Trump's 'circular firing squad' threatens GOP midterm gains

[brooklynite]

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.

He has already singled out 10 House Republicans for extinction. He is attacking GOP governors and backing their primary challengers, while meddling in Senate races where it may lead to the nomination of flawed candidates who are ill-suited for a general election. He is fomenting a rebellion against the party’s Senate leader, Mitch McConnell. And this week, in Salt Lake City, it was David Bossie, the former Trump deputy campaign manager, who was leading the effort to kick Cheney and Kinzinger to the curb.

“Some of us who have been around for a while don’t think this makes any sense,” said Bill Palatucci, a Republican National Committee member from New Jersey. “We’ve got Biden in free fall, [Democrats] can’t get anything done in Washington, and for us to convene a circular firing squad, that make no sense to me.”

Mike DuHaime, a former Republican National Committee political director, called the censure “insane.”

Republicans in disarray!

[TheRealNorth]

1. Once the primary are over....

It won't matter.

[Cosmocat]

2. Yep

Nm

[SouthernDem4ever]

3. WTF!!!!!

I am so sick of this statement "In a year in which even many Democrats acknowledge the GOP will likely win the House" to which I say to anyone, why the HELL would anyone in their right mind think this is a good idea to even consider, much less acknowledge?

[robbedvoter]

4. My thoughts exactly. This is Politico tho

And the media always pretends to speak for us. Nope. It's not " their turn", much as they try to establish this rule.

[SouthernDem4ever]

8. I hear that same crap on NPR acting like it's a logical and legitimate thougth

they should be shaming those aholes at every turn, not acting like they are a "thing" to talk about.

[Icanthinkformyself]

5. It's

Politico. One must expect that 'publication' to create a particular type of framing for what they want you to see out of their window on the political situation. The glass being distorted by right wing perspective we are expected to ignore or not see. The last two words in that sentence being what they really are.

[Icanthinkformyself]

6. In the last several weeks

and months the worm has turned. The expected, predicted, media created and desired toxic red tide, is becoming a reverse tide. There is a lot of good news for Team Blue. The media just doesn't want to tell us. The truth will interfere with next years bonuses.

[GoCubsGo]

7. Actually, what threatens mid-term gains is redistricting.

Which is favoring the Democrats, despite all of the predictions to the contrary. But, Politico and the rest of the media aren't going to mention that. Much like they're not going to report that Biden is not really "in free-fall," or that he's actually getting a ton of things done, while they hyperfocus on the one or two things not getting one.

I do give them credit for actually reporting on Trump's "circular firing squad" for a change, rather than their usual "Democrats in disarray" bullshit. Can't wait to see how they spins things once those Prime Time hearings are underway.

[Poiuyt]

9. Trump is just killing the Republican Party

Which is fine with me.

Frankly, I'm surprised Trump hasn't broken away from the Republicans to form his own "Trump Party."