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applegrove

(131,348 posts) Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:36 PM Nov 2020

GOP Fears Conceding Trump Loss Would Cost Senate [View all]

GOP Fears Conceding Trump Loss Would Cost Senate

November 9, 2020 at 5:18 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 192 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/09/gop-fears-conceding-trump-loss-would-cost-senate/

"SNIP.....

“Top Republicans in Washington are reluctant to call Joe Biden the president-elect publicly, fearing a rebellion by grassroots conservatives loyal to President Trump that would sink the party’s Senate majority,” the Washington Examiner reports.

“Republican insiders privately concede Biden ousted Trump and dismiss suggestions voter fraud, ballot errors, or other issues would be uncovered sufficient to alter the election. But with the president claiming otherwise and two Georgia runoff elections set for January that will decide the Senate majority, plus midterm elections in 2022, most congressional Republicans are backing Trump. The move is purely transactional.”

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The transaction will never end then. Ivanka will take over owning the GOP base applegrove Nov 2020 #1

I'm don't see them falling in line for Ivanka underpants Nov 2020 #9

+1 Cotton is next in line. n/t Laelth Nov 2020 #27

If Ted Cruz wasn't hated by the rest of the re0ublicans lapfog_1 Nov 2020 #14

Yes Marco is the crown prince. Cotton looks like a Q tip. Linseed applegrove Nov 2020 #19

Let's hope so. spanone Nov 2020 #2

Is that Russian oligarch money.... ? magicarpet Nov 2020 #17

She didn't specify. spanone Nov 2020 #20

Moscow's Bitch McConnell is building a Russian laundromat (alias aluminum plant) in KY. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #29

That makes sense. underpants Nov 2020 #3

They can't live with the truth, and elleng Nov 2020 #4

"Our best electoral strategy is to promote mass insanity!" unblock Nov 2020 #5

This is the REAL meaning of "mob rule" Maeve Nov 2020 #6

This tactic will get very old very quickly FloridaBlues Nov 2020 #7

The people in Georgia where the runoff elections Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #8

This is going to backfire on them so badly. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #10

If I had a nickel for every time ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #21

We need to have the real conversation of irregularities, sitting in the post office how many ballot LizBeth Nov 2020 #11

They created a monster and now they can't control it. Arkansas Granny Nov 2020 #12

Well we have no choice dweller Nov 2020 #13

I was thinking... Mike Nelson Nov 2020 #15

They took an oath to the constitution, mzmolly Nov 2020 #16

For them, and oath is just another one of those quaint outmoded norms enough Nov 2020 #22

Apparently so. They are willing to risk our Democracy mzmolly Nov 2020 #24

It is what it is Blue Owl Nov 2020 #18

Then when they ask us to extend an olive branch to the losers, like they've done, incessantly, Mr. Ected Nov 2020 #23

Are they going to continue to call the sky green because they don't like Bill Clinton's tie? DFW Nov 2020 #25

The story makes zero sense. former9thward Nov 2020 #26

For the Good of the Country Bayard Nov 2020 #28