Senate Republicans turn on Trump over suspend-the-Constitution talk

[Kennah]

Source: Politico

Senate Republicans are slowly but surely distancing themselves from Donald Trump after a call to terminate the Constitution and a meeting with antisemites — though there’s no sign any will start actively opposing his 2024 campaign.

The former president’s campaign launch is landing with a thud among Republican leaders, many of whom began losing interest after his loss to Joe Biden and are now openly pining for a crowded primary field to take on Trump. That hope for intraparty competition is a flashback to the opening days of the 2016 election, except this time Trump has baggage ranging from stoking an insurrection to a sitdown with Ye and white nationalist Nick Fuentes to his latest call to illegally unwind his 2020 defeat.

As polls show Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) competitive with Trump and many other Republicans eye a run against him, some in the GOP think Trump might even end up pulling the plug on his nascent campaign.

“I just think, in the end, he will not end up running because [of] the polling,” said retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). “The trend line is not positive.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/05/senate-republicans-trump-suspending-constitution-00072265

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Finally. A bridge too far.

[republianmushroom]

1. a day late and a dollar short.

[JT45242]

2. Yep, bad poll numbers are a bridge too far

These feckless POS would still kiss his ass if he had a double digit poll lead over DeSatan amongst likely rethugs primary voters.

His son is not Naziism, white supremacy, lying, treason, or any of the crimes he has committed...to them his bridge too far is he can't automatically beat them in the presidential primary and after last month, his real billionaire backers will not likely let him pick magat candidates again.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. That article presented zero evidence Sentate Repugs are really turning on Trump.

They're just trying to have it both ways. They're currently just saying the absolute bare minimum they must, as quickly and gingerly as possible, in order to get the MSM off their backs about Trump's Constitution rants.

[agingdem]

4. bottom line: he can plan/plot/incite an insurrection

steal top security documents, dine with Nazis, advocate terminating the Constitution but if Trump is the nominee the Republicans will support a deranged/amoral/cruel/crude/vengeful/apathetic/depraved/treasonous/narcissist/lying psychopath because he's not a Democrat...

[SouthernDem4ever]

6. True. They have been doing that since before trump was elected president

They weren't trustworthy then. Why should they be any different now.

[LudwigPastorius]

7. Exactly.

"...there’s no sign any will start actively opposing his 2024 campaign."

[Lovie777]

5. GQP want to change the USA Constitution to their own liking ......

[peppertree]

8. +1

They "turn" on Trump for saying that out loud -

while insidiously working day in and day out to force through a (fascist) new constitutional convention.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/us/politics/constitutional-convention-republican-states.html

[Midnight Writer]

9. Well. Bless their hearts.

[Omaha Steve]

10. Kick

[mahina]

11. Putin has never once backed down no matter how stupid the odds. Why would he now?

This jackass, Putin’s puppet, isn’t going away till we put him away.

Who whispered that gem in his ear knowing he would bite? Who benefits?

My impression.

Ugh, this monster. Those cowards.

[lees1975]

12. How about just standing up and saying "We don't support you any more"

Go away. We have nothing to do with you.