Senate Republicans Mull When to Break with Trump

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Senate Republicans Mull When to Break with Trump

July 2, 2020 at 3:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 206 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/02/senate-republicans-mull-when-to-break-with-trump/

"SNIP......

Gabriel Sherman: “Nervous Republicans worried about losing the Senate are now debating when to break from Trump. Trump campaign internal polls show Trump’s level of ‘strong support’ dropping from 21 to 17 points since last week, a person briefed on the numbers said. A source close to Iowa Republican Joni Ernst’s campaign said Ernst advisers are upset that a solid seat is now in play.”

Said one source: “Joni’s campaign is pissed. They should not be in a competitive race”

“A Republican strategist close to Mitch McConnell told me that Republicans have Labor Day penciled in as the deadline for Trump to have turned things around. After that, he’s on his own.”

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[Nevilledog]

1. And they want to do it with no acceptance of responsibility.

[NCjack]

34. They can't just walk out on hoax-#45. There is all that Trumpian

stuff wrapped around their necks. Like the impeachment trial, for one.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Worried about losing power, not one BIT about protecting their constituents.

Remarkable what DISGUSTING TRAITORS each and every single one is.

Shoots down bill that requires you report it when you ILLEGALLY take help from FOREIGN COUNTRIES to steal elections.

I cant get angrier, I hope I am not the only one.

[Midnight Writer]

10. Absolutely. Americans are dying, and they are only worried about keeping their phony baloney jobs.

[dlk]

3. Too little, too late

[lagomorph777]

26. Waaaay too late. They own the monster, and he owns them.

Labor day?

Now that's just fucking silly.

[lapfog_1]

4. four years ago... assholes

right after the "grab them by the ..." remark was made public

[PatSeg]

8. Exactly

They compromised from the beginning and then kept doubling down. They can't all of a sudden have some kind of awakening and expect people to believe them. Too late, they should have seen it coming.

[2naSalit]

24. Twelve years ago.

If they hadn't refused to do their jobs way back then...

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. sure, they have ideas, no empathy, no decency, accomplish.

nothing, yet people should reelect them?

a repub in the senate...what a racket of a job

[denem]

6. If they turn against trump, he will set his MAGAts onto them,

without exception. The MF has no loyalty to anyone but trump.

[Andy823]

19. Exactly!

He will air all their dirty laundry, and those who have nothing to hide, if any, he will just make up lies about them.

The only way to get rid of trump is MONEY! If the GOP can come up with enough money, trump might step down, but his cult followers will be pissed.

I think Mitch and the gang in D.C. are too far into the swamp to get out, they will sink along with trump. They are damned if the do, and damned if they don't.

[wryter2000]

7. That will be fun to watch

Imagine the tornadoes of tweets

[CentralMass]

9. ...

[SWBTATTReg]

11. The party of NO. Do nothing, say nothing, act like nothing is happening. Where are these

people when the Country is in such need?

Of course after they got the massive 2017 tax cut and jobs bill (yeah, right) passed, they did their job for their donors, nothing else left to do, other than perhaps yet another round of tax cuts for their donors.

[Bev54]

12. If they think that anyone is going to let them or their electorate

forget their failure to protect the country and how they supported this asshole to destroy the democracy and the standing of US in the world forget it. I hope there will be an all out assault on their dereliction of duty.

[chriscan64]

13. Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth by Trump when (if) this happens

The whole point of the GOP Senators ignoring his ignorance, withstanding the verbal attacks, withholding their own verbal attacks and letting him get away with crimes is to leech off of his voting bloc of idiots. If he can't even deliver, the sensible thing to do is to bail. Of course they will lose because their easiest way to be sensible and bail was with a simple guilty vote in February.

[Mike 03]

14. Their vote to acquit Trump was their ticket out of the Senate.

Too late.

[roamer65]

15. U scumbags aren't detaching from Dump.

The Lincoln Project will make sure of it.

[Mike 03]

16. Haha

Good one.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

17. if Joni Ernst wasn't such an asshole herself, she might have a chance

but as it is--she has shackled herself to Trump in the past and it would be fitting if she went down with S.S. Dotard

[Thomas Hurt]

18. The GOP Senate caucus is full of drooling lackeys...

and cowering idiots. Most of them were in denial. They had their chance.

Too little too late now...I hope.

[Blue Owl]

20. WTF are they even mulling about? JFC...

n/t

[CrispyQ]

21. Sorry guys, but your chance to distance yourself from this human disaster was 2/5/20.

Losers.

[DFW]

22. Anything later that Jan. 18, 2017 is way late.

They might see things differently, but they can't admit it because Moscow Mitch won't let a dime get appropriated for projects in their states if they don't play along.

[qazplm135]

23. not sure what will happen by then

the economy might improve but UE is still likely to be high single digits by then at best. CV won't be solved. Trump won't be less racist, and no major legislation will pass except MAYBE some additional aid.

There won't even be a debate by then I don't believe.

[yonder]

25. "Joni's campaign is pissed...."

That's what pisses me off. They ignore their oath's of office, ignore the people they represent, hell, ignore what's just and right, UNTIL it's time to hold out their hats at election time.

The stupid motherfuckers can't see beyond the next election and then think we are as blind as they while begging for votes. I don't need a weatherman to see which way the breeze blows. If they could pull their heads out of their collective asses, they wouldn't need one either.

They bought their tickets on the Hellbound Train, enjoy the journey without complaint.

Yeah, I'm pissed too.

[struggle4progress]

27. "Remember: we never wear the White hood after Labor Day!"

[TheCowsCameHome]

28. Oh, cut the crap - It. Will. Never. Happen.

[musclecar6]

29. They'll hold on for awhile

But as this thing gets worse these guys are going to start running for the hills. If Trump was able to pull off Re-election under the present wild circumstances, that will truly be the biggest con job in history and if he took all the Republicans that are running for Re-election with him back into office, that will be even more impressive. That said, I don’t see how that’s going to happen. If anything, it’s beginning to look like landslide territory for Joe and the Democrats flipping the Senate as well as holding onto the house

[Quixote1818]

30. They are between a rock and a hard place. Turning from Trump may make it worse nt

[Jarqui]

31. They're showing their true colors - concerned for themselves rather

than the Americans dying around the country or the soldiers falling to a bounty hunter hired by Putin with Trump's blessing via complacency, etc.

The GOP are sharpening their knives. They'll cut Trump's throat and put the rabid dog out of his political misery before the Aug 24th convention.

His current approval/disapproval is below the incumbents who fell short.

[Wounded Bear]

32. Too late. They are all tied to him. They all voted to acquit...nt

[lettucebe]

33. They should have more than four years ago. Way too late now

[yellowcanine]

35. "Joni's campaign is pissed. They should not be in a competitive race" Heh.

Trump chickens coming home to roost, Joni. And no, you can't dump him now. His minions will turn on you. In fact they might anyway now that this information has leaked out.

[applegrove]

36. Like she is entitled to run pretty much unopposed. That ain't democracy Joni. nt

[mnmoderatedem]

37. forget it assholes. It's the ultimate albatross

we're hanging it around your necks until the cows come home from Capistrano.