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applegrove

(118,492 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 11:19 PM May 2017

With Trump's base at 36%, the GOP are held captive. Impeaching Trump

would cleave the GOP. They would have no chance at beating democrats almost anywhere. So they will stick with him. Plus he is making all their dreams come true for now.

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With Trump's base at 36%, the GOP are held captive. Impeaching Trump (Original Post) applegrove May 2017 OP
their dreams are decent people's nightmares. they are monsters. NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #1
What about a year from now ProudLib72 May 2017 #2
They don't plan on ever being booted out of office Generic Brad May 2017 #4
Self-delete. Mme. Defarge May 2017 #3

Generic Brad

(14,272 posts)
4. They don't plan on ever being booted out of office
Thu May 11, 2017, 12:14 AM
May 2017

Their actions indicate to me that they are confident they will never lose an election again. If you tilt the table enough, everything goes your way and resistance is futile. The nationalist movement loves their authoritarianism and revel in our outrage because in their view, we have been neutered.

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