Article: They Are Afraid

[bdamomma]

https://www.alternet.org/2020/02/they-are-afraid-democratic-senator-reveals-what-republicans-say-about-trump-behind-closed-doors/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3663

Snip of article:

In a new op-ed published in the New York Times on the day Donald Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio called out his Republican colleagues for their fear of the president.

Behind closed doors, he said, GOP senators openly admit to Trump’s flaws and misconduct:


In private, many of my colleagues agree that the president is reckless and unfit.T hey admit his lies. And they acknowledge what he did was wrong. They know this president has done things Richard Nixon never did. And they know that more damning evidence is likely to come out.

[lunasun]

1. They make people afraid or worse with their laws. Traitors

[enough]

2. They are authoritarians. Nothing is important to them but the thoughts and the will of the Leader.

No logic, no evidence, no ethics, have any reality in their world.

[catbyte]

3. That just makes their nearly unanimous acquittal all the more despicable.

I hope not being primaried in the Senate was worth burying what was left of their integrity, all for a sleazy grifter and dictator wannabe and I hope more than one loses their precious job over their cowardice. They all make me sick.

[unblock]

4. The members of the Reichstag who passed the enabling act were afraid

And its passage effectively turned the Reichstag into a defunct institution.

But oh, sure, Donnie has learned his lesson and he'll be a little angel now

[bucolic_frolic]

21. Yes

The Full Hitler

[SamKnause]

5. Fuck all of them !!!

Fucking traitors and scum !!!

[coeur_de_lion]

6. This is complete bullshit

If they are so afraid of him why not take him out when they had the chance to?

They are not afraid of him. They like his behavior just fine.

[ancianita]

10. I believe you hit the real truth of the matter. They use fear as cover.

[Texin]

14. They don't like the behavior. They like the results.

[Qutzupalotl]

22. Fear of failure.

Head on a pike and all that.

[coeur_de_lion]

25. yeah bullshit

If they were afraid of their heads ending up on a pike why not get rid of the man who made that threat?

Anyone would totally jump at that chance.

They like him just fine.

[Qutzupalotl]

26. In case they didn't get enough votes to remove.

That’s a high bar. Look what they did to Romney.

According to Sherrod Brown, they are all afraid to speak out publicly or do anything remotely heroic for fear of retaliation. Jeff Flake said much the same thing: a secret ballot would have convicted Trump.

[llmart]

27. Best thing I heard said about this is...

they had a chance to make Pence President and they unanimously voted not to.

How disliked is Pence if they wouldn't jump at the chance to make him President?

[Whiskeytide]

32. They are NOT afraid of Тяцмр himself. They...

... are afraid of his base. Or more accurately what he can do with his base.

Removing him from office would not cancel his twitter account or prevent him from doing press interviews. He would tell the base to primary them. The base has numbers sufficient in most red districts to make that happen. Many of the republican asshats that win the primaries would likely get killed in the GE, and suddenly republicans are dramatically out of power and democrats have a substantial majority in the house and senate.

It’s partly self preservation of their own seats, and partly acting to try and save the party’s influence. There was no way they could vote to remove him. It would have turned every ounce of power over to democrats.

[Pluvious]

33. +1 Very insightful response (n/t)

[Hotler]

28. ding ding ding!...... +1 nt

[livetohike]

7. Those up for re-election in 2020 lack moral courage and the

rest of those smug jagoffs are just that - jerks.

[Pepsidog]

8. Expressing this does not absolve them. Republicans are simply cowards.

[FirstLight]

9. Afraid of what...?

I swear, what can he do to them? tweet something awful? :eyeroll:

[bdamomma]

11. tRump

has so much dirt on McConnell, Nunes, Jim Jordan, Graham, he can take them all down.

I heard this on Randi Rhodes Show, she mentioned when he gets indicted he will present state evidence on them.


https://freespeech.org/

https://randirhodes.com/blog/randi-rhodes-show-2-7-20/

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Once elected, the global right-wing machine OWNS these people.

It's that machine that they fear which can destroy their lives and dreams. Trump is just currently a significant part of their execution team. They behave this way no matter who's in charge.

Before tRump, most Republican leaders had enough sense to conceal their dirty work. However, tRump does not give a shit and we're seeing the nasty underbelly of the right-wing in plain view.

I would submit it's those hidden ultra-wealthy supporters that they dare not cross such as the Mercer, Koch, and Murdoch groups, and a vast number of millionaires including Russians, Saudis and others which they've sold their souls to.....

[Baked Potato]

29. Agreed, and a great many of them are people who would do anything to further the cause

[Evolve Dammit]

13. "Let it rain, rain, rain." Eric Clapton.

[Stuart G]

15. Just 12 more words..."And they know that more damning evidence is likely to come out."

[pat_k]

16. I wish Sherrod had run.

He was my top pick. I was sad when he decided not to run. I really wish he had.

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. He was my top pick too

Maybe the field just got to crowded.

[pat_k]

35. Ironically...

... the decision not to run under the circumstances showed the good judgment that would have made him a good candidate.

[sandensea]

17. But Cheeto has made much of their fascist wish list come true

And as long as he can keep doing that, all is forgiven.

[JGug1]

18. Republican Senators

I don't believe it. The Republicans are getting the government they want from Trump. They believe, correctly, that he has a very good chance to be reelected. Pence would not be elected. Google Atlantic Magazine and read the article on the immense propaganda machine that Trump has assembled.

[Efilroft Sul]

19. They had one chance to get him before he got them. They chose poorly.

[Xipe Totec]

20. A coward dies a thousand deaths... nt

[maxrandb]

23. They aren't afraid of Donnie Short Fingers

THEY'RE AFRAID OF SPENDING THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN FEDERAL "POUND ME IN THE ASS" PRISON.

When the evidence comes out, a shit ton of Retrumplicans are going to have to make a choice...go to prison, or flee to Argentina.



https://m.

[OMGWTF]

24. The Rs had their chance to fix this mess they created and chose to do nothing. Fk them. With votes.

[struggle4progress]

30. "Next on Unsolved Mysteries! Were they just too afraid to stand up to him? Or

were they just blinded by their own greed and ambition? Were they too naive to notice what was happening? Or were they so full of hatred that they didn't care? Our distinguished team of investigators asks the hard questions: Who the fuck cares why these shits act the way they do? Can't we just kick their fat asses to the curb and move on? Stay tuned!"

[GoCubsGo]

34. The problem is that the vast majority of THEM also did things Nixon never did.

THAT is what they don't want to come out. To hell with covering for Trump. They're really covering their own asses.