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Yosemito

(648 posts)
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 07:45 AM Dec 2018

I wish the media stopped saying that GOP Congressmen are unhappy with Trump

Every time Trump does something stupid, pundits say that the Republican Party is "showing cracks".
No. It's not. Lindsay Graham got mad for one day because of Syria and will be kissing Trump's ass again in no time.
Corker and Flake have been sort of uneasy but that's not new and they're the only ones.
Susan Collins doesn't seem to give a shit about anything and she isn't even mad.

The Republican Party is a radical right wing cult of Donald Trump.

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I wish the media stopped saying that GOP Congressmen are unhappy with Trump (Original Post) Yosemito Dec 2018 OP
Yes, but Susan Collins is "concerned." Chipper Chat Dec 2018 #1
Wish media would mention her husband/russia connections empedocles Dec 2018 #4
She knits her brows so often that her forehead has become a wool scarf Generic Brad Dec 2018 #15
redumbliCONS are a drumpf cult without a conscience. democratisphere Dec 2018 #2
I agree duforsure Dec 2018 #3
I think the 'con Members are actually unhappy and outraged by trump, but they are compromised empedocles Dec 2018 #5
Plus the most consistently vocal are leaving at the end of the year BumRushDaShow Dec 2018 #6
Media props up Repub party by fawning over any halfway reasonable sounding Repubs wishstar Dec 2018 #7
Exactly. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #14
Keep Republican & Trump brands glued & welded together. They made him, chose him, enable him. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2018 #8
I waited for you to post, lol. watoos Dec 2018 #10
Thx. But if narrative good, I don't care who posts it. Post away, friend! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2018 #18
I guess I should add that Republicons USE tRump too. Made, chose, enabled, used. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2018 #19
About every 2nd day now, is a title on D.U. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #9
There are cracks in the dike. watoos Dec 2018 #11
Nah, it was, I just farted. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #12
Totally agree. Keep rightfully blaming the Republicans, let them own their SayItLoud Dec 2018 #13
I agree for the most part tavernier Dec 2018 #16
Lindsey Graham is running Foreign Policy; djacq Dec 2018 #17
as long as they get what they want, they're happy Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #20

Generic Brad

(14,276 posts)
15. She knits her brows so often that her forehead has become a wool scarf
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 09:54 AM
Dec 2018

And she pulls that scarf over her eyes and blindly follows Trump over the precipice.

Susan Collins is the Senate's resident concern troll.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. I agree
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 07:53 AM
Dec 2018

The media repeats his propaganda over and over again daily, and the republicans phony outrage for him. I turn the channel and am watching less and less of it.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
5. I think the 'con Members are actually unhappy and outraged by trump, but they are compromised
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 07:56 AM
Dec 2018

by Russia/nra 'campaign contributions', as well as base primary voters.

BumRushDaShow

(129,812 posts)
6. Plus the most consistently vocal are leaving at the end of the year
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 08:04 AM
Dec 2018

(or don't plan to run for re-election the next go around) so it really doesn't matter how they "feel".

wishstar

(5,272 posts)
7. Media props up Repub party by fawning over any halfway reasonable sounding Repubs
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 08:12 AM
Dec 2018

without holding them accountable for the monster they knowingly put in power and have enabled by failing to stand up against his abusive actions.

Romney will immediately join ranks of the "concerned" and fill void left by departed McCain, Corker and Flake to get undeserved credit by media pundits for standing up to Trump while voting with him 99% of the time.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
14. Exactly.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 09:37 AM
Dec 2018

You mean Mitt “47% Takers” Romney?
Hang that fing millstone around Romney’s neck. He’s a plutocrat and a liar just like he rest of the GOP.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
10. I waited for you to post, lol.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 09:16 AM
Dec 2018

I was about to post your narrative. We make a mistake if we separate Republicans from Trump, they are not a cult, not an offshoot of the Republican party, the Republican party is the Trump party. We should call it the Trump party when referring to Republicans, because it's the truth.

3Hotdogs

(12,452 posts)
9. About every 2nd day now, is a title on D.U.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 08:59 AM
Dec 2018

about how G.O.P. is caving, Jr., his kids are toast, or the guys in the white suits just left the H.H.S. building with tranqs and a straight jacket to take Orange Shitbird away.

Its getting tiring.

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
13. Totally agree. Keep rightfully blaming the Republicans, let them own their
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 09:36 AM
Dec 2018

MOBster tRUMP. Don't report this "Republicans are privately saying" bullshit, either they say it out loud or media shouldn't report it. It puts too much emphasis on tRUMP and we need to win the Senate. Silence is complicity IMO.

tavernier

(12,410 posts)
16. I agree for the most part
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 10:00 AM
Dec 2018

But a lot of republicans in the media have completely and loudly done a reversal, and many in the general populace as well, some of them my family members who were rabid republicans and are now forwarding me anti trump cartoons, jokes, articles, and are truly angry at their party.

The reptilian congress baffled me because they keep propping him up, but I don’t think generally there is any love lost there for trump himself.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,526 posts)
20. as long as they get what they want, they're happy
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:05 PM
Dec 2018

The radical Republican cult will stick together as long as Trump continues to attack the federal government and doesn't interfere with the cultists lining their pockets.

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