Trump's call to suspend Constitution not a 2024 deal-breaker, House Republican says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republican Rep. Dave Joyce said Sunday that he didn't want to be drawn into commenting on Donald Trump's recent call to suspend the Constitution over baseless claims of 2020 election fraud.

Joyce, the chair of the influential Republican Governance Group in the House, was asked by ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos to respond to Trump's post on Saturday on his Truth Social platform.

Joyce initially declined to do so, saying the public wasn't "interested in looking backwards." But Stephanopoulos followed up and Joyce ultimately said that Trump's comment shouldn't be taken seriously but that it wouldn't lead him to pull potential support for Trump's 2024 comeback bid.

"I will support whoever the Republican nominee is," Joyce said while noting he didn't think Trump would manage to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-call-to-suspend-constitution-not-a-2024-deal-breaker-house-republican-says/ar-AA14TmhW

GOP = Gang of Putin.

[Jack the Greater]

1. "didn't want to be drawn into commenting"

Why not just hang a sign are his neck reading, "Don't ask me. I am a moral coward."

[Chipper Chat]

2. Aw shucks, he was just joking.

Chortle chortle guffaw

[GreenWave]

3. Trumps wants to gut constitution; reporter ask questions.

GOP: The reporter's question is the problem!

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[KPN]

17. That's about right with these morons who think

MAGA means being able to beat up on and beat down anyone or any entity they choose at any and all times.

[Ocelot II]

5. That was a pathetic attempt to slither away from committing an appalling act

of lèse-majesté against His Orange Highness, whom the GOPers still apparently fear - or, more accurately, they still fear his base.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

6. Dave Joyce, who would like to position himself as a "moderate" in the GOP

really got pressed hard on the point by George Stephanopoulos, and Joyce failed. Utterly.

[Mad_Machine76]

30. I am asking again

WHERE are these mythical "moderates" in the GOP?

[tanyev]

7. Nov. 2020: "What's the downside of humoring him?"

Speaking about President Trump’s and his legal team’s myriad and baseless claims of massive voter fraud, an anonymous senior Republican official offered a rhetorical shrug.

“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously thinks the results will change,” the official said. “He went golfing this weekend. It’s not like he’s plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. He’s tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he’ll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he’ll leave.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/10/whats-downside-humoring-him-gop-officials-unintentionally-revealing-quote-about-trump-era/

[mzmolly]

8. Well - let's call off the election then.

Biden is King!

[Ocelot II]

9. Not to mention *actual* Nazis that a lot of GOPers seem oddly reluctant

to disavow.

[lindysalsagal]

10. Clearly, the worm has turned. Tfg's done. But they want his voters

So, they'll whistle past the graveyard in an attempt to steal his voters.

[Chainfire]

11. Well, golly gee willikers, folks, wanting to get rid of the Constitution is certainly not a deal

breaker if it keeps Democrats from power. Senior Republicans would support Pol Pot if he was on the party ticket. Look at Walker...

[Ray Bruns]

18. They absolutely would.

[SWBTATTReg]

12. Not a deal breaker?! Morons, this incident is one of many 'deal breakers' and simply adds to the

entire mess that is djt that is wholly and massively unfit for duty in ever being president again.

Why doesn't he simply inhale more of the white powder (more than normal) and simply go away, or go over to don jr. and share some of his drugs?

[IcyPeas]

13. what exactly would be a deal breaker for them?

[Prairie_Seagull]

15. Excellent question.

Also what would be a deal breaker for a democrat?

[GenThePerservering]

14. What "context"?

I can just see Joyce squirming. These goppers are such cowards.

[Cha]

16. Weasley Treasonous POS.

:

[ThoughtCriminal]

19. Party loyalty over an oath to defend the Constitution

Okay. We are not surprised.

[markodochartaigh]

20. From the link

"Joyce, the chair of the Republican Governance Group, a centrist group in the House, was asked by ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos to respond to Trump's post on Saturday on his Truth Social platform. The former president wrongly asserted that the "massive fraud" -- which did not occur -- "allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution."

How is any group which refuses to strongly denounce any such attack on the Constitution labeled "centrist"?

[ZonkerHarris]

21. It's not a deal breaker because ultimately THAT'S THE GOP PLAN!

[moondust]

24. Bingo!

Getting rid of taxes and Social Security and Medicare and all those damn laws hounding them all the time is their dream, no?

Let the market decide!

[Sneederbunk]

22. And if he wants to off some Dems, that's OK too.

[Model35mech]

23. GOP is increasingly obvious about its desire to destroy the fed gov

How the Hell do they work around the presidential oath of office?

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Replace it with the GOP's oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of Republican President of the Sovereign Sates, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, expand and defend State's Rights and Independent Legislatures against the obstructions of the anti-Republican Constitution of the United States."?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. GOP lawmakers largely silent after Trump suggests 'termination' of Constitution

Republican lawmakers do not care about our democratic form of government or the US Constitution. These GOP lawmakers are too scared of TFG to do the right thing

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/04/trump-constitution-republicans/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Donald Trump’s suggestion this weekend that the U.S. Constitution should be terminated in response to his baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen drew a largely muted response from Republicans, the latest sign that many GOP officials remain reluctant to take on the former president even as he challenges the country’s founding precepts......

But only a handful of Republican lawmakers have joined the White House and Democrats in condemning Trump’s assertions. Representatives for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) did not respond on Sunday to requests for comment.

Last month, McCarthy announced that Republicans would read every word of the Constitution out loud on the floor of the House when the GOP takes control of the chamber in January.

Some GOP lawmakers who were asked on Sunday political shows about Trump’s latest missive said they disagreed with the former president. However, most still hesitated to say that they would oppose Trump if he becomes the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee......

Although Tribe acknowledged that Trump has said many outrageous things that should not always command attention, he does not believe this latest statement should be brushed off, particularly after Trump’s baseless claims about the 2020 election led to a pro-Trump mob storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win.

“It’s a distinctive statement. It sort of says the quiet part out loud — that he has no reverence for the country, for anything other than himself,” Tribe said. “This is like saying, ‘You want to see an insurrection? I’ll show you an insurrection. I’ll just tear the whole thing up.’ ”

[WarGamer]

26. It's actually the right move (for a GOP'er)

Lend support to Trump verbally while hoping and predicting he LOSES the primary.

That way the GOP keeps the Trump base after he's defeated in the Primary.

You won't see ANY GOP'er attack Trump

other than the Cheney/Kinzinger type crew...

[UTUSN]

27. Disgusting treason

[Evolve Dammit]

33. That's what I keep coming back to. They are all Confederate equivalent for having this stance.

[chriscan64]

28. If a Democrat thinks about possibly proposing modest gun regulation...

then the Constitution (2nd amendment only but they say the whole thing) is sacred as if it was carved in stone tablets by God. Ex-President impeached for insurrection makes statement about terminating it showing he is still in the process of attempting a coup is no big deal.

[Tribetime]

29. After everything he has done that's the deal breaker

Unbelievable we tried to overthrow the election and everything else and all this shocks Republicans. They only say that now since Trump backed candidates mostly lost in the election.

[niyad]

31. Should one wish to express oneself:

DC office 202-225-5731
Mentor OH office 440-352-3939

[republianmushroom]

32. What they are not saying is, it will get worst from trump in the coming days