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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy are the Republicans finally jumping ship?
Just today, we're seeing some die-hard, dug-in Republicans rolling over, and apparently ready to throw Trump under. Clearly it's related to the attack on the Capitol last Wednesday, but it still took days to see a budge. After four years of Trump's abject lawlessness, corruption, criminality, defiance, and mania, what do you think finally may have made even the last hold-outs consider going against him?
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Their consciences finally weighed in. | |
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Once they saw the video, they realized how close and how severe the danger was to everyone there. | |
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Once they saw the video, they realized how close and how severe the danger was to them. | |
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It was beyond the pale that Donald didn't check in personally to ask how they were feeling. | |
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The costumes looked tacky. | |
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Calls and emails from constituents telling them to get Trump out of office. | |
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Clear evidence the insurgents were motivated by Trump's lies, and there would be more violence, making the lies politically risky for Republicans to continue. | |
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Money drying up in all the pipelines into the RNC coffers, along with Trump's, making him a liability. | |
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A combination of the above. | |
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None of the above. | |
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pnwest
(3,290 posts)might be a step too far for even them. But, then again, I keep assigning human-like qualities to these fuckers, so maybe I'm way off base....
hadEnuf
(2,612 posts)I know what you mean. I am told I anthropomorphize my dogs. But they are beautiful, loving creatures, so that's different.
Tarc
(10,562 posts)Cirque du So-What
(27,435 posts)They have let it be known that insurrection is bad for business. These orders carry equal weight as utterances emanating from a burning bush.
keithbvadu2
(39,778 posts)mopinko
(71,562 posts)it's how this shit works.
Hugin
(34,420 posts)We've been through all of the others a hundred times over the past 12 years and nothing else has moved the needle.
ecstatic
(34,245 posts)If it goes well, they'll be 100% on board. If it doesn't, then their jobs will still be safe.