I Wish I Knew How to Quit You....

[marmar]

GOP Finds It Hard to Quit Trump, Forcing a Post-Trial Reckoning


(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s impeachment trial exposed the political dilemma for Republicans struggling to move past the former president, as a majority of GOP senators show they are unwilling to publicly defy him without knowing how tight a grip he still has on the party’s base.

Forty-three Republican senators voted to find Trump not guilty at the trial’s end on Saturday, enough to acquit him on the single impeachment count. A conviction likely would have prevented him from ever running again, but instead he got a reprieve that allows him to remain a presence in Republican politics for now.

That may ultimately force a reckoning for Republicans, who lost the White House and the Senate in 2020 under Trump’s leadership and who may hope the stain of a double impeachment and a deadly riot at the Capitol will deny him a future in the party.

Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who voted to acquit the former president, said Trump’s actions will make it hard for him to go forward as a leader of the GOP or a candidate for president again in 2024. .............(more)

Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/gop-finds-it-hard-to-quit-trump-forcing-a-post-trial-reckoning

[empedocles]

1. Seems that is what turtle is laying out the groundwork to undermine trump.

Characteristically, in his hedged, careful way, - turtle usually has the longview in mind, knowing it will take time.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. Republican leadership and GOP funders need to file for divorce.

If they don't soon, we'll continue to hang that albatross around their greedy necks at every opportunity.

All of us disowned him as an American the day he took that ride down his faux gold escalator.....

As responsible citizens, we need to shame all corporations and politicians that supported "it" until they puke upon hearing his name.

KY...... .........