WAPO: Predictably, some Republican voters in Georgia are turning on the party

[lindysalsagal]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/30/georgia-republican-voters/

By Amber Phillips November 30, 2020 at 12:23 p.m. EST

Part of what makes President Trump’s hold over the Republican Party so powerful is that the Republican establishment doesn’t fully understand it. And that means it is unsure about how to wield it without Trump helping.

That’s manifesting in an ugly way for the party in Georgia. As Trump tries to burn down democratic institutions on his way out of office, at least some hardcore Trump supporters in the state are turning on the GOP.

This couldn’t come at a worse time for the party. Republicans are trying to rally their loyalists to vote Jan. 5 in two Senate runoff races that will decide whether Democrats have full governing control in Washington next year or Republicans can block some of their policies.

But almost all the establishment Republican figures in Georgia or campaigning there have recently faced accusations from some voters that they’re not Trumpian enough for not wading completely into the president’s baseless claims that the election was stolen from him. Recent examples include:

Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, the Republican incumbents trying to hold on to their seats in the January runoff, have not yet acknowledged that Trump lost the election. But they hint at it in their campaigning, because it’s powerful to frame their candidacies as firewalls to Democratic rule. But some engaged Republican voters don’t seem to want to even think about the Senate races until they find a way to win the election for Trump. The Washington Post’s Cleve Wootson Jr. reports that as Perdue was campaigning recently, he was met with this: “What are you doing to stand up for President Trump?”

[bullimiami]

1. Predictably. This is what the republicans got for sucking up to trump and

leaving any shred of decency far behind them.

trump broke them. he used them up and spit them out. boo fucking hoo.

[lindysalsagal]

2. It started w Bush: Karl Rove. They wanted their Iraq invasion so badly, they'd do anything

That's when the alternate reality began, and they've been feeding the zombies ever since.

[Bettie]

3. Good. I encourage this!

Stand up for your orange leader, MAGATs everywhere! Vote third party or stay home in silent protest!