not before, why now?

 

[SamAndreas]

Lin Wood vs Marjorie Taylor Greene: Who ya got?

I've got the big gray mare taking first, second, third, and forth, all at once, by a nose, and all four of her massive hooves.

Lin Wood won't even get proper start, much less finish.

 

[zztop]

Doesn't deserve a topic to itself but just saw:

Chris Wallace announced his departure from Fox News, with his Fox News Sunday his final show.

He said on the show that “after 18 years, I have decided to leave Fox. I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I’m interested in. I’m ready for a new adventure. And I hope you’ll check it out. And so —for the last time, dear friends — that’s it for today. Have a great week. And I hope you’ll keep watching Fox News Sunday.”

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

Doesn't deserve a topic to itself but just saw:

Chris Wallace announced his departure from Fox News, with his Fox News Sunday his final show.

He said on the show that “after 18 years, I have decided to leave Fox. I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I’m interested in. I’m ready for a new adventure. And I hope you’ll check it out. And so —for the last time, dear friends — that’s it for today. Have a great week. And I hope you’ll keep watching Fox News Sunday.”

Good riddance. He rarely asked provocative questions of his Republican guests. He was much tougher on Bill Clinton than any Republican he ever interviewed. Just worthless.

 

[Optimus Prime]

guess this can go here
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Both Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly touted huge crowds ahead of their "History Tour." But it kicked off at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, with many empty seats, according to local media.

"Massive crowd headed into FLA Live! The Trump/O'Reilly History show starts soon...," O'Reilly, the former Fox host, wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

"See you in Sunrise, FL, in a little while and tomorrow, Orlando," the former president said in a statement. "Big crowds!"

Massive crowd headed into FLA Live! The Trump/O’Reilly History show starts soon… pic.twitter.com/8PfZgHHckw
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) December 11, 2021

But the "cavernous" FLA Live Arena" had many seats that remained empty, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The top level was closed off and those who had tickets for that area were "upgraded" to the lower bowl, the newspaper reported......

At one point, Trump complimented his predecessor, former president Barack Obama, who he described as "smart and sharp."

"I liked him," Trump said of Obama, though he blamed him for causing "tremendous division" in the country."

Trump also told the crowd that he got along best with "tyrants" like Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while in office.

"The ones I did the best with were the tyrants," he said. "For whatever reason, I got along great with Putin, I got along great with President Xi of China. I got along with Kim Jong Un of North Korea... and isn't that good? Isn't that better than having a better than having a nuclear war?"

Trump also spoke about the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, when a mob of his supporters stormed the building in a bid to stop the certification of Biden's electoral victory. "There was love in the air," Trump said..........

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[zztop]

Good riddance. He rarely asked provocative questions of his Republican guests. He was much tougher on Bill Clinton than any Republican he ever interviewed. Just worthless.

I didn't like a lot of what he said, but just think who they will replace him with (my guess is someone much worse and even more right-wing-fanatical)

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

I didn't like a lot of what he said, but just think who they will replace him with (my guess is someone much worse and even more right-wing-fanatical)

I guess, but I'm like "who cares?" at this point. The whole network is bat-shirt crazy now. Having one guy who stills has a couple of rational brain cells left at Fox News is not going to make any difference at this point.

 

[SamAndreas]

I guess, but I'm like "who cares?" at this point. The whole network is bat-shirt crazy now. Having one guy who stills has a couple of rational brain cells left at Fox News is not going to make any difference at this point.

I think they call them news anchors because they're dead weight that descends into the depths and plunges on down into the mud, then they rake the mud around in an aimless semicircular pattern, going nowhere, and going nowhere is the whole point.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

I think they call them news anchors because they're dead weight that descends into the depths and plunges on down into the mud, then they rake the mud around in an aimless semicircular pattern, going nowhere, and going nowhere is the whole point.

LOL...their vapid, softball interview questions definitely give that impression. They could all learn a thing or two about asking tough, probing questions from the likes of Vice or Bill Maher.

But the whole point of this Sunday morning blather on TV is not to offend. The corporate media is allowed to gently rock the boat from time to time, but they can never say the ship is sinking. No matter how dire the situation, like right now before the 2022 election.

 

[wardorican]

I guess, but I'm like "who cares?" at this point. The whole network is bat-shirt crazy now. Having one guy who stills has a couple of rational brain cells left at Fox News is not going to make any difference at this point.

It fits in the topic of what is next for the Republican party. Wallace was a real journalist, and had a level of control/autonomy that no one else at FOX had. With him gone, the notion of them being real news is now gone. It's not just the opinion shows that steer the masses in a frenzy, it will be their news too. Much more so than before.

Just like how most Republican voters no longer have many conservative values, outside of a few social ones, and lower taxes.

 

[Kerry Won Ohio]

It fits in the topic of what is next for the Republican party. Wallace was a real journalist, and had a level of control/autonomy that no one else at FOX had. With him gone, the notion of them being real news is now gone. It's not just the opinion shows that steer the masses in a frenzy, it will be their news too. Much more so than before.

Just like how most Republican voters no longer have many conservative values, outside of a few social ones, and lower taxes.

I would argue that the notion of Fox News being a "real news" channel ended a loooong time ago. Probably going all the way back to the swift boating of John Kerry in 2004. That was around the time that Fox News started taking a really hard turn to the extreme right.

Even the day time "news" of Fox News has been ridiculously slanted for years. Seriously, how often did they ever discuss Bush's scandals or Trump's scandals in their daily news coverage? Hardly ever. You always had to change the channel to understand what was really going on in the world.

There have been studies performed in the past that shows that watching no news is better for a person than watching Fox News. Therefore, Wallace's "contributions" to Fox News were minimal at best.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Good riddance. He rarely asked provocative questions of his Republican guests. He was much tougher on Bill Clinton than any Republican he ever interviewed. Just worthless.

Odd, I had always heard that he was one of the few reasonable Fox personalities

Already departed Shep Smith was another