Trump Under Fire From Within G.O.P. After Midterms

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

Donald J. Trump faced unusual public attacks from across the Republican Party on Wednesday after a string of midterm losses by candidates he had handpicked and supported, a display of weakness as he prepared to announce a third presidential campaign as soon as next week.

As the sheer number of missed Republican opportunities sank in, the rush to openly blame Mr. Trump was as immediate as it was surprising.

Conservative allies criticized Mr. Trump on social media and cable news, questioning whether he should continue as the party’s leader and pointing to his toxic political brand as the common thread woven through three consecutive lackluster election cycles.

Mr. Trump was seen as largely to blame for the Republicans’ underwhelming finish in Tuesday’s elections, as a number of the candidates he had endorsed in competitive races were defeated — including nominees for governor and Senate in Pennsylvania and for governor of Michigan, New York and Wisconsin.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/politics/trump-republicans-midterms.html

[ColinC]

1. Finally!!

This is the part where the GOP gets wrecked for having attached themselves to him for so long.

[groundloop]

14. This opens the door for DeSantis, who is just as evil as trump but far better at politics

[RevBrotherThomas]

17. Agreed

I fear a DeSantis administration - younger, far smarter, evil, lethal - far more than another Trump administration.

[Tom Rinaldo]

20. I think Trump is a willing collaborator with hostile foreign powers, if not an outright agent

He can be bought by anyone anywhere and will deliver this nation on a silver platter to anyone who can write him a check. In that important sense I think Trump maxes out evil. We had to bring Trump down. If coming up against DeSantis next is the price we have to pay to do so, so be it.

[honest.abe]

24. Agreed. Trump is another breed of evil willing to do anything for personal gain.

We have to remove him first. Its like cancer versus the flu. Which one would you rather get rid of?

[Phoenix61]

2. Waiting on the "Republicans in disarray" headlines.

I’m not holding my breath.

[SergeStorms]

3. "Questioning whether he should continue....

as the party's leader"......

Don't tell me these invertebrates are making a move on "The Donald"? A few days ago he was the party. How is Trump going to snap them back into line now?

All the conjecture about Trump having dirt on all of those worms might finally be answered. Can the Orange Pig regain control of the spineless republicans that have kissed his ass (and a few other body parts) for the past 7 years? Will republicans remember what those two dangly things in their scrotums are once again?

Stay tuned.

[Cha]

9. Frankenstein's Monter.. they

helped create this fascist Nazi cultist fuck by enabling him in the WH.. that was then..

This is NOW.. ROFL.. they're stuck with him.

[Crowman2009]

4. We'll see how long this lasts before the top GOPers go to Mar-a-Lago to kiss his ass...I mean ring!

[halfulglas]

5. We'll have to see how this plays out.

His popularity can fade quickly or slowly or some action may stop the slide. Remember the recriminations and talk immediately after the insurrection. But it didn't take.

[Justice matters.]

6. Ya mean the owners of the GQP (formally known as the gOp) just realized

hair furhair is a LOSER??

And a lifelong unpunished criminal??

What took them so long?

But what are they going to do about it?

[Kennah]

7. Sadly it's a figure of speech

[in2herbs]

8. Headline: "Republicans Abort Trump" nt

[NH Ethylene]

10. Could it really be the beginning of the end of Trumpism?

I've thought this so many times and the answer has always been no.

[ailsagirl]

11. Me too--yet it never seems to gather momentum

But… we will see!!

[Grokenstein]

12. "Our God, our God, why hast thou forsaken us??"

(Psalms 22, pluralized, if anyone's curious)

[twodogsbarking]

13. See if the wimps will gang up on him Caesar style.

[bdamomma]

21. I only

wish

[RobinA]

15. Boo Hoo!

They shouldn't blame Trump, they should blame themselves. Trump only has as much power in the GOP as they give him. Donnie isn't some undercover operator, he's as obvious as his long red tie. And the quality of his endorsees is for all the world to see. They've got no one but themselves to blame.

[keithbvadu2]

16. But it's not my fault! I have blame to disperse.

[Paladin]

18. Suck it, G.O.P.

Suck it long and hard.

[honest.abe]

19. I think Trump is toast.

DeSantis is their new king.

[bdamomma]

22. let's

see if Lindsay Graham is going to latch on DeathSentence like a parasite.

[LiberalLovinLug]

28. It will be interesting to see how this plays out

I wouldn't be ordering a wreath for Trump just yet.

One thing that Fascism brings is unfettered loyalty to one Strongman. Who is sent by God, and he alone.

Once one is conditioned, brainwashed into the cult of this one god like ruler, if he's still kicking, and still bitching and moaning, its damn hard to just say..."sorry, we've found a new messiah"

Most cases an authoritarian like personality, has to die to be replaced. Like Chavez, or Castro. While he's still living and breathing, and if he's also a megalomaniac like Trump, he will demand his "rightful" place.
And sadly, a whole lot of cult worshippers will stay loyal to him until he actually relinquishes power. And knowing Trump, he will never do that.

ps. Which may be a good thing for Democrats, if his hubris will split the R party down the middle, if DeSantis wins the nomination.

[republianmushroom]

23. Oh, Damn, to bad.

[IronLionZion]

25. He should fight with DeSantis so they can destroy each other

that would really make America great again

[LiberalFighter]

26. If they really want to nail him. Cut off payment for his legal fees now.

[jcgoldie]

27. I mean they act like they are shocked that hes suddenly "toxic"

Even before he tried to violently overthrow the government because he's a sore loser, he spent 4 years narrowing his base and attacking the majority of Americans who voted against him. When you lose the popular vote and then vilify everyone who voted against you, its rather irrational to expect that you will magically become more popular.

[SouthernDem4ever]

29. BLAHBLAH BLAH

Who gives a shit? I don't. They were against him after J6 and then started kissing his ass again. All he had to do was a few trailer park rallies and they were all behind him again. The republican party is a cesspool of deplorables.

[FakeNoose]

30. Chump only supports the candidates who kiss his ring