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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He’s demanded to “be declared” (by whom?) the president.  I mean this isn’t even remotely funny anymore.  It’s terrifying.[/quote]
It’s been terrifying for years; where he was headed wasn’t exactly a secret. The GOP is doing [i]nothing[/i] to stop this; they just send out talking points to their flying monkeys. [/quote]

What is the GOP supposed to do? They cant stop him. [/quote]

They most certainly could.  They've had chance after chance to do it.  Two impeachments were pretty obvious ones.  But even now, they could stop all running to his defense with outlandish excuses, and using their propaganda empire to amplify it.  If every major republican came out and condemned Trump for stealing classified information, and Tucker and Sean weren't defending him every night, the number of people backing Trump would dwindle very quickly.  But they won't do that, because they know there is a rabid base in their party that would never vote for them again and they don't think that losing those voters with worth saving the country for.[/quote]

It's a game of chicken.

Fox News earns MONEY for keeping their viewers riled up and watching and buying stuff from ads. Hannity and Carlson play it up for eyeballs, viewership, and professional gain.
Every GOP politicians knows it's suicide to declare themselves against Trump. Only a few politicians have dared to be never-Trumpers, usually in Blue states, usually term-limited. The ones who voted for impeachment were voted out of office. The rest, however much they loathe Trump, are prepared to use his name to stay in power, even if it significantly damages trust in institutions, even if they pushed a portion of the population to believe a lie, and even if it gets people killed. People of their own party.

No one wants to be the first to say no. They are literally painting a target on their backs.
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I guess they have no choice but to continue pretending that Trump isn't a bloated, sick, criminal who's dragging them all down below water a little more every day.

Some of them, surely, see the writing on the wall and have some instinct for self-preservation? Or not, I guess.[/quote]

I naively thought they’d ditch him after he cost them the WH, Senate and house.  But they’ve told themselves a story where he’s the ticket to electoral victory.  Will be interesting to see if they keep thinking that if there’s no red wave in November.  I don’t know how they cannot blame him if they don’t get the senate.  He’s the only reason they got such a bad slate and of candidates in what should have been a great year for them.[/quote]

I admit this is total speculation on my part (and off-topic) as an amateur politics follower, but I'm starting to wonder if Mitch McConnell even cares anymore. He achieved his dream of a right wing Supreme Court that will be in power for a generation and long after he is dead. He made a comment the other day about the quality of the GOP's Senate candidates, indicating he thinks the GOP won't take the Senate, and he seems to have had enough of Trumps BS.

McConnell is 80. I wonder if Kentucky didn't have a Dem governor right now if he'd just step down.[/quote]

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