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Poiuyt

(18,087 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:14 PM Jun 2020

The most succinct and brutal Republican rejection of Donald Trump that you will ever read

Steve Schmidt on MSNBC:

"Donald Trump has been the worst president this country has ever had. And I don't say that hyperbolically. He is. But he is a consequential president. And he has brought this country in three short years to a place of weakness that is simply unimaginable if you were pondering where we are today from the day where Barack Obama left office. And there were a lot of us on that day who were deeply skeptical and very worried about what a Trump presidency would be. But this is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness.

"When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. And I don't use those words to name call. I use them because they are the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His comportment. His actions. We've never seen a level of incompetence, a level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country whose ever been charged with substantial responsibilities.

"It's just astonishing that this man is president of the United States. The man, the con man, from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a reality show, that branded him as something that he never was. A successful businessman. Well, he's the President of the United States now, and the man who said he would make the country great again. And he's brought death, suffering, and economic collapse on truly an epic scale. And let's be clear. This isn't happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the place where you're the most likely to die from this disease. We're the ones with the most shattered economy. And we are because of the fool that sits in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk."


https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/politics/steve-schmidt-donald-trump/index.html
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The most succinct and brutal Republican rejection of Donald Trump that you will ever read (Original Post) Poiuyt Jun 2020 OP
Amen Nevilledog Jun 2020 #1
'Succinct and brutal' it is empedocles Jun 2020 #2
Totally ignoring the assholes in the Senate grumpyduck Jun 2020 #3
Yes. NT enough Jun 2020 #5
Totally ignoring REPUBLICANS. Period. Republicans got us here. nt live love laugh Jun 2020 #6
Got us here and are keeping us here. IF they were not enabling, he would be out of office. Amaryllis Jun 2020 #13
Agree and adding they also gave us Trump. They swore they wouldn't and they did. live love laugh Jun 2020 #18
yes but the moral and 'intellectual' leader of the republicans the last 30yrs is limbaugh certainot Jun 2020 #31
Maybe they should commission a Limbaugh Statue? Capperdan Jun 2020 #49
well, they did but his bust in the misssouri capitol... certainot Jun 2020 #50
Certainot....I agree that Limbaugh's role ABSOLUTELLY Upthevibe Jun 2020 #52
that's the picture. so in most states there are no free easy alternatives for jim certainot Jun 2020 #55
certainot.... Upthevibe Jun 2020 #57
Adam Schiff's closing words during the Senate trial still haunt me: sop Jun 2020 #15
YES. Donald Trump didn't accomplish any of this by himself. tanyev Jun 2020 #16
agreed. but ... stopdiggin Jun 2020 #59
+1 million geardaddy Jun 2020 #25
Steve Schmidt IS a republican. BComplex Jun 2020 #42
A turd blossom still needs a pile of shit to grow in. The GOP is Trump's fertilizer. n/t Beartracks Jun 2020 #54
Wow! Firestorm49 Jun 2020 #4
K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #7
Yep. Worst president ever. FM123 Jun 2020 #8
This can't be repeated enough: AleksS Jun 2020 #9
K&R Bradshaw3 Jun 2020 #10
And, trump is even exponentially Worse than that. Cha Jun 2020 #11
Scathing, and brilliantly worded. Dem2theMax Jun 2020 #12
Hey there! Poiuyt Jun 2020 #36
Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Jun 2020 #14
I knew it would be Steve before I clicked on your headline Sucha NastyWoman Jun 2020 #17
Me, too. pamela Jun 2020 #51
And, Schmidt could also have mentioned: Trump also still holds the nuclear trigger in his FailureToCommunicate Jun 2020 #19
This is the most unnerving when one considers it. eom sprinkleeninow Jun 2020 #28
I have faith Squidly Jun 2020 #62
And it's a long way to January 2021. BarbD Jun 2020 #20
Love the rant, but hate the part where he ecstatic Jun 2020 #21
Agreed..It makes one wonder: whathehell Jun 2020 #37
The reason is that RWers consider wnylib Jun 2020 #43
Yeah Yeah Yeah, get out and vote. johnnyfins Jun 2020 #22
Well. That brings things into focus, doesn't it? BobTheSubgenius Jun 2020 #23
Bookmark. Why Donald sucks. littlemissmartypants Jun 2020 #24
A Nudge toward GT Larry Moecurley Jun 2020 #26
See? Toldya! Larry Moecurley Jun 2020 #30
"...national humiliation..." "...imbecile." n/t sprinkleeninow Jun 2020 #27
the editorial comment at the end pisses me off Hamlette Jun 2020 #29
AGAIN... czarjak Jun 2020 #32
I dunno. I've enjoyed his takes on Trump. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #33
He's too late is my point! czarjak Jun 2020 #35
I dunno. I'm more interested in the present. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #38
I'm with you on this one shadowmayor Jun 2020 #45
Even Harding, Nixon and Bush 43... Xolodno Jun 2020 #34
Truth can be brutal...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2020 #39
This apt description North Shore Chicago Jun 2020 #40
It's Truth, every word of it. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2020 #41
Steve Schmidt, The Lincoln project, why are repug voices sounding sharper and louder than our Hotler Jun 2020 #44
lol. We're too busy hand-wringing over nonsense and fine details. nt ecstatic Jun 2020 #61
K and R! Mountain Mule Jun 2020 #46
K&R Blue Owl Jun 2020 #47
This disaster is brought to us by the entire republican party. iscooterliberally Jun 2020 #48
Poiuyt... Upthevibe Jun 2020 #53
You're very welcome! Poiuyt Jun 2020 #63
Schmidt then went on to tell us how he really felt Azathoth Jun 2020 #56
Did anyone else get an malicious attack while looking at this link? mikeysnot Jun 2020 #58
Trump is the product of 40 years of Reaganomics and Republican policies that are ingrained in geretogo Jun 2020 #60
The most unforgettable graffito I ever saw... Lord Ludd Jun 2020 #64

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
2. 'Succinct and brutal' it is
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:19 PM
Jun 2020

Schmidt was not fooled. or suffer the palin fool gladly. See 'Game Change'. Book and movie.

live love laugh

(12,995 posts)
18. Agree and adding they also gave us Trump. They swore they wouldn't and they did.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM
Jun 2020

They’re swearing against him again. Fool me once...

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
31. yes but the moral and 'intellectual' leader of the republicans the last 30yrs is limbaugh
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:05 AM
Jun 2020

the primary reason why we are in this disaster is democrats and the left have ignored that fact. that is the unifying ignorance and hate defining the current GOP

trump's neighbor, golf partner, and adviser is dying at the worst possible time for trump. it would be a shame that the age of limbaugh ends and he never gets 'credit' for what he enabled the republicans to do - they couldn't have done this without him and trump would not be in the white house without him.

it is pitiful that after 30 years of no significant progress liberals still blame symptoms of ignoring talk radio - money in politics, voter suppression, cycles, lizard brains - they've been studying fish without water

and half of limbaugh's stations get the endorsements they need to survive from university and pro sports teams that are majority black!

Capperdan

(490 posts)
49. Maybe they should commission a Limbaugh Statue?
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:41 AM
Jun 2020

They could move it to Moscow before we tear it down in November

Upthevibe

(7,879 posts)
52. Certainot....I agree that Limbaugh's role ABSOLUTELLY
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:03 PM
Jun 2020

can NOT be overstated I'm going to sum up in a short, easy to understand account of what my understanding is regarding an important component of what has happened. If I got anything wrong, please feel free to add your comments:

The elimination of The Fairness Doctrine in 1987 (Reagan) enabled Limbaugh's (and those of his ilk) to dominate AM Radio.

From Center for American Progress: Talk Radio by the Numbers, July 10, 2007 (excerpt):

Conservative Dominance:

Conservative: 91%
Progressive: 9%


.....And from The Atlantic: They Just Wanted to Entertain -AM stations mainly wanted to keep listeners engaged—but ended up remaking the Republican Party.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/talk-radio-made-todays-republican-party/596380/

So, here's a scenario: Jim is a salesman in Iowa, Nebraska, (pick a state). He spends a lot of time driving from one county to another. He's bored inside his truck, car (whatever). He turns on the radio. There's someone talking and it's VERY interesting and entertaining- (context is everything - like when you're on a plane, a mediocre movie seems great - but if you'd seen it in a theatre it would've just been good). So "Jim" gets drawn in and you've got a Rush Limbaugh fan. I realize this is a simplistic summary....




 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
55. that's the picture. so in most states there are no free easy alternatives for jim
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:19 PM
Jun 2020

even if he wanted alternative opinions there is little chance he'll find anything different except around cities.

i thought it was more like 95% RW.... i think since '07 they got rid of what was air america and made sure to 'discourage' any other competition.... i would like to find a more recent survey result.

he might just have that station on because it's clearer/longer longer on his drive, it gives news and weather and traffic and emergency reports. and then the next station has a different talker with a 'slightly' different version but usually not contradicting limbaugh - because the political correctness police - dittoheads who have tried unsuccessfully for years to call limbaugh - call the other guys and correct them

it's one big chorus on the main events and issues, starting from limbaugh's 600 stations.

fakenewsradio.org has a bit of a summary

Upthevibe

(7,879 posts)
57. certainot....
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:26 PM
Jun 2020

Thank you for posting about the fakenewsradio.org website. I've never heard of it. I'll definitely check it out.

sop

(9,943 posts)
15. Adam Schiff's closing words during the Senate trial still haunt me:
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:58 PM
Jun 2020

"What matters is whether he is a danger to the country, because he will do it again. And none of us have can have confidence, based on his record, that he will not do it again. Because he is telling us every day that he will.”

We just didn't realize "it" would be mass murder on a scale never seen before in this country.

tanyev

(42,354 posts)
16. YES. Donald Trump didn't accomplish any of this by himself.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:01 PM
Jun 2020

Republicans in the House and Senate have chosen party over country.

stopdiggin

(11,089 posts)
59. agreed. but ...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 03:22 PM
Jun 2020

As the OP sets out .. DJT the man (and president) is the one that has normalized blithering idiocy .. and an utter absence of any sign of decency or substance .. as things to be expected in our executive.

Mario or Ted Cruz (in a theoretical WH term) might have been equally awful in their policies (debatable) .. but they would never have matched this creature in his seemingly bottomless depth of character, incompetence .. and sheer toxicity. And the world, looking on .. would have seen them as yet another rightward tilt by the U.S. .. rather that a a leadership that is absolutely unmoored .. unhinged .. and seemingly divorced from reality.

A shipwreck in search of a reef.

AleksS

(1,665 posts)
9. This can't be repeated enough:
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:29 PM
Jun 2020

"This isn't happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the place where you're the most likely to die from this disease. We're the ones with the most shattered economy. And we are because of the fool that sits in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk."

Bradshaw3

(7,453 posts)
10. K&R
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:32 PM
Jun 2020

He may be a former repub but Steve Schmidt is THE most articulate voice in America today when it comes to condemning drumpf.

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,725 posts)
17. I knew it would be Steve before I clicked on your headline
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:05 PM
Jun 2020

I have become a big fan of he and Nicole Wallace

FailureToCommunicate

(13,988 posts)
19. And, Schmidt could also have mentioned: Trump also still holds the nuclear trigger in his
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM
Jun 2020

pudgy, ketchup stained little fingers.

He's just the sort of narcissistic, myopic, increasingly desperate sociopath that would see raining down total nuclear annihilation as a credible option in his toy soldier view of the world and his enemies.

God help us all.

Squidly

(783 posts)
62. I have faith
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 08:11 PM
Jun 2020

That the US military will not obey an order to launch a nuclear attack. Especially for an unprovoked, stupid, unlawful reason that the orange menace would be sure to concoct.

ecstatic

(32,566 posts)
21. Love the rant, but hate the part where he
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:56 PM
Jun 2020

uses NYC as an insult. I notice a lot of republicans do this for some reason.

whathehell

(28,968 posts)
37. Agreed..It makes one wonder:
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:39 AM
Jun 2020

Would a con man from somewhere else would be more acceptable?
Apart from that, it's great

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
43. The reason is that RWers consider
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 08:56 AM
Jun 2020

NYC and Hollywood to be the east coast and west coast symbols of "lib'rall" evil and moral decadence.

johnnyfins

(772 posts)
22. Yeah Yeah Yeah, get out and vote.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:21 PM
Jun 2020

There is a huge con/psyop happening RIGHT NOW. The con is, that the conman is weak. We can sit back in Nov. and let Joe win. FUCK THAT!!!! VOTE!!!!.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
23. Well. That brings things into focus, doesn't it?
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:35 PM
Jun 2020

I wish every Republican could be forced to read that and really think about it.

Hamlette

(15,388 posts)
29. the editorial comment at the end pisses me off
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:56 PM
Jun 2020
Yes, Schmidt is someone who has made no secret of his distaste for Trump. But that doesn't mean that all of what he says about the President above is wrong. Or should be ignored.


It should read nothing of what he says should be ignored. Chicken shits.

czarjak

(11,191 posts)
32. AGAIN...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 12:18 AM
Jun 2020

Arsonists don’t get to bitch about the smoke from the fire, asshole! Go back and listen to yourself during “The More’s, and The Have More’s” America you’d return to this instant if you could. Asshole. (You know, Bushie?)

shadowmayor

(1,325 posts)
45. I'm with you on this one
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:45 AM
Jun 2020

Schmidt, Rick Wilson, George Will, Nicole Wallace, Kristol et. al. are scum of the earth. Now that they hate what they have brought forth, they are gleefully accepted into democratic arms because they rant and rave about herr drumpf. This rant is fine, nothing out of the ordinary nor anything that hasn't been obvious over the past 3+ years. It seems the bar is low when this is who and what we are cheering. Let's hear more of this from the real democrats. An enemy of my enemy ain't necessarily a friend or ally. If Pence were running for President, Schmidt and the others would be lining up behind him. He can choke on a dried turd for all I care.

Hotler

(11,353 posts)
44. Steve Schmidt, The Lincoln project, why are repug voices sounding sharper and louder than our
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 10:37 AM
Jun 2020

elected Democrats? Where is the relentless fire and brimstone? Where are the stinging political ads from the DNC?

iscooterliberally

(2,849 posts)
48. This disaster is brought to us by the entire republican party.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 11:16 AM
Jun 2020

I hope they all get their asses handed to them in November. What a bunch of assholes.

mikeysnot

(4,755 posts)
58. Did anyone else get an malicious attack while looking at this link?
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:30 PM
Jun 2020

I clicked on it twice just to make sure it was from CNN?

geretogo

(1,281 posts)
60. Trump is the product of 40 years of Reaganomics and Republican policies that are ingrained in
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 05:58 PM
Jun 2020

the media both Tv and radio and now internet . Lies and propaganda 24/7 for forty years .

Lord Ludd

(585 posts)
64. The most unforgettable graffito I ever saw...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 09:45 PM
Jun 2020

…was scrawled in tiny letters at the base of a back wall outside a mess hall in Phu Bai, Vietnam, sometime early in 1968 by an anonymous marine soon to ship out in an attempt to break the siege of Khe Sanh. (Gawd, I hope he made it back to Murka.)

It read: "USMC--192 years of death, destruction, and boundless stupidity."

Substitute "Trump" for "USMC" & "4" for "192," & it fits perfectly in 2020.

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