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applegrove

(118,600 posts)
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 02:59 PM Feb 2022

How Trump Could Upend GOP Midterm Gains

How Trump Could Upend GOP Midterm Gains

February 5, 2022 at 9:19 am EST By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/05/how-trump-could-upend-gop-midterm-gains/

"SNIP......

Politico: “In a year in which even many Democrats acknowledge the GOP will likely win the House — and despite Republican lawmakers and strategists pleading with Republicans to keep their focus on pocketbook issues and on Biden — the RNC is still recasting the events of Jan. 6 and chasing down enemies of the defeated former president, Donald Trump.”

“For all the energy he creates at the party’s grassroots, his stranglehold on the party is emerging as one of the biggest threats to the GOP’s otherwise bright prospects in November.”

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How Trump Could Upend GOP Midterm Gains (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2022 OP
trump is a Dem asset empedocles Feb 2022 #1
Trump consumes all their oxygen. C_U_L8R Feb 2022 #2
They should keep him well fed - and organize a cult rally for him every weekend dalton99a Feb 2022 #3
Ever heard the phrase be careful what you wish for? DLCWIdem Feb 2022 #4
In 2016 a lot of people thought Trump was a sort of NY Liberal/Republican. applegrove Feb 2022 #5

C_U_L8R

(44,997 posts)
2. Trump consumes all their oxygen.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:03 PM
Feb 2022

In Trump's GOP, there is no room for anybody but Trump.
Those poor chumps running for office will never be able get
any real attention or interest.

applegrove

(118,600 posts)
5. In 2016 a lot of people thought Trump was a sort of NY Liberal/Republican.
Sat Feb 5, 2022, 03:16 PM
Feb 2022

They know he is right wing autocratic nuts now.

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