'A Tremendous Complication': G.O.P. Dances Around Trump's Lingering Presence

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The first spring donor retreat after a defeat for a political party is typically a moment of reflection and renewal as officials chart a new direction forward.

But with former President Donald J. Trump determined to keep his grip on the Republican Party and the party’s base as adhered to him as ever, the coming together of the Republican National Committee’s top donors in South Florida this weekend is less a moment of reset and more a reminder of the continuing tensions and schisms roiling the G.O.P.

The same former president who last month sent the R.N.C. a cease-and-desist letter demanding they stop using his likeness to raise money will on Saturday evening serve as the party’s fund-raising headliner.

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The delicate dance between Mr. Trump and the party — after losing the House, the Senate and the White House on his watch — will manifest in some actual shuttle bus diplomacy on Saturday, as the party’s top donors attend a series of receptions and panels at the Four Seasons Resort before traveling to Mar-a-Lago, the former president’s private club, to hear Mr. Trump speak.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-tremendous-complication-gop-dances-around-trumps-lingering-presence/ar-BB1fv8nf

Are they sure it's the Four Seasons Resort this time?

[applegrove]

1. It is what Trump wanted all along: GOP visit Mar a Lago to kiss his ring

again and again, GOP run their schemes without his input. He is just the sculpture on the front of the ship. He is not the ship. They've self-organized. Sure some GOPers are disgusted with the attack on democracy. I hope they continue to be. The majority did not jump ship.

[keithbvadu2]

2. It is NOT the republican party anymore.

It is NOT the republican party anymore.

It is the Trump cult/republican cult.

[Skittles]

3. THIS is why their voter supression efforts have gone into overdrive

cheating, fascist FUCKERS

[Lovie777]

4. against vaccaintions re: cult . . .

ok for them. Didn't they require proof of vaccination before entering the donor event.

This reminds me of a terrible movie.

[Delmette2.0]

5. I still think -45 has tidbits on each and everyone of them.

Maybe he doesn't, but all the R's in DC can never be sure.

[Judi Lynn]

6. It certainly seems he has an unnatural power over them, doesn't it?

If he had Russian help from the beginning he could have all of them under his thumb because it's hard to imagine there are any clean Republicans after what we've seen of them by now! They would be easy to blackmail into submission, blackmail into huge political donations to him, etc.

Worst person in the world.