As Trump shows more signs of deteriorating, GOP candidates are tied to his fate

[SoonerPride]

Excellent piece. ETTD.

The trump name will be viewed worse than the Titanic.

Or Hindenburg.

Forever associated with chaos, death, destruction, and catastrophe.

He is killing the GOP.

If you were a Republican running in a close race for Senate or House, knowing that whether you like it or not your fate is closely tied to President Trump’s, what would you think if you woke up Tuesday morning and saw this:


You’ve probably seen the video of that 75-year-old man, a longtime peace activist in Buffalo, getting shoved to the concrete by police, whereupon he begins bleeding profusely from the head.

Prosecutors have charged two officers with assault. The president, having watched a bonkers conspiracy theory segment on the far-right cable channel OAN, believes that it was a good idea to attack this gentleman.
[Full coverage of the George Floyd protests]
Trump’s rage-tweeting is nothing new. But five months from the election, he holds not just the fate of his own campaign but those of every Republican in his hands. And his ability to see clearly and make good decisions, always questionable to begin with, may be deteriorating.


Meanwhile, his campaign has to spend a good deal of its time accommodating his mood swings and insecurity. The Daily Beast reports that the campaign recently spent $400,000 airing ads on Fox News in Washington, where they knew the president would see them — about as useless a campaign expenditure as one could imagine — to soothe Trump’s nerves and convince Republicans in Congress that he’s doing great.

More fun stuff here ——>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/09/trump-shows-more-signs-deteriorating-gop-candidates-are-tied-his-fate/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Let the TRUMPTANIC sink.....

The iceberg suffered no damage

[Me.]

2. Would You Do A SEcond Post

with 4 more paragraphs

[SoonerPride]

3. More

That’s right: His own campaign has to buy TV ads to communicate with him and keep him from going off the deep end. Even if it’s a relatively small expenditure given the size of his campaign (the reelection effort and affiliated groups have already spent more than $200 million, to little apparent effect), it’s an indication of what his campaign staffers have to spend their time worrying about.

Meanwhile, we’re in a moment where Trump’s impulses put him on the wrong side of public opinion on the protests against police brutality sweeping the country. While polling shows broad, bipartisan support for the protests, Trump can only return again and again to the divisive rhetoric and disastrous stunts that he is convinced got him where he is.

As The Post reports:
Some Republicans are expressing concern that the president, over the past two weeks, has further deepened the nation’s racial wounds and harmed the party’s electoral prospects.
Trump may be surprised to learn that for a change, deepening the nation’s racial wounds is not an effective political strategy. But either he can’t wrap his head around that reality, or he just can’t bring himself to do anything different.

Casting about for something to improve his standing, Trump has resorted to bringing back the band of geniuses who worked for him in 2016. So again: If you were a Republican in a close race, would you look at the White House and say, “Oh good, Corey Lewandowski is back. Everything’s going to be okay”?

[Me.]

5. Many Thanks

[pwb]

4. Democratic candidates just have to say

My opponent supports Trump, they should win.

[Awsi Dooger]

6. If Trump loses he'll take his rightful place among the worst Americans of all time

He'll indeed be a laughingstock, and it will startle the heck out of him in glorious fashion.

All the stories will start to surface, from people no longer scared to tell them. Of course, that will briefly delay until January 20 when he no longer owns retaliatory power.

But if he wins then it will be called an emerging Trump dynasty. His children will be next in line. Don't kid yourselves otherwise. Normalcy is out the window. It would be two Trump wins when counted out. The GOP will not set that aside in favor of a typical human being the next time.

2020 will hold greater bottom line variance than any election in American history

[SoonerPride]

8. If he "wins" then America is finished. Forever.

We will be a full on dictatorship.

It cannot be allowed.

At all costs.

[lpbk2713]

7. Herd-Thinner-in-Chief.

Keep up the good work shithead.