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Republicans are privately debating 'how best to accelerate Trump’s exit': report

Mycroft said:
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I suspect you are being sarcastic. In any event, I don't think you understand what I'm talking about when I say talk about GOP Elites. I'm talking about "political elites". Congressmen, Republican bigwigs, etc. None of them suffered from the Trump tax cut. In fact, the Congressional Republican Elites are the ones who pass the tax cuts. But...they didn't give Trump everything he wanted and they opposed him every time they could. And, through it all, they tried to be great pretenders.
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Mycroft said:
Well, they aren't pretending any more. They are coming out into the open because they know Trump is going to win.
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Mycroft said:
This is their last shot at stopping him.
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If his detractors believe Trump will win, why would they come-out and risk his wrath?

And following your logic, why didn't they come-out when Trump was well ahead of Biden and a shoe-in, versus now when Trump's prevailing is in serious question?

You're theory makes no sense.
 
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Chomsky said:
I do think this will be Trump's last dance.

After the Biden incident, I don't think there's any stomach to nominate a guy that will be 86 during his term.
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See, I disagree.
I think Trump views himself running as the only solution to yell that its "election interference" and thus he cannot go to jail.
Also, who in the GOP is going to tell Trump that his time is up? I don't think anyone has the balls to stand up to Trump. And if he loses the first primary in 2028, he's gonna scream "rigged election" (like he did when he lost to Cruz in Iowa).
MAGA hasn't wavered yet on someone who is 78, why would 82 be any different?
 
Chomsky said:
If Trump loses yet again, and the Party can't rid themselves of him, they will become a regional party ineffectual in national elections (i.e. Presidential).
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Interestingly, Trump is overperforming the GOP in many senate races.

Examples - Gallego is up 5% over Lake in AZ - Trump is basically tied in AZ. In AZ, the GOP is losing the race by 10%, where Trump is tied there. In OH, Sherrod Brown has a five point lead on the GOP challenger, Trump is up 8% there.

The GOP is now all about Trump, and the people under him on the ballot dont really stand for anything anymore, and they dont have the same attraction to the MAGAs that have hijacked the party.
 
NuffSaid said:
See, I disagree.
I think Trump views himself running as the only solution to yell that its "election interference" and thus he cannot go to jail.
Also, who in the GOP is going to tell Trump that his time is up? I don't think anyone has the balls to stand up to Trump. And if he loses the first primary in 2028, he's gonna scream "rigged election" (like he did when he lost to Cruz in Iowa).
MAGA hasn't wavered yet on someone who is 78, why would 82 be any different?
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Obviously we're both opining, and you may well be right. The GOP will become a regional party then.
 
Chomsky said:
If his detractors believe Trump will win, why would they come-out and risk his wrath?
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Another Trump term will devastate the system they've set up. Another Trump term will reveal a LOT of corruption in the executive branch and in Congress. They cannot allow any of that to happen.
 
Threegoofs said:
Interestingly, Trump is overperforming the GOP in many senate races.

Examples - Gallego is up 5% over Lake in AZ - Trump is basically tied in AZ. In AZ, the GOP is losing the race by 10%, where Trump is tied there. In OH, Sherrod Brown has a five point lead on the GOP challenger, Trump is up 8% there.
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Interesting. Then they're all kinda' screwed, it seems.

Threegoofs said:
The GOP is now all about Trump, and the people under him on the ballot dont really stand for anything anymore, and they dont have the same attraction to the MAGAs that have hijacked the party.
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As I stated several times above, if Trump loses they'll be a national party then. Given that's they're the minority in national vote count, it would be appropriate.

The only thing that allows them to win is their inherent electoral infrastructure advantage. Without that, they'd have nothing.
 
Mycroft said:
Another Trump term will devastate the system they've set up. Another Trump term will reveal a LOT of corruption in the executive branch and in Congress. They cannot allow any of that to happen.
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You didn't address the specifics of my post regarding the timing.
 
Flaming Capitalist said:
www.rawstory.com

Republicans are privately debating 'how best to accelerate Trump’s exit': report

While Republican lawmakers are publicly rallying around former President Donald Trump, in private many of them are reportedly hoping he goes down in defeat to Vice President Kamala Harris this fall.Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that "the most fervent private debate" among Republicans right...
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While Republican lawmakers are publicly rallying around former President Donald Trump, in private many of them are reportedly hoping he goes down in defeat to Vice President Kamala Harris this fall.

Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that "the most fervent private debate" among Republicans right now is "how best to accelerate Trump’s exit to the 19th Hole."
Some Republicans believe that they are better off with Trump winning the White House on the grounds that he will be theoretically term limited and thus can be shoved off the stage after 2028.
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I kinda dont believe them. I think they are just trying to save their own skin. What they wish for in private is irrelevant.
 
trixare4kids said:
Raw Story is far left, full of partisan hackery, the alternative opposite to The Drudge Report, and as we both can read haven't named "one high ranking Republican's" name. I rate their reporting a big fat zero.
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So yet another round of far left gaslighting and propaganda from the left.
My, they are really working overtimes to manipulate all those who aren't paying attention, and also surprising, how many of those people are included in posters here.
 
Flaming Capitalist said:
www.rawstory.com

Republicans are privately debating 'how best to accelerate Trump’s exit': report

While Republican lawmakers are publicly rallying around former President Donald Trump, in private many of them are reportedly hoping he goes down in defeat to Vice President Kamala Harris this fall.Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that "the most fervent private debate" among Republicans right...
www.rawstory.com www.rawstory.com

While Republican lawmakers are publicly rallying around former President Donald Trump, in private many of them are reportedly hoping he goes down in defeat to Vice President Kamala Harris this fall.

Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that "the most fervent private debate" among Republicans right now is "how best to accelerate Trump’s exit to the 19th Hole."
Some Republicans believe that they are better off with Trump winning the White House on the grounds that he will be theoretically term limited and thus can be shoved off the stage after 2028.
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Too bad you didn't lead with the Political Article that Raw Story is referencing. It was actually quite good!

Raw story unfortunately sensationalized a small snippet of the great deal of substantive quality analysis Martin did in the Politico article.

The Politico article would have made a great General Discussion thread-starter!
 
NuffSaid said:
If/when Trump loses this November, he will be announcing sometime in December or January that he is running for office in 2028.
GOP will have no option but to shut down any other candidate except Trump.
MAGA will not allow any other candidate except Trump.
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Probably. Then he can call any investigation or prosecution 'election interference'. That's why he 'declared' in late 2022, because the investigations were picking up steam.
NuffSaid said:
Sadly, GOP will have to wait until 2032 before they can get another candidate not named Trump on the ticket.
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Mycroft said:
Another Trump term will devastate the system they've set up. Another Trump term will reveal a LOT of corruption in the executive branch and in Congress. They cannot allow any of that to happen.
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:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
They could try voting against him. That's what I'm going to do.
 
Flaming Capitalist said:
www.rawstory.com

Republicans are privately debating 'how best to accelerate Trump’s exit': report

While Republican lawmakers are publicly rallying around former President Donald Trump, in private many of them are reportedly hoping he goes down in defeat to Vice President Kamala Harris this fall.Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that "the most fervent private debate" among Republicans right...
www.rawstory.com www.rawstory.com

While Republican lawmakers are publicly rallying around former President Donald Trump, in private many of them are reportedly hoping he goes down in defeat to Vice President Kamala Harris this fall.

Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that "the most fervent private debate" among Republicans right now is "how best to accelerate Trump’s exit to the 19th Hole."
Some Republicans believe that they are better off with Trump winning the White House on the grounds that he will be theoretically term limited and thus can be shoved off the stage after 2028.
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What a collection of ball-less wonders, they indeed have lost their manhood along with their supposed values. Republicans should have ditched trump the moment he said the things he did about McCain, instead trump brought out all the worst of the GOP and it spread like cancer. Sadly too many Republicans put their seats ahead America and their own party and kept silent as trumped steamrolled them all.

When you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.
 
Mycroft said:
Not surprising. The GOP Elites have been in opposition to Trump since 2015. The only difference now is that they aren't pretending about their opposition. That's how desperate they have become.
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Trump is an east coast liberal elitist and a great con man. He's got y'all fooled into believing he's A-a republican like you and B-he cares about y'all. He disrespects anything and anyone but he cares about you. Fabulous.
 
NuffSaid said:
If/when Trump loses this November, he will be announcing sometime in December or January that he is running for office in 2028.
GOP will have no option but to shut down any other candidate except Trump.
MAGA will not allow any other candidate except Trump.

Sadly, GOP will have to wait until 2032 before they can get another candidate not named Trump on the ticket.
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Don't forget about Trump Jr
 
I'm not sure there's anything for Republicans to debate. If Trump wins, then they'll be rid of him in four years. If Trump loses, they'll be rid of him now.

If he loses, even if he claims it was rigged again, are Republicans going to go along with it again? Maybe some will, but I can't imagine most Republicans will be stoked to let a totally mediocre felon who will be 82 years old for the next election try again, after having lost TWO elections.
 
Ikari said:
It is a problem, the thing is that it swings both ways. MAGAs can't get elected if the real Republicans/conservatives don't vote for them. They can be offered up to the cat.
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I agree. At a certain point, the way to break the strategy of a hostage taker is to shoot the hostage yourself.
 
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