The GOP's lack of a response to Clinton's assaults on Trump almost suggests they want her to win

[applegrove]

The GOP's lack of a response to Clinton's assaults on Trump almost suggests they want her to win

by David Nir at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/14/1537480/-The-GOP-s-lack-of-a-response-to-Clinton-s-assaults-on-Trump-almost-suggests-they-want-her-to-win

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An amazing thing happened—again—following Hillary Clinton’s second major address in the last week targeting Donald Trump’s unfitness to serve as president. After her latest speech, an ardently progressive oration on reproductive freedoms delivered as the keynote speaker to a Planned Parenthood conference—in which she called for increased government funding for Planned Parenthood and expanded access to abortion care—all that Republicans could muster up in response was a single paragraph of boilerplate from the RNC that didn’t even mention the GOP's own nominee—and that the committee didn’t even bother to tweet out. If there was a coordinated response to push back against Clinton’s general election kickoff (which was carried live by cable news networks), it bordered on the invisible.

And yet, remarkably, that was more than Republicans managed after Clinton’s devastating declamation in San Diego a week earlier, in which she eviscerated Trump on foreign policy and reminded the media and voters alike just how perfectly suited she is prosecute the case against this clownish, gilt-plated grifter who hijacked a quiescent Republican Party and now threatens the world’s safety. After that speech, the RNC said nothing at all. The only press release it issued was sent out before Clinton even spoke. Following her talk came only dead silence from the Republicans.

What could possibly account for this? Is the RNC criminally incompetent? That diagnosis can never be ruled out. But even the most incapable party organization ought to be able to put together some kind of rapid response after its long-feared opponent bloodies its nominee so thoroughly and publicly. And this reticence goes far beyond the RNC: The entire GOP establishment seems to prefer attacking Trump to Clinton these days, and said hardly a thing about the former secretary of state’s speeches. So could there be another explanation?



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[Trust Buster]

1. I disagree. How would you like them to respond to Hillary's accurate criticism of Trump ?

[AgingAmerican]

3. Republicans dont care about accuracy

They melely react

[applegrove]

4. They would have to use his name if they defended him, and they don't want to be caught on video

using his name and complimenting him....for when he implodes. That is my take.

[Trust Buster]

5. Yes, but they don't want Hillary to win. I just don't understand how so many Democrats still

haven't figured out the this election is all about the Supreme Court to the Republicans. In breaking with tradition, Trump didn't release a pre-approved Supreme Court nominee list just for shits and giggles.

[Trenzalore]

9. I think they are in survival mode at this point

If Trump loses and they lose the Senate the supreme court vacancy issue becomes even more precarious for them.

[geek tragedy]

2. the word "indefensible" has a literal meaning that sometimes applies nt

[okasha]

6. Sensible Republicans are as scared

of handing the nuclear codes to Trump as any other rational being would be.

Many very likely will vote for Hillary this year and hope to pull the shambles of their party together to fight another day.

[Johnny2X2X]

7. Trump winning would destroy their party.

Trump would be the utter destruction of the GOP and they know it. They want him to lose, so they can pick up the pieces in 2018. He wins and there are no pieces to pick up, their party would literally cease to exist within 6 years.

[qdouble]

8. The problem with backing Trump is you have no idea what he will say next. So it makes sense

to stay as far as possible from him without outright dismissing him. They hate Trump, but want his voters.

[DCBob]

10. Defending Trump is like grabbing the "third rail" and shoving it down your throat.

He is radioactive.

[Buzz cook]

11. By defending Trump they risk revealing that

They are just like him.

What Trump says out loud is the same thing the republicans have been saying through dog whistles and winks and nods for years.