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TigressDem

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21. As bad as Republicans can get, I think they still want to take turns being our worst nightmare.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:58 AM
Nov 2020

Dump being dictator wouldn't be any more fun for the rethugs - maybe even less fun as they are closer to the smell of his corruption - than it is for US. Tying themselves to HIM if he is likely to lose, makes them losers too.

Their support for him has some limits, mostly self preservation type limits. But there is splintering in their "support" of him that only goes so far. They aren't the types to fall on their sword to save him. If he goes down, he's on his own.


His family wants it to be over
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/08/politics/jared-kushner-donald-trump-concession/index.html

There is a mixture of support and goodbye
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/08/trumps-refusal-to-concede-pressure-gop-435124

“The reality is, given the fact that the statisticians have come to a conclusion at this stage, I think we get behind the new president,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who opposed Trump’s reelection and was the only Republican who voted to convict him in the Senate’s impeachment trial, said on CNN’s State of the Union.

Former President George W. Bush, a longtime member of the GOP establishment, also said on Sunday that he had spoken with both Biden and Harris to congratulate them on their victory.

McConnel is only saying LET EVERY VOTE BE COUNTED
The Kentucky Republican tweeted Friday that “every legal vote should be counted,” but refused to go beyond his statement at a news conference that day.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, said the Trump campaign’s allegations should be “adjudicated” but declined to adopt the more aggressive posture of the president’s allies.


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Thank you for naming it for what it is. Tanuki Nov 2020 #1
That's easy. Simply accuse him of what he is accusing others of. Kablooie Nov 2020 #2
Correct, most likely. Provable? Hmmm. TigressDem Nov 2020 #16
I do hope there will be voices on our public airwaves making that clear beginning today wishstar Nov 2020 #3
They're doing a fair job of mocking him about this on CNN. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #4
But mocking him isn't calling out his attempt at committing a crime. Kablooie Nov 2020 #5
CNN hosts didn't start using the terms "lie" and "lying" in regard to Trump until ... Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #6
Exactly BigOleDummy Nov 2020 #22
I'm with you on this one. Mocking him does nothing. He counts on... Guilded Lilly Nov 2020 #10
That is what they did in 2016 exboyfil Nov 2020 #12
Not the same. TigressDem Nov 2020 #17
Trump and McConnell have blown through every other norm exboyfil Nov 2020 #23
Yeah, well I am betting on them to fail anyway. TigressDem Nov 2020 #25
As usual, Pissolini's actions are not called out for what they truly are. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #7
He will soon have the whole Republican party screaming that Biden stole it. Kablooie Nov 2020 #9
Basically, we COULD turn it around and talk about his obsession with fraud. TigressDem Nov 2020 #19
Dt was trying to STEAL it Before Cha Nov 2020 #8
True. NT TigressDem Nov 2020 #14
he just spent a w/e playing golf. he's trying the same way he tried to stop the Covid. KG Nov 2020 #11
LOL he has "people" for that. Just like they handle his taxes so he has culpable deniability. nt TigressDem Nov 2020 #15
Because technically, he's only whining and throwing a tantrum that it isn't going his way. TigressDem Nov 2020 #13
Right now, Trump is the most dangerous enemy of the United States of America Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #18
Yes he is. TigressDem Nov 2020 #20
As bad as Republicans can get, I think they still want to take turns being our worst nightmare. TigressDem Nov 2020 #21
It is the overwhelming majority of Republicans, who remain ominously silent, and those Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #26
I agree that we need to be concerned, but keep looking for their weaknesses. TigressDem Nov 2020 #28
I thjink the answer to that is simply: DFW Nov 2020 #24
Like the Penguin accused Batman of being a criminal? Towlie Nov 2020 #27
LOL nt TigressDem Nov 2020 #29
Ha, pretty funny. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #33
Another reason it's not accurate to call this projection TheRickles Nov 2020 #30
Ah, but please remember BlueMTexpat Nov 2020 #31
I don't know the dictionary definition of projection, gab13by13 Nov 2020 #32
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