Republican plan to challenge election signals 'cult of Trump' will live on in Biden era

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Around 140 Republicans expected vote against counting of electoral college votes, in symbolic move to disrupt Congress and bolster Trump

Edward Helmore in New York
Sat 2 Jan 2021

Maverick super-loyalists to Donald Trump are set to make an audacious spectacle in Washington next week by voting against the formal counting of electoral college votes certifying Joe Biden’s victory.

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Peter Wehner, vice-president at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative thinktank, and speech writer for three Republican presidents, called the prospect of many Republican lawmakers voting against certification “a disturbing sign”.

“It’s an indication that this is a secession-from-reality caucus,” Wehner told the Guardian.

“It’s illiberal, anti-democratic, pernicious and widespread in the Republican party. It’s not just a closing act for the Trump-era but an opening act for the post-Trump era. It’s virtue-signaling to the base that after Trump leaves, these people still consider themselves to be Trump acolytes and part of the cult of Trump.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/02/republican-plan-oppose-certifying-biden-victory-electoral-college

[Thekaspervote]

1. Well.. we shall see. JMHO he's already fading into the woodwork

[PSPS]

2. I agree. We see it already.

As many others have already observed, trump's support is "a mile wide but only an inch deep." Despite trump's insistence to the contrary, his influence will quickly become a thing of the past. It's already happening. Without the circus-obsessed media running after him with their cameras, his "base" will mostly just evaporate.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Disagree

The power is what matters. After the 20th, their savior has no real power.
People in high places are already ignoring him.
Pence wants Gohmert's lawsuit dropped. So does Barr. PINO throws a fit. They don't care.
The pillow moron talks martial law. Generals say, not going to participate.
Lawsuit after lawsuit. Judges appointed by the jester saying , nope.
When his power is gone, he'll no longer be useful.
Half the cult won't have the attention span to care in 8 months.
No power, no influence. They know he's a loose cannon. When his power is gone, so is he.

[Turin_C3PO]

4. I agree with you.

He’ll fade away fairly quickly.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Add To All That...

...he's a one termer. He LOST!
His value is already depreciated.
He's too dumb about business to really know what that means. Just a word he remembered from his 10 minutes in the classroom at Penn.