By Republicans remaining silent about trumps denigrating service members

[duforsure]

And remaining silent now, and too scared to attack him for this , shows how cowardly and un-American their party has become under trump. trumps got the Republican party backing and promoting hate groups, protecting putin, and allowing this pandemic to kill 100's of thouands while starving millions Americans from stalling stimulus relief. The republican party has become anti American now, and promotes lawlessness, and propaganda , and attacks our own people with trump. Vote them all out of office! Our government deserves better , and this is disgraceful.

[beachbumbob]

1. this is an issue that ALL democratic candidates need to go at their GOP opponent, the election

has to tie trump and his lies to each republican. Make them squirm to defend or ignore. Time to take the damn gloves off

[RobertDevereaux]

2. This toxic party has destroyed itself...

But only if we bury it decisively dead, six times sixty feet deep, Never to rise again, at the ballot box 2020, 2022, and 2024.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. They all live by Reagan's 11th Commandment....

Quote:

The Eleventh Commandment was a phrase used by President Ronald Reagan during his 1966 campaign for Governor of California. The Commandment reads:

Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eleventh_Commandment_(Ronald_Reagan)

For them, that one supersedes the other ten.........

[Wounded Bear]

4. Except Trump does that all the time...

[JHB]

5. Not just that. They have decades of practice in knuckling under...

...to blowhards popular with the base they built.

For over a quarter century before Trump, any republican who said anything that implied Rush Limbaugh was not, in fact, completely right about everything -- or even just failed to praise him highly enough -- was on his show within 48 hours, usually less, trying out for the Olympic Backpedaling team.

"Oh, no, Rush! I said no such thing! The lying liberal media is taking what I said out of context like they always do. You're a swell guy, Rush."

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Yes and Sen. Franken said it best: "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot".....

from his 1999 book Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations.

What a shame Republicans read little more than the chyrons on Faux News.

If I were to chose two individuals who have done the most damage to America and the global dream of democracy, it would be Rupert Murdoch and Rush Limbaugh, with both taking rampant criminal advantage of our freedom of speech.

[czarjak]

6. Translation...

Save your Ill-will for them.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Biden needs to hit this hard ... wait a few days, maybe a week, to give them an honest chance ...

Then, when no Uglicans speak up, drop the hammer.

[spanone]

9. republicans have always USED the military

[Zorro]

10. Trump and the Republicans are trying to turn us into a nation of cowards

Just like themselves.

It's fear 24/7 for them.

[chowder66]

11. I think they are sitting back to gauge how complacent Americans have been made by them.

They are going to let this run until either we do something about them or we don't.
If we don't... they have gotten away with the murder of democracy.

[Andy823]

12. They are silent because

they are involved in trumps corruption, and have been from day one. They know if they open their mouth trump will expose them for what they have done. Any good narcissist, and trump is a good one, controls those around them by compromising them in one way or another so they can hold things over them to keep them on their side and loyal to only them.

The best thing to do now is for Democrats to continue to bring up all the crap that has happened in the last 4 years, and demand that republicans respond when asked about how they can not stand up for the country instead of being silent while trump burns things down.

Their silence will only make things worse for those running for office come November. They are damned if the speak out and damned if the don't. I think the GOP is falling a part and trump is the one doing the most damage.

Biden is doing a great job of coming out almost everyday and keeping the center of attention off of trump. Being the center of attention is a must for narcissists and trump will melt down even more as the days pass by if can not control the news cycle.