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JI7

(89,248 posts)
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:08 AM Nov 2020

MAGA Suggesting Not Supporting Georgia Republican Senate Candidates in Runoff

I'm looking at different sites to see the reaction from Trump supporters with everything that is going on.

Many feel that the Republicans are not doing enough to help Trump.

One suggested not supporting the 2 Republicans running for Senate during the Runoff election if Republicans allow Biden to "steal" Georgia .

Many calling out Nikki Haley, Rubio and others who may want to run for President in the future for not doing enough to help Trump.

It will be interesting to see everything that happens once Trump is gone and how much influence he has over Republicans then.

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MAGA Suggesting Not Supporting Georgia Republican Senate Candidates in Runoff (Original Post) JI7 Nov 2020 OP
Maybe the Lincoln Group can be the NEW Republicans TigressDem Nov 2020 #1
If this would have been a Biden rout jayschool2013 Nov 2020 #22
That will show us Revanchist Nov 2020 #2
It will be a sad loss to our culture localroger Nov 2020 #27
A suggestion for the cult ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #3
This may be the coup de grace. kurtcagle Nov 2020 #4
Lol BGBD Nov 2020 #5
Republicans will play the "Vote for us to keep a check on the Socialists". That said, I think a good OnDoutside Nov 2020 #6
I STRONGLY support MAGA punishing Georgia Repulicans My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #7
Lol, hide behind the chain saws. gab13by13 Nov 2020 #24
One thing is for sure. If trump loses he won't campaign for them mucifer Nov 2020 #8
Yikes! Mike Nelson Nov 2020 #9
So they would be ok, throwing the bath water out if the big baby can't get his way? dubyadiprecession Nov 2020 #10
Perdue and Loeffler are in a bit of a bind BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #11
To be fair, look at the vote they already got by supporting what Trump had done up to that point !!! OnDoutside Nov 2020 #30
That's the old pre election calculus. BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #33
Good point ... Cosmocat Nov 2020 #35
That's what I'm hoping too, that the Trump only supporters won't give a fig about the GOP (and many OnDoutside Nov 2020 #37
Especially if they feel the party failed to support him JI7 Nov 2020 #39
Actually that's a great point, and if I was a mischievous dem strategist OnDoutside Nov 2020 #42
One of trumps Lies about the Cha Nov 2020 #12
That's a believable scenario Hav Nov 2020 #13
Once Trump is gone DFW Nov 2020 #14
Trump will not be "gone" though, they WORSHIP Trump the never worshipped GWB or any uponit7771 Nov 2020 #21
we can only hope beachbumbob Nov 2020 #15
This is fine. This is one way his base implodes. Clearly fogged in Nov 2020 #16
They are authoritarians. They want to identify with a winner. localroger Nov 2020 #28
Agree Clearly fogged in Nov 2020 #34
Delightful news. BadgerMom Nov 2020 #17
Yes, delightful indeed! Did not see this twist of fate coming. Love the idea of R-Scums..... machoneman Nov 2020 #25
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2020 #18
That won't happen. progressoid Nov 2020 #19
I SAID THIS !!! I SAID THIS DAYS AGO !! They ***WORSHIP*** Trump and Trump will demand uponit7771 Nov 2020 #20
Oh, I absolutely believe they should blame Perdue and Loeffler and shun them. TNNurse Nov 2020 #23
Go for it! Mz Pip Nov 2020 #26
Oh, please don't throw me into that briar patch! tanyev Nov 2020 #29
MAGA has no money SmartVoter22 Nov 2020 #31
I'd suggest a bake sale... Hugin Nov 2020 #36
Meanwhile morning scum Alpeduez21 Nov 2020 #32
Make it so. n/t shrike3 Nov 2020 #38
It's just hot air dustyscamp Nov 2020 #40
Do your part to egg them on! W_HAMILTON Nov 2020 #41
If you can, amplify that sentiment. NT coti Nov 2020 #43
They're going full Tucker 2024 Polybius Nov 2020 #44

jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
22. If this would have been a Biden rout
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:43 AM
Nov 2020

If Biden had won quickly and easily, folks from the LP and other Never Trumpers may have felt welcome back in a new GOP. However, this result may leave us with Trumpism and a bunch of permanent independents, a rising third party on the right, and/or new Democrats. That might be a good thing.

Revanchist

(1,375 posts)
2. That will show us
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:11 AM
Nov 2020

“Drown me just as deep as you please, Brer Fox,” said Brer Rabbit, “but for Lord's sake don't fling me in in that briar patch.”

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,342 posts)
3. A suggestion for the cult ...
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:14 AM
Nov 2020

Republican voters should test the truth of what they've been fed. Let Democrats run government at various levels to see what happens. If the warnings from the likes of Hannity and Ingraham come true, vote 'em back out. If, on the other hand, corruption declines and your local economy improves and your health care expenses decline, you will know you were lied to by the multi-millionaires and billionaires.

kurtcagle

(1,602 posts)
4. This may be the coup de grace.
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:14 AM
Nov 2020

It would be wicked irony if Trumps MAGAts gave control of the Senate to the Dems.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
6. Republicans will play the "Vote for us to keep a check on the Socialists". That said, I think a good
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:17 AM
Nov 2020

attack line for Democrats is "Vote for us to finally end Washington Gridlock. Make Change Happen."

My Pet Orangutan

(9,246 posts)
7. I STRONGLY support MAGA punishing Georgia Repulicans
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:17 AM
Nov 2020

for not doing enough to support Trump. Georgia RINO's stabbed Donald in the back!

Mike Nelson

(9,954 posts)
9. Yikes!
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:28 AM
Nov 2020

... I agree with the MAGAs on this one... we need to ALL work on electing two Dems for the Senate from GA!

BannonsLiver

(16,370 posts)
11. Perdue and Loeffler are in a bit of a bind
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:41 AM
Nov 2020

They either throw themselves into the Trump lunacy about how the election was stolen from him or run the risk of having a bunch of very angry MAGATs on their hands. And of course by doing that, they become candidates any sane person could never vote for.

Doesn’t mean they will lose but it’s not a great spot to be in.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
37. That's what I'm hoping too, that the Trump only supporters won't give a fig about the GOP (and many
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:37 AM
Nov 2020

blame them anyway).

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
42. Actually that's a great point, and if I was a mischievous dem strategist
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 02:19 AM
Nov 2020

I'd be organising a group to saturate Trumper/ Q pages and sites to stoke that up.

Cha

(297,196 posts)
12. One of trumps Lies about the
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:45 AM
Nov 2020

"fraudulent elections" where he was ahead & then he woke up and he was behind.. was that they were in states that had Dem Govs.

Well Georgia's Magat Gov Blows that right out of the WATER!

Hav

(5,969 posts)
13. That's a believable scenario
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:45 AM
Nov 2020

It was argued during the election coverage that Trump was beneficial for Repub down ballot races. That makes it even more important that there will be no doubt that Trump lost, even for the most delusional deplorables. There should be no hope that they get out the vote for a Senate majority for Trump.

DFW

(54,370 posts)
14. Once Trump is gone
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:51 AM
Nov 2020

Most Republican office holders will suddenly have great difficulty recalling they ever knew someone named “Donald.”

“I definitely remember a cartoon character,” said Sen. Graham Cracker, R-SC, but certainly no humans.”

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
21. Trump will not be "gone" though, they WORSHIP Trump the never worshipped GWB or any
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:39 AM
Nov 2020

... other kGOP president even Nixon.

Trump is to kGOP as Obama is to dem pollitics (but in the moral, upstanding human version) there's NO WAY the DNC would dismiss Obama or put him on the back burner.

Clearly fogged in

(1,896 posts)
16. This is fine. This is one way his base implodes.
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 07:07 AM
Nov 2020

We can help in exposing them to the truth. Not the truths of the political world in which they voice opinion, but the truths about who they themselves are: unloyal, back stabbing opportunists. They climbed aboard that train of racist, xenophobic, misogynistic mouthpieces and felt they belonged there, felt they found a new home.
Well turn off the lights now. You failed as a group and you failed as individuals. You were on top of the world but were incapable of running it. You weren't capable because each and every one of you had self interests as your number one priority. You didn't pull your weight for the team because you put yourself first, and that is the reason your friends and you failed. You failed your friends. Your friends failed you. Now tomorrow when you get to work look around you. Look at your friends. Your friends whose fight was to ensure you didn't get better healthcare. Your friends fought for the owners to keep more for themselves, to have bigger houses and nicer cars. Where's yours? Well I'm sorry, your friends would like you to stay right where you are - with them.

localroger

(3,626 posts)
28. They are authoritarians. They want to identify with a winner.
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:07 AM
Nov 2020

Now that Trump is a failure, they probably won't vote for dems but getting them to come out for a special election is going to be a big ask.

Clearly fogged in

(1,896 posts)
34. Agree
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:15 AM
Nov 2020

They are human after all. It's probable that they will do what most all of us do - pass the blame. Passing the blame is effortless, unlike coming out for a special election - that requires motivation and as of right now they have the motivation of a dog sitting with its leg in the air, licking himself

machoneman

(4,006 posts)
25. Yes, delightful indeed! Did not see this twist of fate coming. Love the idea of R-Scums.....
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:02 AM
Nov 2020

...eating their own not only in the runoffs but having 2 years to blast Senators and Representatives of their own party b/4 the next elections. Even richer, poisoning the well for potential Presidential candidates for 4 full years before the next elections. Gotta love how they are disintegrating before our very eyes! Go Trumpers!

Response to JI7 (Original post)

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
20. I SAID THIS !!! I SAID THIS DAYS AGO !! They ***WORSHIP*** Trump and Trump will demand
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:38 AM
Nov 2020

... 5% base vote countywide in America PERIOD.

Trump was a big part of kGOP politics BEFORE 2016 and will be a big part after until he's in jail or dead

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
23. Oh, I absolutely believe they should blame Perdue and Loeffler and shun them.
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 08:43 AM
Nov 2020

No one should explain what that would do to the Senate.

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
31. MAGA has no money
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:11 AM
Nov 2020

The entire Trump campaign is broke, kaput, without greenbacks.

Maybe they have a Hallmark card option in the works?

Alpeduez21

(1,751 posts)
32. Meanwhile morning scum
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:11 AM
Nov 2020

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talks about how divided the Democratic party is. Oh, how I despise Morning Joe, Mika, and Willie. Tried watching for fifteen minutes to catch up on any new vote tallies that came in overnight and had to sit through their "we're not conservatives but really we are" routine.

Repukes are going to rally behind their party. Hopefully, there is a big enough splinter that the infighting resentment will cause enough disunity to let the Democratic party consolidate it's power base but I really fear the racist glue will bond repukes to unity like it has for the last 50yrs. Rest up, folks. We're gonna have to work this hard in 2022 to get the senate and hold the house.

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