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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumpy attacking Georgia Republicans and triggering GOP infighting in Georgia.
This was totally predictable bc Trump always needs to find a scapegoat for his own failures.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/georgia-republicans-fight-among-themselves-as-trump-s-their-partys-state-leaders-report/
Infighting is breaking out among Georgia Republicans as they become targets of President Trump after Joe Biden defeated him in the state on November 3rd the first time a Republican lost the state since 1992. According the Wall Street Journal, the infighting comes as state party leaders try to rally support for two sitting senators facing runoffs in January that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
If Democrats win both Georgia runoffs, they will hold a majority in the chamber. Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) is trying to fend off Democrat Jon Ossoff while Georgias other Republican senator, Kelly Loeffler, is being challenged by the Rev. Raphael Warnock.
Energizing Mr. Trumps loyal base is essential to the GOPs runoff strategy, and Republicans in Georgia and in Washington, D.C., would like to see the president train his fire on Messrs, Ossoff and Warnock, writes the Wall Street Journals Cameron McWhirter and Lindsay Wise. But Mr. Trump, apparently preoccupied with a continuing recount of the states presidential results, instead spent the past few days on Twitter attacking top Georgia Republicans: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gov. Brian Kemp, both once considered allies of Mr. Trump.
CottonBear
(21,615 posts)malaise
(295,365 posts)Please proceed ReTHUGs
dware
(18,028 posts)
servermsh
(1,406 posts)True Dough
(26,428 posts)maybe it's best that the Orange Menace remains in the media spotlight for another several weeks or so. Let him do damage to "his" party and lose the seats in Georgia.
THEN the real work can begin to repair and heal the country.
pandr32
(14,184 posts)Turin_C3PO
(16,385 posts)Let the rats eat each other.
Skraxx
(3,178 posts)Now he's not.
SheltieLover
(79,729 posts)Please proceed, asshat!
riversedge
(80,559 posts)dware
(18,028 posts)Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)sboatcar
(832 posts)take their constitutional duties and their commitment to democracy over blind party loyalty and corruption.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)The guy is saying, "Hey, we did a great job with this in accordance with our laws. Sorry you don't like the result but kindly fuck off."
Who could blame him. They're saying he sucks at his job!
Takket
(23,670 posts)The only thing he cares about is himself and so hes going to lash out at kemp for not securing Georgia For him. If they think drumpf is going to accept losing to Biden but still fight for Georgia for the good of the party then they are even more delusional than he is.
yellowcanine
(36,771 posts)race. I would say that this time Trump has a point.
Nasruddin
(1,236 posts)Kemp sorta got caught in 2018. He may have issues trying to get away with it again, with maximum visibility on him (assuming, of course, he has any ability or desire to actually rig at all - what do I know?). Maybe he has exposure to state as well as federal charges.
whopis01
(3,915 posts)Leghorn21
(14,079 posts)BumRushDaShow
(168,800 posts)When is the media ever going to talk about Democrats "energizing their loyal base". They rarely frame it that way for Democrats or will do some milquetoast wording that suggests that Democrats will sit home or are divided, and then proceed to fill column inches on bullshit about the different "factions" of the Democratic party.
Brother Buzz
(39,844 posts)
smb
(3,598 posts)
roamer65
(37,896 posts)Blue Owl
(58,908 posts)I can't wait to see the final count on how many he drags down with him...
lastlib
(28,105 posts)(to paraphrase an ad.....)
irisblue
(37,356 posts)bucolic_frolic
(54,860 posts)"it's not just that you're a crook, Senator ...."
Masterful statement and strategy. Even some MAGAts relate to elites being crooks. And they know, deep down it's true.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)"...both once considered allies of Mr. Trump.
Many others have found that word "once".
With Trump, loyalty only goes one way - to Trump.
lonely bird
(2,897 posts)Only people who are useful for his grifting. Once they are not useful he kicks them to the curb.
BadgerMom
(3,415 posts)DemoTex
(26,345 posts)Ready! Fire! Aim!
central scrutinizer
(12,652 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,207 posts)Can't say I'm shocked. Drumpf has taken time off from haranguing the public and politicians alike, live and in person. He had to stop dancing. His feet became moving targets - albeit slow, clumsy and bovine ones - and it was harder to shoot them.
Let's all wish him well in this endeavour.
Sedona
(3,871 posts)Ilsa
(64,270 posts)COVID-19 shutdown and openings. I hope Kemp shows some spine and dismisses anything trumpy says.
Midnight Writer
(25,296 posts)Go get'em! Don't let them get away with it!
aggiesal
(10,741 posts)When the other side is making mistakes,
stay out of their way & let them continue to make mistakes.
Please proceed Pendejo45.
Make all the mistakes you want.