The January 6 Hearings Are Wounding Trump

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/20/the-january-6-hearings-are-wounding-trump/

The January 6 Hearings Are Wounding Trump
July 20, 2022 at 7:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

“The conventional wisdom about the Jan. 6 committee hearings was that no single revelation was going to change Republican minds about Donald Trump,” Politico reports.

“What happened instead, a slow drip of negative coverage, may be just as damaging to the former president. Six weeks into the committee’s public hearing schedule, an emerging consensus is forming in Republican Party circles — including in Trump’s orbit — that a significant portion of the rank-and-file may be tiring of the non-stop series of revelations about Trump.”

“The fatigue is evident in public polling and in focus groups that suggest growing Republican openness to an alternative presidential nominee in 2024.”

[RAB910]

1. I am not sure this is great news. The Nazi DeSantis is even more dangerous than Trump

he has all of Trump's anti-American hatreds and criminality without the baggage

[Wounded Bear]

2. Indeed! nt

[birdographer]

5. But I don't think he has

whatever it is that draws people to trump. I don't think his power has nearly the reach that a mob boss like trump does, so he is perhaps not as scary to wimps like Miss Lindsey and other sycophants who are terrified of anyone with that kind of power (would R's kill for him?). Could be wrong.

[intheflow]

6. Exactly.

He doesn't have the fame and "glamour" of TFG. I mean, DeSantis doesn't even have his own reality show! He'll be seen by some of Trump's base as just another life-long politician no matter how much crazy he spouts.

[Traildogbob]

13. Does DeSatan

Give permission and partake in Willy Nilly pussy grabbing and thinks it’s completely fine with his GOD to wanna fuck your own daughter. That’s a big draw for most MAGA’s.

[jcgoldie]

12. Desantis doesn't have the charisma

As batshit crazy as it is to categorize Trump's ignorance and narcissism as some sort of charisma, thats the appeal he has for 40% of the country who can't quit him. They don't care if he stands for what they do or for anything at all they just like that he flips to bird to everyone they hate with a smile.

[Aristus]

16. I agree with you and with the above.

Desantis is relatively competent and not a buffoon. The incompetent buffoons who worship at TFG's altar won't go for that.

[Jimbo S]

21. Does he ever smile?

I heard one commentator ask yesterday. No one is going to vote for someone who comes across as a grouch.

However, like other said here, DeSantis is smarter. He knows which culture war issues to embrace and which ones to shy away.

[Sky Jewels]

31. Trump never smiles, either.

His moronic base eats that stuff up -- they think he's just so macho and manly ...

[CaptainTruth]

26. Agreed. I believe Trump has a "cult of personality"

I hate saying that because it implies Trump has personality, but I think the phrase is accurate in the sense that it describes the phenomenon. His cult flocks to him because he's "TRUMP", with an (entirely fake) larger-than-life persona that's he's spent decades cultivating.

DeSantis doesn't have that. Now, that only applies to the Trump cult. DeSantis may be more palatable to non-cultists, I really don't know.

[Rebl2]

10. So True

I saw on morning jo some poll (I wish I could remember who did the poll) among Republicans, they still favored tfg over other republicans that might run. I think it was like 53% for tfg.

[Phoenix61]

15. He's smarter but doesn't have the charisma TFG has.

He doesn’t have the national appeal. Fingers crossed, he losses his re-election which will seriously dent his political career.

[CaptainTruth]

27. If Trump runs, my hope is that Trump & DeathSantis have an ugly primary fight...

...if the votes can be split, with Trump cultists refusing to vote for DeathSantis & vice-versa, it would certainly help us.

[NEOBuckeye]

25. DeSatan belongs in prison too

He’s also a narcissistic criminal. What’s in his favor is that he is more intelligent and calculating than Trump. What doesn’t work in his favor is that he lacks Trump’s MAGAt
magnetism.

[budkin]

28. Agreed... Biden could clearly beat Trump again

But DeSantis is going to be extremely tough.

[kentuck]

3. They can't hide the fact...

...the emperor has no clothes.

[fightforfreedom]

4. Trump is going down!

[bahboo]

7. hoping tomorrow night deals another blow...

death by a thousand cuts....

[tavernier]

9. Kinzinger all but said that after tomorrow's revelations

the streets will be filled with crowds bearing pitchforks and lit torches. All I could picture was the old Dracula movie where the peasants in Transylvania march to the Castle on the mountain top to kill the vampire.

Scrounging through my stuff for silver bullets and a garlic wreath.

[zentrum]

8. However, I hear that

.....they don't even know what's in the hearings. Aren't paying attention. Faux news is not covering. He's still a threat, IMO. Over and above Trumpism itself.

[Traildogbob]

11. Wounding

Fuck that, I want it to liquify his skull like AR’s do children’s heads. And with lots of collateral damage to all close to him. Metaphorically of course. Orange mist, with hair plugs.

[Aristus]

14. We can only hope he dies of his wounds...

n/t

[Maeve]

17. Death by a thousand cuts? That works! eom

[Aristus]

19. It probably won't take that many.

Captain Bone Spurs is such a sniveling wimp, one would think it wouldn't take more than a few dozen.

[Maeve]

20. And such thin skin too...

[Fla Dem]

18. My concern is DeSantis will take his place as the Repug nominee and he is one f/u M/Fer.

While some moderate Rep wouldn't vote for Trump, they may see DeSantis as a good candidate. A Harvard Law School and Yale University grad, he's a JAG officer in the Navy, served in Iraq, and is still in the Naval Reserve. This guy is no dummy and he's more devious and cutthroat than Trump. He's worshipped by the Florida Republicans.

DeSantis wants to control everything and has overruled his Republican state reps in drawing up a more Republican favorable redistricting map.

Florida Supreme Court lets DeSantis-backed congressional map stand
By Joseph Ax
June 2, 2022

June 2 (Reuters) - The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block the state's new congressional map drawn by Governor Ron DeSantis' administration, likely ensuring the plan will remain in effect for November's midterm elections and giving Republicans a boost in their quest to win control of Congress.

The plan has been challenged by several voting and civil rights groups as unlawful because it dismantles a majority-Black district in north Florida held by Democratic U.S. Representative Al Lawson. The groups have also argued that the map violates state constitutional provisions intended to prevent partisan gerrymandering, in which district lines are manipulated to benefit a political party.

The new map gives Republicans the advantage in 20 of the state's 28 congressional districts, four more seats than the party currently occupies.

In a surprise move, DeSantis created his own map, vetoed two less aggressive maps that the Republican-controlled legislature passed and called lawmakers into a special session to vote on his proposal. The governor has argued that Lawson's district, which connects Black communities some 200 miles (320 km) apart, is a racial gerrymander that violates federal law.

Republicans need to flip five Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to win a majority, which would allow them to stymie much of Democratic President Joe Biden's agenda. Overall, Republicans have gained approximately three seats nationally solely due to redistricting, according to the Cook Political Report.

More....
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/florida-supreme-court-lets-desantis-backed-congressional-map-stand-2022-06-02/

I also cannot stand his voice.

[RocRizzo55]

22. Good. If only

They could put him and his cronies away

[Novara]

23. This is why dragging out the hearings is a good idea.

I don't know if they're doing it purposefully, but it's having an effect that can't be ignored. And they're leaving the door open to more, if warranted. Request: closer to the midterms, please.

If America sees how fucking corrupt the entire GOP is, then DeSatan doesn't even have a chance. He's just another version of the orange fuckstick. My hope is that the CORRUPTION turns people away as much as the actual criminal acts will.

The Dems need to tie this albatross to the entire GOP.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. fuck wounded. Dead, buried & surrounded arth salted and infused with sulphur, wolfbain and garlic.

And lay a cross on top. That will ensure he never comes out. He is no Christian and it would burn. OK I've seen too many movies

[The Bopper]

29. Problem being

He normalizes the crazy cake side of the party. Even if he’s gone, the nutbaggery of the party has been released and we’ll be in a competition between sane and nutbag. Problem being nutbags not got anything better to do.

[cannabis_flower]

30. But I want Trump to run again.

And I want every single Trumper who gets his support tied to that ball and chain.

[Beartracks]

32. They should wound ALL Republicans, cuz anymore the whole party is in Trump's image.