The Rep party are still attaching their fortunes to Trump...

[Kablooie]

But Trump has been essentially silenced with the loss of Twitter.
Will his followers keep their slavish dedication without Trump telling them hourly how to think and feel?

Seems to me that Trump without Twitter is a much smaller, distant and insignificant figure who could lose his Toadies if a new shiny object is dangled in front of them.
That would mean the current batch of Rs that hitch their wagons to Trump could be following a dead horse.

[intrepidity]

1. I would not underestimate him

Once he is acquitted, his bloodlust will come roaring back, and he will summons the media, and they will oblige.

[OnDoutside]

5. Yes, and he controls access to his donor database and Trumpers

in general.

The GOP are like drug addicts who know the drugs are slowly killing them, but they are too afraid to go cold turkey. They're too scared to do it themselves, and hope that the Democrats sign them into a recovery clinic.

[patricia92243]

8. Yes! The media can't resist and they are the ones that helped install

him in the first place. Ratings are more important than being called "the enemy of the people."

[calimary]

2. Isn't it nice, though, NOT to be plagued with him weighing in all the time?

Such a welcome change!

[No Vested Interest]

3. Apparently he is planning more of his "rallies", according to TV report tonight.

These seem to give him his mojo , or whatever it is he's needing.
I can't imagine anything worse than hearing more of his bluster.

[msongs]

4. without taxpayer planes and security he will have to scam someone else for the $$ nt

[No Vested Interest]

6. Too many seem more than willing to cough up cash for his "campaigns",

although we know he's using a lot of it for living (i.e., planes, etc.).
He has Secret Service protection, as does Melania.

But, you're correct, at some point, cash will be harder to come by, especially with whatever else he has pending legally.

[Skittles]

7. it has to be kompromat

the man is just plain sickening

[uponit7771]

9. Little to no political consequences enables politicians to do stupid crap

[dweller]

10. ahem

https://m.

✌🏻

[Brother Mythos]

11. I don't believe the Republican Party's continued willingness to follow Trump ...

is necessarily a bad thing for the rest of the country.

After all, the majority of the redneck voters are totally beyond redemption. They will simply gravitate to another loud, authoritarian, Republican politician after Trump is gone. And, the few remaining 'moderate Republicans' have no influence within their own party. Meanwhile, some of the more sane, dependable, Republican voters are leaving the party, and a good percentage of the party's possible independent vote is already gone.

In short, the Republican party is currently implementing a bad, long range strategy.