Maybe I see things through partisan lens but it seems Trump is killing the GOP brand.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Maybe I see things through partisan lens but it seems Trump is killing the GOP brand. Lots of folks voted for him because they wanted to see him blow shit up and they could watch the fallout, but most folks have some interest in preserving some semblance of normalcy. Most people run from a fire, not into it.


I can't believe your nominal GOP officeholder thinks this is good.

[RKP5637]

1. ... but yet many of them remain quiet playing follow the leader. I bet many don't know WTF to do and

are really fearing the 2018 midterms.

[greymattermom]

2. June 20 we'll know more

when Georgia 6 votes. A massive amount of money is going into this special election, and Karen Handel isn't attractive. She's been around a long time and has a lot of baggage. Jon Ossoff is young and geeky, a little like Justin Trudeau, but certainly a new face. If the GOP brand has suffered, Jon will win bigly.

[crazycatlady]

9. May 25 is Montana's special election

[underpants]

3. Let's review

Fox News - although he was a regular Monday morning contributor to Fox & Friends - tried to bury him in the first debate

The RNC establishment tried everything possible to stop him in the primaries

NeverTrump Republican efforts

Hillary publicly stated that he wasn't mentally fit to be President

Summary - everyone knew he was a disaster waiting to happen especially the Republicans who could see him ruin everything they've worked so hard to obscure about themselves

[hatrack]

4. "He's not a REAL Republican" - get ready to hear that line a lot . . .

They trotted it out for Chimpy, and they'll use it again.

Not a real Republican, nosiree! He's just the party nominee, the leader of the party and the president (sic), but he's not "really" a Republican.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Bush Pere and Bush were standard issue Republicans. Trump is sui generis.

Every Faustian bargain comes with an invoice.

[hatrack]

8. True - and the author of the invoice knows its terms very well

[a kennedy]

11. or my favorite, he's NOT a politician, have to give him time.

[Bettie]

5. Evangelicals will blindly follow him

as long as the guys in the pulpit say to do so.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

7. Quite a few trumpsters I know...

are picking up the meme that 45 is and always was a dem and he is trying to destroy the gop.

Asked why then did you vote for him? Unbelievably a couple admitted to me he really took them for a ride.

[Xolodno]

10. The nut job base....

...and sadly, its quite large is eating this stuff up and cheering.

The rest are either doing a rendition of "well, he wasn't a real republican" or "I didn't actually vote for him".

Edit: Forgot to mention, soon as a "sane" GOP guy comes around the latter will not hesitate to vote for him. Its the former they will have to win over.