The entire GOP has Stockholm Syndrome!

[Wawannabe]

Once Donnie numbnuts captured the GOP nomination he had them eating out of his hand. Nay! Worshipping him!

This is a SHITSHOW beyond ALL SHITSHOWS.

The Capitol Insurrection shall go unpunished.

[RKP5637]

1. Trump recognizes/ed how stupid and gullible the GOP is/was and he can perpetually have them

eating out of his hand with his continuing threats, and yet the cult still worships him. He must be blocked from ever running again, and the insurrection players meaningfully punished.

[cilla4progress]

5. Yeah,

sociopathy is his super power

[cilla4progress]

2. I tthink we an only look to mass genocidal societies -

State sanctioned genocide - for clues to a way out!

Hitler in 1930s Germany

Stalin in 1940s -50s

Balkans in 1990s

Hutus / Tutus in Rwanda.

Isis, Taliban...

Hell, Pres. Andrew Jackson here in 1830s....

I don't know - at a complete, utter loss!

[lagomorph777]

3. No, they are greedy craven monsters. Willing soldiers in the war on Western civilization.

[GoCubsGo]

23. Yup, and they have been like this for decades.

Trump and Trumpism are just a few tumors that are part of a much bigger cancer.

[PirateRo]

4. Surely, you mean criminally complicit in sedition and insurrection

They are not the victim.

[Wawannabe]

8. They are victims

In that he captured them 4 years ago. AND as persons actually in the Senate and House Chambers that had to be vacated during the attack. Even as Boebbert was tweeting Nancy’s whereabouts.

Even Pence, who was on the list of those to be hanged or executed did not invoke 25th Amendment.

Stockholm Syndrome

[PirateRo]

24. Sorry, no.

These are United States senators, the ultimate privileged group in the country. They have choose and vast resource at their command.

They are not victims. They are complicit.

[Eyeball_Kid]

6. Pressure to convict will mount on GOPers in the Senate

as the House managers present an overwhelmingly convincing case for conviction and future removal. They won't be able to sustain their naked support of Trump.

The entire nation and the world will hear the charges and the evidence. It will make Congressional Trumpers look like fools to the nation. The truth is knocking at their door, and they'd better answer it.

[NCDem47]

7. I still maintian...

Trump should NOT have been the type of person with access to state secerets. Coupled with Russian intelliegence and his wanna-be mafia persona, Rs are under his spell due to blackmail, bribery or bullying. Mix that with Trump's understanding of how to tap the deep grievances of facists WAITING to be unleashed (his "army" of voters), and voila, no Republican will go against him.

I just don't get it. Bush Sr. and Carter were absoultely kicked to the curb by their own parties and general population after their one-term losses. Yet, Trump is stronger than ever. I guess the lies amplified through the RW media have brainwashed folks. We're dealing with tens of MILLIONS of Americans who are not rooted in reality.

[Wawannabe]

10. Hmmmm

Stockholm Syndrome???

From Wikipedia


There are four key components that characterize Stockholm syndrome:

A hostage's development of positive feelings towards the captor

No previous relationship between hostage and captor

A refusal by hostages to cooperate with police forces and other government authorities (unless the captors themselves happen to be members of police forces or government authorities).

A hostage's belief in the humanity of the captor because they cease to perceive the captor as a threat when the victim holds the same values as the aggressor.

[Wawannabe]

11. I've been held hostage by that bastard for four years yet...

I do not worship him.

These people have been captured and contained and continue to support him even after an attempted coup.

And, since they literally STILL HAVE CONTROL of the Senate. The Capitol Insurrection shall go unpunished.

Schumer does not have control. Manchin is seeing to that.

[Turin_C3PO]

16. We control the Senate.

We have the gavel and committees. We can still get some stuff done, even with Manchin and Sinema.

[njhoneybadger]

9. The rethug politicians don't give a shit about Trump.

I would bet most of them want Trump dead, but they need his cult to vote for them.

[MyMission]

12. The entire remaining GOP is a cult!

Ok, maybe a few have Stockholm syndrome, but really, most are part of a cult.
And the rest are just self-serving opportunists, as they've always been.

[Wawannabe]

15. In most cases a cult is a small group

Waco was a cult.

This is about 74 million people ...including current lawmakers and the former VP who is still in hiding because of death threats. A cult? No. Can’t agree.

[Turin_C3PO]

18. Not all Trump voters

are Trump loyalists. Many are just Republicans who will always vote Republican. I have relatives in that group.

[MyMission]

22. In most cases ...

Yet from the home page of DU today:

Star Member EarlG
Pic Of The Moment: When Your Entire Party Has Turned Into A Cult

Cult
noun
a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
"the cult of St. Olaf"
a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
"a network of Satan-worshiping cults"
Similar:
sect
religious group
denomination
religious order
church
faith
faith community
belief
persuasion
affiliation
movement
group
body
faction
clique
a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.
"a cult of personality surrounding the leaders"

I'm not trying to get you to agree. Just pointing out there are several definitions of the word.
Really there are no words (or there are too many words) to describe what the gop has become under 45. Cult works for me, and EarlG.

[Efilroft Sul]

13. They're the hostage-takers now.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. Maybe the GOP should change the party's name to "Tania."

[Wawannabe]

17. Had to look that up

I was a child in the 70s.

Patty Hearst...

[lastlib]

19. No, they're just f*cked in the head. eom

[tinrobot]

20. Part Stockhlom Syndrome, part ongoing hostage situation.

I guarantee you that he has loads of dirt and is more than willing to use it. On top of that, he's got terrorists who are literally threatening the lives of those in Congress.

That's hostage taking, and it is ongoing. But many hostages can and do develop Stockholm Syndrome, where they identify with their captors. That is also happening.

We need to stop the hostage taking first, then deal with the latent psychotic issues such as Stockholm Syndrome.

[Wawannabe]

21. Thank you. nt

[Act_of_Reparation]

25. No, they don't.

They aren't hostages. They're cynical, self-serving ambitious turds whose chief concerns are attaining more and holding onto power.

They were like this well before Trump took office.